Ararahih'urípih
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vôoruraa to crawl up, to climb up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6625 | revised Nov 19 2015

vôoruraa • V • to crawl up, to climb up

Derivation:  vôor-uraa
creep-up

Source: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 012

  • ta'ítam máh'iit yáan vúra usúpaahiti, uvôoruraa pa'ípaha. So in the morning, it was scarcely dawn when he climbed up the tree. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 012]
  • á' upvoorurâanati. (A bird) climbs up (a tree). [Reference: TK 98.42]

Sentence examples (11)


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  1. xás upíip " payêem nivôoruraavish pa'ípaha.
    And he said, "Now I'll climb a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. xás á' uvôoruraa ípahak.
    And he climbed up a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. kári xás á' uvôoruraa iyvôoruraak.
    Then he crawled up on the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  4. xás ta'ítam kun'iruvoorúraanaheen.
    And so they crawled up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  5. ta'ítam máh'iit yáan vúra usúpaahitih, uvôoruraa pa'ípaha.
    So in the morning it was scarcely dawn, he climbed up the tree.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. vúra vaa uvôoruraatih.
    He was climbing up like that.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  7. kári xás âanaxus uvôoruraa.
    So Weasel climbed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  8. xás kári iv'ávahkam uvôoruraa, tóo piikívshipriv péemyah.
    And he crawled up on the roof, he wore the heart as a necklace.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  9. xás iv'ávahkam uvôoruraa papirishkâarim.
    So Grizzly crawled up on the roof.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  10. kári xás a' uvôoruraa iyvôoruraa.
    Then she crawled up onto the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  11. payôok ávansa vuraakírak uvôoruraatih, úmkaanvutih.
    Here a man is climbing on a ladder, he is picking apples.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text