Ararahih'urípih
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kûur- / kûun- to sit, to slide (on one's buttocks)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4088 | revised Nov 17 2014

kûur- / kûun- • V • to sit, to slide (on one's buttocks)

Derivatives (5)
kûunpiithva "to sit around"
kûuntakish "to sit down"
kûurish "to sit down"
kûurunih "to slide down"
kûuruthun "to slide around"

Source: WB 928, p.363

Note: Bound stem; occurs with directional suffixes.

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. vaa   vúra   káan   âapun   yúux-ak   u-kûuruthun  
    so   Intensive   there   on.the.ground   dirt-Locative   3s(>3)-slide.around  
    He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás   káan   avansa-tínihich   u-kûuruthuna-tih  
    then   there   man-flat   3s(>3)-slide.around-DUR  
    And a flat man was sliding around there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. xás   kári   ta'ítam   u-kûuntakishri-heen  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-sit.down-ANT  
    And then he sat down on it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  4. kúna   nuu   yaas'arará-'uuthkam   kích   nu-'iru-kúunpiithvu-tih-eesh  
    in.addition   we   humankind-seaward   only   1pl(>3)-PL-sit.around-DUR-FUT  
    But we will be sitting around only in front of rich people."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   ta'ítam   u-kûurishrih-een  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-sit.down-ANT  
    So then he took office.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam   mu-'iv'îikam   kun-'iru-kûurishrih-een  
    so   3sPOSS-outside.house   3pl(>3s)-PL-sit.down-ANT  
    And they sat down outside his house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  7. îikam   tá   kun-p-iru-kûurish   yukún   vaa   kun-kupi-tih   fúrax   mukun-pikshipíkmath  
    outdoors   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-PL-sit.down   you.see   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR   woodpecker.head   3plPOSS-sun-shade  
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  8. yánava   tá   vúra   hári-va   tá   kun-p-iru-kûurishrih-een   tá   kun-ip-vík-aheen  
    visible   PERF   Intensive   sometime-INDEF   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-PL-sit.down-ANT   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-weave-ANT  
    He saw they had sat down again sometime, they were weaving again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text