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tákurukish / takurukíshrih- to curl up
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lexicon ID #5616 | revised Dec 22 2015
tákurukish / takurukíshrih- • V • to curl up
| Derivation: | tákuruk-ish |
| curl-down |
- paninivup'áfiv vaa káan utakurukíshriihva. (Hair) is curled up there at the base of my neck. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 034]
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xás pa-pihnîich u-piip pa-nini-vup-'áfiv vaa káan u-takurukíshriih-va víri-va t-óo kyiimshur then the-old.man 3s(>3)-say the-1sPOSS-neck-bottom so there 3s(>3)-curl.up-PL.ACT so-PL.ACT PERF-3s(>3) fall.off And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text