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víitshur / víitshuru- to paddle away
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lexicon ID #6543 | revised Jan 19 2016
víitshur / víitshuru- • V • to paddle away
Derivation: | vit-sur |
paddle-off |
- kári xás ta'ítam kunípviitshuraheen. And so they paddled off. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 156]
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kári xás ta'ítam kun-íp-viitshur-aheen then then so 3pl(>3s)-ITER-paddle.away-ANT And so they paddled off. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textta'ítam kun-íp-viitshur-aheen so 3pl(>3s)-ITER-paddle.away-ANT So they paddled off. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás yáas kun-vitshúr-oo-tih then then 3pl(>3s)-paddle.away-PL.ACT-DUR And then they rowed away. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkári xás u-víitshur then then 3s(>3)-paddle.away He rowed away. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás tá kun-ip-vitshúr-oo then PERF 3pl(>3s)-ITER-paddle.away-PL.ACT And they paddled away again. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás yáas u-xus chími naa káru kan-íp-viitshun then then 3s(>3)-think soon 1sg. also 1s(>3)-ITER-paddle.away So then he thought, "Let me paddle away again too!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text