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imchanáknak to knock, to tap (something, against something else)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2404 | revised Feb 21 2005
imchanáknak • V • to knock, to tap (something, against something else)
Source: WB 571, p.344
- pamúpxaan umchanáknak páapsiih. She knocked her hat on her leg. [Reference: WB files]
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xás patóo píishrav xás pamúpxaan umchanáknak páapsiih then when.she.had drunk.from.it then her.hat she.knocked.it.against.it the.leg And when she had drunk from it, she knocked her hat on his leg (to shake the water out). Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text