Ararahih'urípih
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íhukvunaa to have a flower dance

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7367 | revised Feb 23 2016

íhukvunaa • V • to have a flower dance

Derivation:  íhuk-vunaa  (= ih-uk-vunaa)
do.flower.dance-PL  (= dance-to.here-PL)

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  1. xas   pa-pihnîich   u-píip   "chími   nu-'íhukvunaa  
    then   the-old.man   3s(>3)-say   "soon   1pl(>3)-have.flower.dance  
    Then the old man said, "Let's have a puberty dance!
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xas   u-píip   "vúra   nu-'íhukvunaa-vish  
    then   3s(>3)-say   "Intensive   1pl(>3)-have.flower.dance-FUT  
    Then he said, "Indeed! We will have to dance!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text