Ararahih'urípih
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ishnur / ishnúru- to thunder

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3045 | revised Oct 31 2014

ishnur / ishnúru- • V • to thunder

Derivative (1)
ishnur "thunder"

Source: WB 713, p.351

  • kúkuum vúra upishnúreesh. It's going to thunder again. [Reference: KV]

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  1. t-óo   snur  
    PERF-3s(>3)   thunder  
    It thundered.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  2. t-óo   snur   um  
    PERF-3s(>3)   thunder   or  
    Did it thunder?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  3. ishnúr   um  
    thunder   or  
    Is it thundering?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  4. ipít   mít   u-snúr-at  
    yesterday   near.past   3s(>3)-thunder-PAST  
    It thundered yesterday.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  5. ipít   u-snúr-at  
    yesterday   3s(>3)-thunder-PAST  
    It thundered yesterday.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  6. xás   u-píip   hôoy   vúra   kumee-thívthaaneen   u-snúru-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-say   where   Intensive   3sPOSS-land   3s(>3)-thunder-DUR  
    And he said, "It's thundering somewhere in the country."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  7. púyava   payêem   pa-t-óo   snur   pa-'ípaha   t-óo   kfuukiraa   t-óo   sxáxaar  
    you.see   now   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   thunder   the-tree   PERF-3s(>3)   grab   PERF-3s(>3)   tear.open  
    So now when it thunders, (Lightning) grabs the trees, he rips them open.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text