Ararahih'urípih
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xátikrupma springtime

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6852 | revised Feb 03 2016

xátikrupma • N • springtime

Derivation:  xatik-rup-ma-a
xatik-away.downriverward-to-DEVERB

Source: WB 1609, p.397

  • káru akráah uum úpaanik, naa káru pishîich ni'ípaktiheesh xátikrupma. And Eel said, "I also will get there first in the spring." [Reference: KT 149.7]
  • kunxúti kíri vaa mûuk u'áas-ha paxatikrupmapáthrih. They want the spring rains to moisten it (the seed). [Reference: TK 83.33]

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  1. náa ni'ípaktiheesh xátikrupma, úthvuuyti itrôopahaan pakúusrah.
    I will always come back in the spring, the month is called the fifth month (March).
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  2. káru akraah uum úpaanik "naa káru pishîich ni'ípaktiheesh xátikrupma."
    And the Eel said: “I will also get there first in the spring.”
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text