Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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thivruh to float

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5967 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivruh V • to float

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1460, p.389

  • uthivrúhtiihva. (Clouds) are floating. [Reference: WB files]
  • astíipich vúra kanthivrúhi. Let me float to the shore! [Reference: WB T91]


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  1. xás upiip, " astíipich vúra kanthivrúhi, astíipich vúra kanthivrúhi.
    And he said, "Let me float to the bank, let me float to the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  2. mukunsá'kukamich xasík nipthivrúhrooneesh."
    I will keep floating back upriver just downhill from them.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  3. tá kunimúsar poopthivrúhroonatih.
    They went to look at it floating back upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  4. páy peethívthaaneen thaanêen nipthivrúhiroopithvutih.
    I float around and around this world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  5. víri îifuti uthívruuhtih.
    Sure enough, they were floating (there).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  6. káru pápaa úuth uthívruuhtih.
    And the boat is floating out in the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text