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imchanáknak to knock, to tap (something, against something else)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2404 | revised Feb 21 2005
imchanáknak • V • to knock, to tap (something, against something else)
Source: WB 571, p.344
- pamúpxaan umchanáknak páapsiih. She knocked her hat on her leg. [Reference: WB files]
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xás pa-t-óo p-íishrav xás pa-mú-pxaan u-mchanáknak páa-psiih then NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3) ITER-drink.from then the-3sPOSS-cap 3s(>3)-knock the-leg And when she had drunk from it, she knocked her hat on his leg (to shake the water out). Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text