Ararahih'urípih
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ak- to do with one's hands, to put (one's hands), to reach

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #231 | revised Nov 13 2014

ak- • V • to do with one's hands, to put (one's hands), to reach

Derivatives (18; show derivatives)

Source: WB 48, p.315

Note: Bound stem, occurring only with derivational suffixes.

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  1. ta'ítam    ni'aaksúraheen   
    so    I.shot.at.him   
    I took a shot at him.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. ta'ítam    kúkuum    ni'aaksúraheen    chímiva    súrukam    kúna    nipásip    tama    uskákavraa   
    so    again    I.shot.at.him    soon    under    in.addition    I.shoot.    then    he.jumps.over.the.ridge   
    I shot under, and he jumped over the ridge.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. iim    púfaat    mitikakvánaach   
    2sg.    nothing    your.ring   
    You don't have a ring.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  4. púfaat    mutikakvánaach   
    nothing    her.ring   
    She doesn't have a ring.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  5. áhup    káru    nu'akaafúrukvuti   
    wood    also    we.were.carrying.it.against.our.shoulder   
    We were also carrying wood into the house in our arms.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  6. chí    á'    pákathuneesh   
    soon    above    you.should.cook   
    You should cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  7. u'aakrúprihtih    pa'asiktávaan   
    he.locked.arms.with    the.women   
    He locked arms with the women.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  8. poo'áaksur    pirishkâarim    sáruk    uikyívunih   
    when.he.releases.the.arrow    grizzly    downhill    she.fell.downhill   
    When he released the arrow, Grizzly Bear fell downhill.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  9. kári    xás    upíip    yuuxmachmahánach    naa    pay'ôok    sinkanánaamich    tá    ni'aakúrih   
    then    then    he.said    lizard.sp.    1sg.    right.here    base.of.throat    PERF    I.reach.into.it   
    And Lizard said, "I reach in here at the base of my throat.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  10. kári    xás    ta'ítam    u'aakúriheen    kári    xás    uskúruhruprav    pamúmya    pirishkâarim   
    then    then    so    he.reached.into.it    then    then    he.pulled.it.out    her.heart    grizzly   
    And so (Lizard) reached in, and he took out Grizzly's heart.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  11. xákarari    u'áaktak   
    on.both.sides    he.put.his.hands.on.top.of.it   
    He put his hands on each side (of the door).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  12. kári    xás    ithváay    u'aktararíshriihva   
    then    then    chest    he.pressed.his.hands.down   
    Then he pressed his hands on their chests.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  13. kári    xás    paniinamichtâapas    iknûumin veekxaréeyav    pamú'arama    vaa    vúra    ukupa'ífaha    pamútiik    u'ákchaaktih    xákarari    pamútiik    u'ákchaaktih   
    then    then    the.smallest    Burrill.Peak.spirit    his.child    so    Intensive    he.grew.up.this.way    his.hands    it.was.closed    on.both.sides    his.hands    it.was.closed   
    And Burrill Peak Spirit's littlest child grew up this way, his hands were closed, both his hands were closed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  14. pamukúntiik    ishvít    kóo    aas    kun'áakkurihtih    pakun'axaychákishrihtih   
    their.hands    piece    as.much.as    water    they.were.putting.their.hands.into.water    when.they.were.grabbing.it   
    They put their hands halfway into the water, when they took hold of (the gunwales).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  15. xás    apmáan    tu'áakvar    xás    taay    vúra    xúnxun    tóo    kyav   
    then    mouth    she.put.into    then    much    Intensive    phlegm    she.had    make   
    Then she put her hands in her mouth, and she made a lot of phlegm.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  16. xás    á'    u'ákuraati    papimustihvâanarak   
    then    above    it.is.reaching.up    at.the.window   
    He is putting his paws up on the window.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text