Ararahih'urípih
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kûurish / kûurishrih- to sit down

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lexicon ID #4090 | revised Aug 07 2015

kûurish / kûurishrih- • V • to sit down

Derivation:  kûur-ish
sit-down

Source: WB 928, p.363

  • chími vôonupuki, kûurish. Come on in and sit down! [Reference: KV]
  • ta'ítam mu'iv'íikam kun'irukûurishriheen. So they sat down outside his house. [Reference: WB T52.16]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. kári   xás   ta'ítam   u-kûurishrih-een  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-sit.down-ANT  
    So then he took office.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  2. ta'ítam   mu-'iv'îikam   kun-'iru-kûurishrih-een  
    so   3sPOSS-outside.house   3pl(>3s)-PL-sit.down-ANT  
    And they sat down outside his house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  3. îikam   tá   kun-p-iru-kûurish   yukún   vaa   kun-kupi-tih   fúrax   mukun-pikshipíkmath  
    outdoors   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-PL-sit.down   you.see   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR   woodpecker.head   3plPOSS-sun-shade  
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. yánava   tá   vúra   hári-va   tá   kun-p-iru-kûurishrih-een   tá   kun-ip-vík-aheen  
    visible   PERF   Intensive   sometime-INDEF   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-PL-sit.down-ANT   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-weave-ANT  
    He saw they had sat down again sometime, they were weaving again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text