Ararahih'urípih
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vûunih to get down from uphill

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6701 | revised Jan 22 2016

vûunih • V • to get down from uphill

Derivation:  va-unih
go-down

Source: WB 1513.14, p.393

  • akchiiphítihachhan kári xás pasáruk toopvûunih. At "little barley place", he goes back downslope. [Reference: TK 251.11]
  • hûut áta nikupeepvûunihaheesh. However shall I get back down? [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 43]

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  1. víri hûut vúra panikupeepvûunihaheesh."
    How am I going to get back down?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  2. kári xás uxús " hûut áta nikupeepvûunihaheesh."
    Then he thought, "How ever am I to get back down (to earth)?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text