Ararahih'urípih
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vôohar / voohara- digging stick

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6604 | revised Jan 14 2016

vôohar / voohara- • N • digging stick

Source: WB 1562.1, p.395

Note: Equiv. to vôoh, vôor.

  • payêem ík vooharamûuk ivúreesh. Now you must jab him with a digging stick. [Reference: WB T46.16]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. kári   xás   u-piip   púya   payêem   ík   vôohara   mûuk   i-vúr-eesh   pa-pay'ôok   t-u-'íhithuna-haak   nunú-thvaaykam  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   and.so   now   must   digging.stick   with.(by.means.of)   2s(>3)-jab-FUT   NOMZ-right.here   PERF-3s(>3)-dance.around-when   1plPOSS-front  
    And (one) said, "Say, this time we must jab him with a digging stick when he dances around here in front of us."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   u-kyívish   áfup   pa-tá   kun-vúr   vôohara   mûuk  
    then   then   3s(>3)-fall.down   buttocks   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-jab   digging.stick   with.(by.means.of)  
    Then he fell down, when they jabbed him in the buttocks with a digging stick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text