Ararahih'urípih
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taknih to roll (like a log)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5596 | revised Dec 21 2015

taknih • V • to roll (like a log)

Derivatives (12; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1285, p.382

Sentence examples (6)

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  1. unuhyâachhiruva    kúma    u'árihishrih    pananí'iithva    víri    natakníihshurootih   
    too.round    3sPOSS    it.becomes    the.my.pack    so    it.keeps.rolling.off.me   
    My pack was becoming too round, so it kept rolling off me.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. ta'ítam    utakníhithunaheen   
    so    he.rolled.around   
    Then he rolled around.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. púyava    káan    utákniihkurih   
    you.see    there    she.rolls.into.a.hollow   
    She rolled in (to a hollow) there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  4. utákniihvarayva   
    she.rolls.around   
    She rolled around.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  5. xás    ipvárakirak    panini'ahtákni    pamuyukúku    íp    umátnuusat   
    then    on.the.way.back.downriver    my.car    its.shoe    PAST    it.burst   
    And on the way back down from upriver, my tire burst.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text

  6. púyava    panipkárahaak    payêem    káruk    kúna    ni'árihroovish    niptakníhareesh   
    you.see    when.I.go.back.across.river    now    upriver    in.addition    I.will.go.upriver    I.will.go.drive.back   
    When I go back across-river now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text