Ararahih'urípih
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thivrúuhvarak to float down from upriver

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lexicon ID #5984 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivrúuhvarak • V • to float down from upriver

Derivation:  thivruh-varak
float-down.from.upriver

  • chavúra tayíiv toopthívruuhvarak. Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 083]

Sentence examples (13)


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  1. hínupa vúra uum vaa tóo pthívruhvarak.
    He floated down the river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. chavúra tá yiiv tóo pthívruhvarak.
    He floated a long ways down.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. chavúra tá yíiv tóo pthívruuhvarak.
    Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. chavúra ôok ithivthaanéen'aachip tóo pthívruuhvarak.
    Finally he floated back downriver here to the center of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  5. kári xás uthívruuhvarak.
    And he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam upthívruuhvarak.
    So he floated back down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás yítha upíip " ooo! yáxa kóo ahupyâamach tuthívruuhvarak."
    And one said, "Oh, look, such a pretty stick has floated down from upstream!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás uthívruuhvarak.
    So he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. púyava tá kunmah, pa'ahupyâamach tuthívruuhvarak.
    Then they saw it, the pretty stick floating down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás tá kunpíip " yáxa pa'ahupyâamach tuthívruuhvarak.
    And they said, "Look at the pretty stick floating down!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás vúra tuthívruuhvarak.
    So he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. kári xás upthívruuhvarak.
    So he floated back down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  13. kári xás kunmah, tuthívruuhvarak pa'ahupyâamach.
    And they saw it, the pretty stick floated down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text