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ikyiivûur / ikyiivûun- to fall for a long time
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lexicon ID #2373 | revised Dec 07 2014
ikyiivûur / ikyiivûun- • V • to fall for a long time
| Derivation: | ikyiv-ûur |
| fall-long.time |
- xás vúra xára ukyiivúur, itaharahárinay ukyiivúur. And he fell for a long time, he fell for ten years. [Reference: WB T8.59]
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xás p-óo-kyiim-ti t-u-kuchnáxavrin xás t-óo krírihivrin xás vúra xára u-kyiivúur then NOMZ-3s(>3)-fall-DUR PERF-3s(>3)-turn.end.over.end then PERF-3s(>3) roll.over.and.over then Intensive long.time 3s(>3)-fall.for.a.long.time And when he fell, he turned head over heels, and he rolled over sideways, and he was falling for a long time. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textitahara-hárinay u-kyiivúur ten-year 3s(>3)-fall.for.a.long.time He fell for ten years. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text