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iyur- / iyun- to put or stick (a long object)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3609 | revised Nov 17 2014
iyur- / iyun- • V • to put or stick (a long object)
Derivatives (13; show derivatives)
Source: WB 828, p.357
Note: Bound stem; used with directional suffixes.
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xás áhup kun-íyuunkir ikmahachram'áhup then wood 3pl(>3s)-put.(long.object).in.fire sweathouse.wood They they put wood on the fire, sweathouse-wood. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full textxás u-'êechip xás ahíram-ak ú-yuunkuri pa-mu-xváa achvúun atipimámvaan mu-xvâa u-kimfíruraa-nik then 3s(>3)-pick.up then fireplace-Locative 3s(>3)-put.(long.object).in.fire the-3sPOSS-head hookbill.salmon buzzard 3sPOSS-head 3s(>3)-burn.off.(hair)-ANC And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full textpa-'ikxúrikar i-yúun-kurih-eesh pay'ôok the-pen 2s(>3)-put.(long.object)-into.water-FUT right.here You are gonna put the pencil there. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás pa-tá kun-ípeer-ahaak fâat iyúrish xás pa-t-u-'ûuri-haak púya-va uum hâari ára vaa kúth t-óo tháaniv then NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-say.to-when what pay then NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-be.unwilling-when and.so-so 3.SG sometime person so because.of PERF-3s(>3) sit When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full textkáruma íp uum t-óo yuunk-at ahtúun pa-mu-fithih-'ípan in.fact PAST 3.SG PERF-3s(>3) poke.with.long.object-PAST oak.bark the-3sPOSS-foot-end He had put oak bark in his toes. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textkári xás ú-yuunka pa-mu-hrôoha then then 3s(>3)-poke.with.long.object the-3sPOSS-wife And he poked his wife (with it). Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textkári xás apmáan ú-yuunvar then then mouth 3s(>3)-put.(long.object).inside Then he put her in his mouth. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás iv'ávahkam vúra ivhara-tírih-shas mûuk u-yururâa-na-hi-tih then roof Intensive board-wide-PL with.(by.means.of) 3s(>3)-raise.(long.object).up-PL.ACT-ESS-DUR And the roof was put up with wide boards. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text