Ararahih'urípih
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tayvárarimka / tayvárarimku- to spoil (for someone)

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lexicon ID #5825 | revised Dec 29 2015

tayvárarimka / tayvárarimku- • V • to spoil (for someone)

Derivation:  tayvárariv-ka  (= táayvaar-riv-ka)
spoil.for-to  (= spoil--riv-to)

  • naa nixúti nani'îin taneeptayvárarimka, I am thinking, 'She has spoiled my dam.' [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 240]
  • hínupa vaa kumá'ii pootayvárarimkunaati. That was the reason he spoiled it for them. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 062]

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  1. xás uxútih, " tá natayvárarimka panani'íin."
    And he thought, "She's spoiled my falls."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text