Ararahih'urípih
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turáayva / turáayvu- to look around, to look for, to seek

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6138 | revised Oct 31 2014

turáayva / turáayvu- • V • to look around, to look for, to seek

Derivative (1)
turáayvarayva "to look around for"

Source: WB 1403, p.387

  • kári xás pa'âapun tutúraayva,... And when he looked around on the ground,... [Reference: WB T14.15]
  • pamuhrôoha xákaan puráan kuntúraayvuti. He and his wife are looking for each other. [Reference: KV]

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  1. xás tutúraayva, vúra uum táay paxathímtas.
    And he looked around, there were lots of grasshoppers.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás ta'ítam uturáayvaheen.
    So then he looked around.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. xás kuntúraayva.
    And they looked around.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. kári xás ík vúra itúraayveesh panúpeerahaak."
    Then when we tell you, you can look around."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  5. kári xás ík vúra itúraayveesh panúpeerahaak."
    Then when we tell you, you can look around."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. púyava uknamxánahich tá kunpípasma, kári xás kunipêer " chími túraayvi."
    Then they brought him to uknamxánahich, and they told him, "Look around!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. kári xás pootúraayva kári upiip, " nanishívshaaneen."
    And when he looked around, then he said, "My country!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  8. ník utúraayva.
    He was looking for it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  9. xás sáruk kuntúraayvutih, púra fátaak.
    And they looked for him downhill, (but) he was nowhere (to be seen).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  10. kári xás pa'âapun tutúraayva, yee asayaamach'íshara ôok páy utháaniv.
    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  11. xás utúraayva.
    Then she looked around.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  12. xás kuntúraayva.
    Then they looked around.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  13. púyava tutúraayva yítha, yanéekva tá púra fátaak.
    Then one looked around, he saw that she was not there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  14. víri pootúraayva, púra fátaak vúra yâahitihara, pakun'ûupvunaatih peekxariya'ifápiitsha.
    When she looked around, she couldn't fit in anyplace where the spirit girls were digging roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  15. pootúraayva, yánava koovúra tá púfaat, peekxariya'ifápiitsha.
    When (the poor one) looked around, she saw they were all gone, the spirit girls.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  16. " vaa uum vúra punaturâayvutiheeshara."
    "That way I won't be looking for him."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text