Ararahih'urípih
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uh (water) to rise

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6186 | revised Nov 16 2015

uh • V • (water) to rise

Source: WB 1479, p.390

  • peeshkêesh a'várih tu'uh. The river has risen up high. [Reference: KV]
  • poo'árihkar, xás u'úh pa'íshaha. When he jumped in, then the water rose. [Reference: KM 14.13]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. íshaha uhi, kíri usah'áhupha."
    May the river rise, so there will be lots of driftwood."
    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. peeshkêesh tu'uh.
    The river is rising.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  3. vúra úum puxích tu'úh, pa'ishkêesh.
    The river has risen a lot [i.e. it is deep].
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  4. tu'uh.
    It (the water) has risen.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  5. pa'ishkêesh vúra úum puxích tu'uh.
    The river has risen a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. pa'ishkêesh vúra puxích tu'uh.
    The river has risen a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. pa'ishkêesh u'úuhtih.
    The river is rising.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  8. xás ithâan kuméeshyaav vúra puxích tupáthrih, pa'íshaha tu'uh.
    And one winter it rained hard, the water rose.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  9. yána vúra kêech tu'uh.
    He saw that it had risen high.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text