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yuuhrámnih to spit into
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7224 | revised Feb 17 2016
yuuhrámnih • V • to spit into
| Derivation: | yuh-rámnih |
| spit-into |
- xás tíikan uyuuhrámnih. And she spat into her hands. [Reference: WB T80.7]
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xás tíikan u-yuuhrámnih xás pa-'arataanva-'úpas ú-ktaam-ti tíi-kan then hand 3s(>3)-spit.into then the-disease-saliva 3s(>3)-hold.in.hand-DUR hand-Locative And she spat into her hands, and she held the pain-saliva in her hands. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text