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sir to disappear, to be lost
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5428 | revised Jul 01 2015
sir • V • to disappear, to be lost Variant: sin.
Derivatives (15; show derivatives)
Source: WB 1234, p.379
- axaksúpaah tánishir. I was lost for two days. [Reference: KV]
- xás vúra tóosir pihnêefich. Coyote was just lost. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 121]
- yánava pananipihneefích'anamahach toopsíraheen, íp pani'iithvútihat. I saw that my little coyote had disappeared, the one that I'd been packing. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 023]
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yánava pa-nani-pihneefích'anamahich t-óo p-sír-heen íp pa-ni-'íithvu-tih-at visible the-1sPOSS-coyote.pup PERF-3s(>3) ITER-disappear-ANT PAST NOMZ-1s(>3)-pack-DUR-PAST And found the little pup I'd been packing had got away already. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textxás vúra t-óo sir pihnêefich then Intensive PERF-3s(>3) disappear coyote Coyote was just lost. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text