Ararahih'urípih
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ishkáaksur / ishkáaksuru- to jump off

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2991 | revised Dec 08 2014

ishkáaksur / ishkáaksuru- • V • to jump off

Derivation:  ishkak-sur
jump-off

Source: WB files

  • xás papihnîich úskaaksur. Then the old man jumped off (the teeter-totter). [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 045]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. Káru   uum   pa-xanchíifich   uum   t-óo   skáaksur  
    also   3.SG   the-frog   3.SG   PERF-3s(>3)   jump.off  
    And the frog jumped off, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  2. xás   ta'ítam   ú-skaaksur  
    then   so   3s(>3)-jump.off  
    And so he jumped off.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. xás   pa-pihnîich   ú-skaaksur  
    then   the-old.man   3s(>3)-jump.off  
    Then the old man jumped off (the teeter-totter).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  4. xás   âanaxus   ú-skaaksur   pihnîich   á'   u-kyívuraa  
    then   weasel   3s(>3)-jump.off   old.man   above   3s(>3)-be.propelled.up  
    (But Weasel forced the old man to get on.) Then Weasel jumped off, (and) the old man flew up into the air.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   impá-ak   ú-skaaksur   pa-'asiktávaan  
    then   then   trail-Locative   3s(>3)-jump.off   the-woman  
    And the woman jumped off of the path.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text