Ararahih'urípih
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ákithtir / ákithtin- to hit by throwing a soft mass

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lexicon ID #254 | revised Oct 31 2014

ákithtir / ákithtin- • V • to hit by throwing a soft mass

Derivation:  ákith-tir
handle.(soft.mass)--tir

Source: WB 58.1, p.316

  • hínupa vaa káan utnûuprihti yítha apurúvaan, hínupa yúpyaach tu'ákithtir. There was a devil there, peeking through a hole, and she threw (the fish guts) smack in his eye. [Reference: T63.12]

See iktir 'to hit by throwing'

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  1. hínupa   yúp-yaach   t-u-'ákithtir  
    surprise   eye-Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-hit.with.soft.mass  
    There she threw it smack in his eye.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text