Ararahih'urípih
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vur / vura- to jab, to poke (with a stick)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6674 | revised Dec 12 2015

vur / vura- • V • to jab, to poke (with a stick)

Derivative (1)
vuraan "man's name, living at Camp Creek"

Source: WB 1576, p.396

Note: Also WB T46.21, 22.

  • kúuk tukúchnaaxma, upífeesh, kári xás chikus! tuvur. (Skunk) turned his buttocks toward them, he was about to fart, and bang! they jabbed him. [Reference: WB T46.21]
  • musmus'îin kunvúranik. He got hooked by a cow. [Reference: TK 176.26]

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  1. vaa   vúra   uum   puxích   tá   na-furáthfip  
    that   jab   3.SG   very.much   PERF   1s-be.nervous  
    I am really cranky.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. 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

  3. púyava   vúra   tá   kun-káriha   pa-kun-kupa-vúr-ah-eesh  
    you.see   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.ready   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-MODAL-jab-Modal-FUT  
    And they were ready to jab him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   chikus!   t-u-vur  
    then   then   sound.of.poking   PERF-3s(>3)-jab  
    And wham! They jabbed him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  5. 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