Ararahih'urípih
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xus + kíri to want

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6940 | revised Aug 05 2014

xus + kíri • MWU • to want

Literally: 'to think ... wish ...'

  • nixúti kíri nimah. I want to see it (lit., I think "I wish I could see it"). [Reference: KV]
  • púyava páy uum ôok panixúti, kíri nithivkêetih. This is the place where I am thinking, 'I want to be going along with them.' [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 026]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. My mother used to tell me,   pa-fâat   i-xu-ti   kíri   ni-vik   ipthíith-i   otherwise you never will  
    My mother used to tell me,   the-what   2s(>3)-want-DUR   want   1s(>3)-weave   finish.weaving-IMPER   otherwise you never will  
    My mother used to tell me, whatever you want to weave, finish it, otherwise you never will.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. ní-xu-ti   kíri   kúnish   sákriiv  
    1s(>3)-want-DUR   want   sort.of   hard  
    I want to make it kinda solid.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. kúnish   kíri   sákriiv   kúnish   pa-ní-ktaam-sipree-haak   pa-xuun  
    sort.of   want   hard   sort.of   NOMZ-1s(>3)-hold.in.hand-up-1pl(>3)   the-acorn.soup  
    So that it's kind of solid when I pick it up, the acorn soup.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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