Ararahih'urípih
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ikrûunti to wait for

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2067 | revised Dec 02 2014

ikrûunti • V • to wait for

Derivatives (2)
ikrûuntihar "to go to meet"
ikrûuntihivrik "to go to meet"

Source: WB 501, p.340; TK 87.28

  • pananitípah îin neekrûunti. My brother's waiting for me. [Reference: KV]

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  1. xás   vúra   vaa   u-krii   u-krûuntih  
    then   Intensive   so   3s(>3)-live   3s(>3)-wait.for  
    She was staying waiting for him.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  2. chími   iim   ôok   n-eekrûuntih  
    soon   2sg.   here   2s/3s>1s-wait.for  
    You wait here!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  3. xás   xanahíchyav   t-óo   krûuntih  
    then   for.a.good.while   PERF-3s(>3)   wait.for  
    So he waited a good while.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   ithâan   ávansa   u-xus   tîi   kan-ikrûuntih  
    then   then   once   man   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-wait.for  
    And once a man thought, "Let me wait (for her)!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   impá-ak   u-krûuntih  
    then   then   trail-Locative   3s(>3)-wait.for  
    So he waited by a path.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  6. chími   iim   ôok   vúra   i-krii   i-krûuntih-i   pa-xúrish  
    soon   2sg.   here   Intensive   2s(>3)-live   2s(>3)-wait.for-IMPER   the-shelled.acorn  
    You stay here, wait for the (rest of the) shelled acorns!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text