Ararahih'urípih
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váasip / vaasíprih- to rise up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6402 | revised Oct 31 2014

váasip / vaasíprih- • V • to rise up

  • chími axmáy peemfír súrukam uvaasíprinanik. Pretty soon the heat rose up from under them. (pl. action) [Reference: KS42. Rabbit and Snow 015]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. mâam patusúpaaha maruk too trâa tuvásip.
    When day broke, he looked uphill and it was rising uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  2. kumáam vúra hôoy upíip poo'aramsîip tuvásip.
    He comes from somewhere up in the hills, he said, he comes up from there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  3. yée yáxa ithyáruk xás uvásip pakúusrah.
    There was the sun coming up from across (the next hill).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  4. kúkuum ithyáruk xás tuváasip pakúusrah.
    Then the sun rose across from him again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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