Ararahih'urípih
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vitrip to pull up (weeds)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6599 | revised Jan 14 2016

vitrip • V • to pull up (weeds)

Derivation:  ivit-rip
detach-out

  • vaa uum yav papírish kunvítriiptihaak, áfeer takunvítrip. It was good to pull the weeds, they pulled them up root and all. [Reference: TK 73.33]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. vaa   vúra   ník   káru   kun-áapunmu-tih-anik   vaa   uum   yáv   pa-pírish   kun-vítrip-tih-aak  
    so   Intensive   a.little   also   3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC   so   3.SG   good   the-plant   3pl(>3s)-pull.up.(weeds)-DUR-when  
    And they also knew that it was good to pull out weeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  2. áfee-r   tá   kun-vítrip   vaa   uum   pu-kúkuum   p-íif-tih-ara   pá-vaa   kun-'îinish-tih-aak   pa-yúux   u-xéetchich-hi-tih  
    bottom-having   PERF   3pl(>3s)-pull.up.(weeds)   so   3.SG   NEG-again   ITER-grow-DUR-NEG   the-that   3pl(>3s)-come.into.existence-DUR-when   the-dirt   3s(>3)-soft-DENOM-DUR  
    Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text