Ararahih'urípih
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tákuruk- to curl, to coil

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5615 | revised Nov 17 2014

tákuruk- • V • to curl, to coil

Derivatives (2)
tákurukish "to curl up"
tákurukriv "to be in a coil"

Source: WB 1293, p.382

Note: Bound stem, used with derivative suffixes.

Sentence examples (2)

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  1. xas    upíip    "vup'áfiv    tákurukrivan    hitíhaan    íp    napáknitsurunat   
    then    he.said    base.of.the.neck    coiled    always    PAST    I.plucked.it.off   
    And the old man answered, "I pulled if off out of the back of my neck where the hair is so curly, you know."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xás    papihnîich    upiip    paninivup'áfiv    vaa    káan    utakurukíshriihva    víriva    tóo    kyiimshur   
    then    the.old.man    he.said    the.base.of.my.neck    so    there    it.was.curled.up    so    it.had    fall.off   
    And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text