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áchak / áchaku- to float in a bunch
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #86 | revised Oct 31 2014
áchak / áchaku- • V • to float in a bunch
Derivative (1)
áchakvarak "(driftwood) to float down in a bunch"
Source: WB 3, p.313
- yúruk takun'áchakrup, patakunvítrupoo. They floated downriver in a bunch when they traveled downriver. [Reference: WB T57.34]
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yúruk tá kun-'áchak-rup pa-tá kun-vítrup-oo downriver PERF 3pl(>3s)-float.in.bunch-away.downriverward NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-paddle.downstream.from.here-PL.ACT They rowed downriver in a bunch, when they rowed downriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvúrava kun-'áchak-rupu-tih pa-mukún-paah just 3pl(>3s)-float.in.bunch-away.downriverward-DUR the-3plPOSS-boat Their boats were floating in a bunch like that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkáan kun-'áchaku-tih there 3pl(>3s)-float.in.bunch-DUR They were floating in a bunch there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvúra xára tá kun-'áchaku-tih Intensive long.time PERF 3pl(>3s)-float.in.bunch-DUR They floated in a bunch for a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvíri kún tá kun-p-áchak-roov pa-mukún-paah so meaning.unknown PERF 3pl(>3s)-ITER-float.in.bunch-upriverward.from.here the-3plPOSS-boat There were (the others') boats floating upriver in a bunch. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text