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síinkar / síinkara- to swallow
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5375 | revised Jul 01 2015
síinkar / síinkara- • V • to swallow
| Derivation: | sir-kar |
| disappear-into.water |
Derivative (1)
sinkanánaamich "base of the throat"
Source: WB 1234.1, p.379
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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