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ishtuk to pick, pluck (flowers, stems, leaves)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3120 | revised May 10 2005
ishtuk • V • to pick, pluck (flowers, stems, leaves)
Derivatives (6)
ishtukánkoo "to go there to pick"
ishtúkar "to go pick, pluck (flowers, stems, leaves)"
ishtúkfip "to pick completely"
ishtúkuraa "to pick from bottom to top (of a stem)"
ishtúksar "to pick with"
ishtúuksur "to pick off"
Source: WB 729, p.352
- ithríha ústuukti. She's picking flowers. [Reference: KV]
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xás t-óo ppiip chími ni-shtúkk-eesh t-óo xváha-ha then PERF-3s(>3) say soon 1s(>3)-pick-FUT PERF-3s(>3) pitch-DENOM Then one says: "Let me pick it, it is gummy." Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full textpa-'ifápiit-sha sárip tá kun-ishtúk-an-va the-young.unmarried.woman-PL hazel.twigs PERF 3pl(>3s)-pick-go.to-PL.ACT The young women went gathering hazel sticks. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full textaxak-hárinay xás tá nú-stuk pa-sárip two-year then PERF 1pl(>3)-pick the-hazel.twigs Then after two years we picked the hazel twigs. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textpa-sárip tá kun-íshtuuk-vunaa kun-'ipátsiiprina-tih the-hazel.twigs PERF 3pl(>3s)-pick-PL 3pl(>3s)-break.with.nails-DUR They plucked the hazel twigs, they broke them with their fingernails. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textxás tá nú-stuk then PERF 1pl(>3)-pick Then we picked them. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text