Ararahih'urípih
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imchanáknak to knock, to tap (something, against something else)

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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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  1. 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