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vôonipaa to crawl toward the back (inside a house)
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lexicon ID #6607 | revised Jan 14 2016
vôonipaa • V • to crawl toward the back (inside a house)
| Derivation: | vôor-rípaa |
| creep-toward.land |
- mâaka kích uvôonipaati ma'tîimich. He moved into the back part of the house. [Reference: KT 122.10]
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mâaka kích u-vôonipaa-ti ma'tîimich in.other.room only 3s(>3)-crawl.toward.back-DUR back.corner.of.sweathouse He (Grizzly Bear) only moved back against the wall in the back part of the sweathouse. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text