Ararahih'urípih
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kûur- / kûun- to sit, to slide (on one's buttocks)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4088 | revised Nov 17 2014

kûur- / kûun- • V • to sit, to slide (on one's buttocks)

Derivatives (5)
kûunpiithva "to sit around"
kûuntakish "to sit down"
kûurish "to sit down"
kûurunih "to slide down"
kûuruthun "to slide around"

Source: WB 928, p.363

Note: Bound stem; occurs with directional suffixes.

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. vaa    vúra    káan    âapun    yúuxak    ukûuruthun   
    so    Intensive    there    on.the.ground    in.the.dirt    he.slid.around   
    He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás    káan    avansatínihich    ukûuruthunatih   
    then    there    flat.man    he.was.sliding.around   
    And a flat man was sliding around there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. xás    kári    ta'ítam    ukûuntakishriheen   
    then    then    so    he.sat.down.on.it   
    And then he sat down on it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  4. kúna    nuu    yaas'arará'uuthkam    kích    nu'irukúunpiithvutiheesh   
    in.addition    we    in.front.of.rich.people    only    we.will.sit.around   
    But we will be sitting around only in front of rich people."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    ta'ítam    ukûurishriheen   
    then    then    so    he.sat.down   
    So then he took office.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam    mu'iv'îikam    kun'irukûurishriheen   
    so    outside.his.house    they.sat.down   
    And they sat down outside his house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  7. îikam    tá    kunpirukûurish    yukún    vaa    kunkupitih    fúrax    mukunpikshipíkmath   
    outdoors    PERF    they.sit.down.again    you.see    so    they.are.doing.it    woodpecker.head    their.sun-shades   
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  8. yánava    tá    vúra    háriva    tá    kunpirukûurishriheen    tá    kunipvíkaheen   
    visible    PERF    Intensive    sometime    PERF    they.sat.down.again    PERF    they.wove.again   
    He saw they had sat down again sometime, they were weaving again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text