Ararahih'urípih
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súruruprin to make holes (which go through, like the eye of a needle)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5488 | revised Jul 10 2024

súruruprin • V • to make holes (which go through, like the eye of a needle)

Derivation:  súru-ruprin  (= su' ru-ruprin)
make.hole-through  (= inside ru-through)

  • vaa kumá'ii poosúruruprin. It's because he has holes around his face (gills of eel). [Reference: KS1. Eel 004]

Sentence examples (6)


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  1. xas   pa-'ávansa   mukun-'ikrívraam   váshihkam   u-súruruprin-ahi-ti   vaa   kaan   kun-thanfúrukvu-ti   pa-púufich  
    then   the-man   3plPOSS-house   behind   3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR   that   there   3pl(>3s)-move.(things).into.house-DUR   the-deer  
    Now there was a hole in the back of the boys' house, they dragged the deer in there.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xás   káakum   vaa   káan   kun-'iruvêehriv   p-oo-súruruprin-ahi-tih-irak  
    then   some   so   there   3pl(>3s)-stand.(long.objects)   NOMZ-3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR-where  
    And some of them were standing where the hole was (through which they had entered the sky).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. xás   káan   pa-'avansáxiich   tá   kun-'íih-ma   p-oo-súruruprin-ahi-tih-irak  
    then   there   the-boy   PERF   3pl(>3s)-dance-to   NOMZ-3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR-where  
    And the boys danced there to where the hole was.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  4. xás   pihnêefich   u-'íipma   p-oo-súruruprin-ahi-tih-irak  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-return   NOMZ-3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR-where  
    Then Coyote got back to where the hole was.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   pa-mukun-'ikrívraam   u-súruruprin-ahi-ti   yíthakan  
    then   then   the-3plPOSS-house   3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR   in.one.place  
    And there was a hole through (the wall of) their house at one place.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text

  6. xás   ápap-kam   káru   u-súruruprin-ahi-tih  
    then   one.side-side   also   3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR  
    And on the other side, there was also a hole through.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text