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áapuchur / áapuchuru- to collapse
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lexicon ID #40 | revised Oct 31 2014
áapuchur / áapuchuru- • V • to collapse
Source: WB 119, p.319
- pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath axmáy u'áapuchur. Their woodpecker-scalp sun-shades suddenly collapsed. [Reference: T52.74]
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xás p-oo-fúmtaapsur víri yûuth p-oo-trûupu-tih xánahich axmáy vaa u-kuupha pa-mukun-furax-pikshipíkmath axmáy u-'áapuchur then NOMZ-3s(>3)-blow so downriver.and.across-stream the-3s(>3)-look.downriver.from.here-DUR after.while suddenly so 3s(>3)-do the-3plPOSS-woodpecker.head-sun-shade suddenly 3s(>3)-collapse And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text