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ishtuk to pick, pluck (flowers, stems, leaves)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3120 | revised May 10 2005
ishtuk • V • to pick, pluck (flowers, stems, leaves)
Derivatives (6)
ishtukánkoo "to go there to pick"
ishtúkar "to go pick, pluck (flowers, stems, leaves)"
ishtúkfip "to pick completely"
ishtúkuraa "to pick from bottom to top (of a stem)"
ishtúksar "to pick with"
ishtúuksur "to pick off"
Source: WB 729, p.352
- ithríha ústuukti. She's picking flowers. [Reference: KV]
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xás tóo ppiip chími nishtúkkeesh tóo xváhaha then it.has say soon I.will.pick.it it.has be.pitchy Then one says: "Let me pick it, it is gummy." Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full textpa'ifápiitsha sárip tá kunishtúkanva the.young.women hazel.twigs PERF they.went.to.pick.them The young women went gathering hazel sticks. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full textaxakhárinay xás tá nústuk pasárip two.years then PERF we.pick the.hazel.twigs Then after two years we picked the hazel twigs. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textpasárip tá kuníshtuukvunaa kun'ipátsiiprinatih the.hazel.twigs PERF they.picked.them they.were.breaking.them.with.their.fingernails They plucked the hazel twigs, they broke them with their fingernails. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textxás tá nústuk then PERF we.picked.them Then we picked them. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text