Ararahih'urípih
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áakvar / áakvara- to put into

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #29 | revised Oct 31 2014

áakvar / áakvara- • V • to put into

Derivation:  ak-vara
do.with.hands-in.through

Derivatives (2)
tikakvánaach "ring (for one's finger)"
tikakváraar "glove"

  • pamútiik tu'áakvar. He put his finger into it. [Reference: KV]
  • xás apmáan tu'áakvar, xás taay vúra xúnxun tóokyav. And she put her hands in her mouth, and she made a lot of phlegm. [Reference: WB T80.4]

See ak- 'to do with hands' See -var(a) 'in through'

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  1. xás    apmáan    tu'áakvar    xás    taay    vúra    xúnxun    tóo    kyav   
    then    mouth    she.put.into    then    much    Intensive    phlegm    she.had    make   
    Then she put her hands in her mouth, and she made a lot of phlegm.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text