Ararahih'urípih
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vôonkurih to crawl in

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lexicon ID #6612 | revised Jan 14 2016

vôonkurih • V • to crawl in

Derivation:  vôor-kúrih
creep-into.water

  • ikmahachram'ahúpmaam sú' uvôonkurih. He crawled in behind the sweathouse wood. [Reference: KT 139.38]
  • xás ithváaykam pachivchaksurúraam vúra ipshûunkinich pakáan kunvôonkurihvuti. And at the front (of the sweathouse) there was a door, just low, where they crawled in. [Reference: WB T76.4]

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  1. hínupa   chantirih-'îin   sú'   pa-tá   kun-vôonkurih   vaa   kúth   p-oo-kpaksúr-oo-ti   pa-mú-siish  
    surprise   tick-TOPIC   inside   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-crawl.in   so   because.of   NOMZ-3s(>3)-cut.off-PL.ACT-DUR   the-3sPOSS-penis  
    There it was Tick that crawled into him, that's why he cut off his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  2. xás   ithváaykam   pa-chivchaksurúraam   vúra   ipshûunkinich   pa-káan   kun-vóonkurih-vu-tih  
    then   front   the-door   Intensive   low   NOMZ-there   3pl(>3s)-crawl.in-PL.ACT-DUR  
    And in front, there was a low door, where they went in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text