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ikmuum to pitch onto (in fight)
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lexicon ID #1839 | revised Nov 08 2014
ikmuum • V • to pitch onto (in fight)
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ikmúumka "to gang up on (in fight)"
- víri taxánahishich koovúra kuníkmuum achvuun. So after a while they all pitched on to Hookbill Salmon. [Reference: KT 125.30]
- itaharavan'îin takuníkmuum. Ten (men or dogs) pitched onto him. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 352]
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viri ta xánnahishich koovúra kuníkmuum achvúun atipimámvaan kunkoohímmach'va so PERF little.while all they.pitched.on.him hookbill.salmon buzzard they.felt.sorry.for.him Then they all pitched on to Hookbill, they felt sorry for Buzzard. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text