Ararahih'urípih
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vúrayva / vúrayvu- to go around; to wander

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6683 | revised Jan 22 2016

vúrayva / vúrayvu- • V • to go around; to wander

Derivation:  va-várayva
go-here.and.there

Derivatives (4)
ikxaramvuráyvaan "evil sorcerer; "Indian devil""
ipvúrayva "to be back on one's feet"
vunáyviichva "to wander idly"
vúrayvikeethun "to walk around"

Source: WB 1513.15, p.393

  • tuyshípreek uvúrayvuti. He's wandering around in the hills. [Reference: KV]
  • víri ûum vúra panivúrayvuti. I can hardly get around. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 021]

Sentence examples (11)

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  1. xás úppeeranik, achvúun îin kuníppeeranik: " xáy faat ík vúra ôok ipáfyuk, iim vúra pu'ôok vúrayvutiheeshara."
    And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. víri ûum vúra panivúrayvutih.
    I can hardly get around.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. xás uxúti " eee! naa nipêesh ' pihnêefich ôok uvúrayvutiheen.'
    And he thought, "Ah, I'll bet Coyote has been around here!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. kári xás kunpíip " naa nixúti ' pihnêefich ôokninay uvúrayvutih.'
    And they said, "I think Coyote is wandering around here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. yánava páxaath vaa vúra ukupa'íshipithunahiti pookupavúrayvahitiheen.
    He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. kári xás kunpatánvish, " fâat kumá'ii ivúrayvutih."
    And they asked him, "Why are you wandering around?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  7. hûutva kóo yaas'ára u'íinahaak, víri yaas'araréethvaaykam nivúrayvutiheesh.
    As long as Mankind exists, we will be around in front of rich people.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  8. víri vaa yaas'araréethvaaykam uvúrayvutiheesh.
    They will be around in front of rich people.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  9. kári xás kunipéer, " mâa kâam vuhvúha ukyáati pakúth ivúrayvutih.
    And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  10. kunipíti " uum pupiykáreeshap pakáan asiktávaan uvúrayvutihaak."
    People said they wouldn't catch (anything) if a woman was around there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  11. asiktávaan uum pukáan vúrayvutihara peemvírak.
    A woman didn't go around the fishing platform there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text