Ararahih'urípih
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vôonsip / vôonsipriv- to get up (from a sitting position); (sun) to rise

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6613 | revised Jan 14 2016

vôonsip / vôonsipriv- • V • to get up (from a sitting position); (sun) to rise

Literally: 'to crawl up'

Derivation:  vôor-sip
creep-up

Source: WB 1563.3, p.395

Note: Cf. ífuksip(riv) '(pl.) to get up from lying'; iruxáapsip(riv) '(pl.) to get up from sitting'.

  • víri ûum xás tuvôonsip. He could hardly get up. [Reference: KV]
  • xás mah'íitnihach kun'iruvôonsip, xás kunímnish xuun. And early in the morning they got up, and (the girls) cooked acorn mush. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 038]

Sentence examples (11)


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  1. kári xás tá nivôonsip.
    And then I got up.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  2. tá pu'imtaranáamhitihara pamutiiv poopvôonsip.
    His ears were invisible when he got up again.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. kári xás poopvôonsip taay tu'ish.
    And when he got up, he had drunk a lot.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. kári xás upvôonsip.
    Then he got up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  5. púyava upvôonsip.
    Then he got up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  6. xás kári upvôonsip.
    Then he got up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  7. kári xás pa'asiktâan uvôonsip.
    Then the woman got up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  8. kári xás pihnîichich uvôonsip, pamukun'ákah.
    Then the old man got up, their father.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  9. xás kári tuvôonsip.
    Then she got up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  10. xás pakúusra tuvôonsip.
    The sun has risen.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  11. kári xás ta'ítam, uvôonsipreeheen, xánkiit.
    Bullhead got back up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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