Ararahih'urípih
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thivrúhish / thivrúhishrih- to float ashore

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5968 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivrúhish / thivrúhishrih- • V • to float ashore

Derivation:  thivruh-ish
float-down

Note: Idiom: peekxúrar púvaxay uthivrúhish 'evening hadn't descended yet' (WB T53.25).

  • ichámahich vúra pakunthivrúhishrihat. They floated ashore one at a time. [Reference: KV]
  • pa'úuth kunpípaathkar thúfip xás uthivrúhish. When they threw him back in the river, he then floated ashore at Requa. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 119]

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  1. pa'úuth kunpípaathkar thúfip xás uthivrúhish.
    When they threw him back in the river, he then floated ashore at Requa.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. káan xás uthivrúhish.
    He floated to shore there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. víri pootníshuk víri uumyâach kunipthivrúhish úuth yúrastiim.
    When he barely looked out, they floated ashore out at the ocean, at the seashore.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. xás yurástiim uthivrúhish.
    And he floated ashore on the seashore.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. xás péekxurar uthivrúhish.
    And in the evening he floated to shore.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  6. kúkuum vúra imáan péekxurar uthivrúhish.
    Again the next day he floated to shore in the evening.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  7. peekxúrar púvaxay thivrúhish, koovúra axupa'ithvutiharamúrax.
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text