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kuníhivraa to shoot over
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3990 | revised Jun 25 2015
kuníhivraa • V • to shoot over
| Derivation: | kunih-vraa |
| shoot-over |
- xáyfaat mâam kûuk ikuníhivraa. Don't shoot up over the hill! [Reference: WB T61.21]
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xás pá-mita îin kun-síitv-at ú-peen-ti xáyfaat mâam kúuk i-kuníhivraa then NOMZ-near.past TOPIC 3pl(>3s)-steal-PAST 3s(>3)-say.to-DUR don't! uphill to.there 2s(>3)-shoot.over And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text