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tákuruk- to curl, to coil
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5615 | revised Nov 17 2014
tákuruk- • V • to curl, to coil
Derivatives (2)
tákurukish "to curl up"
tákurukriv "to be in a coil"
Source: WB 1293, p.382
Note: Bound stem, used with derivative suffixes.
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xas u-píip "vup-'áfiv tákurukriv-an hitíhaan íp na-páknitsurun-at then 3s(>3)-say "neck-bottom be.in.coil-Participial always PAST 2s/3s>1s-pluck.off-PAST And the old man answered, "I pulled if off out of the back of my neck where the hair is so curly, you know." Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxás pa-pihnîich u-piip pa-nini-vup-'áfiv vaa káan u-takurukíshriih-va víri-va t-óo kyiimshur then the-old.man 3s(>3)-say the-1sPOSS-neck-bottom so there 3s(>3)-curl.up-PL.ACT so-PL.ACT PERF-3s(>3) fall.off And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text