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tur / tura- packbasket load (of wood or the like)
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lexicon ID #6137 | revised Nov 09 2015
tur / tura- • N • packbasket load (of wood or the like)
| Derivation: | tur-a |
| carry.in.wood-basket-DEVERB |
Source: WB 1402.2, p.387
- púyava máruk xás áhup sú' takunmáhyaan, túr takuníkyav. Uphill they put wood (in their baskets), they gather a basketload. [Reference: WB T15.11]
- payêem uum takóo patur. They don't carry it in packbaskets any more. [Reference: WB T85.16]
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púyava máruk xás áhup sú' tá kun-máhyaan túr tá kun-íkyav you.see uphill then wood inside PERF 3pl(>3s)-put.in packbasket.load PERF 3pl(>3s)-make Uphill they put wood in them, they make a basket-load. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textkári xás vaa vúra káan tá kun-'íitshur pa-mukún-tur then then so Intensive there PERF 3pl(>3s)-leave the-3plPOSS-packbasket.load And they leave their basket-loads there." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textxás kun-piip vaa vúra kun-'írunaa-tih-eesh pa-tur then 3pl(>3s)-say so Intensive 3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-DUR-FUT the-packbasket.load And then they said, "The basket-loads will walk (home by themselves)." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textkári xás vaa u-kupí-ti payêem tá pu-'áhoo-tih-ara pa-tur then then so 3s(>3)-do-DUR now PERF NEG-go-DUR-NEG the-packbasket.load So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text