Ararahih'urípih
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vûuksaha / vûuksahi- have a work contest (as in shelling acorns)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6697 | revised Jan 25 2016

vûuksaha / vûuksahi- • V • have a work contest (as in shelling acorns)

Source: WB 1567, p.395

  • chími nuvûuksahinaa. Let's have a work contest! [Reference: WB T79.5]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. xás   tá   kun-píip   chími   nu-vûuksahi-naa  
    then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   1pl(>3)-have.work.contest-PL  
    They would say, "Let's have a contest!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

  2. púya-va   tá   kun-pavyíhuk   kári   xás   chími   nu-vûuksahi-naa  
    and.so-so   PERF   3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.)   then   then   soon   1pl(>3)-have.work.contest-PL  
    So they came home and then (they said), "Let's have a contest!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

  3. hâari   kun-vûuksahi-naa-tih  
    sometime   3pl(>3s)-have.work.contest-PL-DUR  
    Sometimes they had a work contest.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text