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áaksur / áaksuru- to release (an arrow, a trigger); to shoot (a weapon)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #26 | revised Oct 31 2014
áaksur / áaksuru- • V • to release (an arrow, a trigger); to shoot (a weapon)
| Derivation: | ak-sur |
| do.with.hands-off |
Source: WB 48.3, p.315
- ta'ítam ni'aaksúraheen. So I shot at it. [Reference: DF 07: A Hunting Story 011]
- poo'áaksur pirishkâarim sáruk ukyívunih. When he released the arrow, Grizzly Bear fell downhill. [Reference: WB 25: Peregrine Falcon and His Wife 023]
See ak- 'to do with hands'
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ta'ítam ni-'aaksúr-aheen so 1s(>3)-release..(arrow)-ANT I took a shot at him. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textta'ítam kúkuum ni-'aaksúr-aheen chímiva súrukam kúna ni-pásip tama u-skákavraa so again 1s(>3)-release..(arrow)-ANT soon under in.addition 1s(>3)-shoot then 3s(>3)-jump.over.ridge I shot under, and he jumped over the ridge. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textp-oo-'áaksur pirishkâarim sáruk u-ikyívunih NOMZ-3s(>3)-release..(arrow) grizzly downhill 3s(>3)-fall.downward When he released the arrow, Grizzly Bear fell downhill. Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text