Ararahih'urípih
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ishkáaksur / ishkáaksuru- to jump off

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2991 | revised Dec 08 2014

ishkáaksur / ishkáaksuru- • V • to jump off

Derivation:  ishkak-sur
jump-off

Source: WB files

  • xás papihnîich úskaaksur. Then the old man jumped off (the teeter-totter). [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 045]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. Káru    uum    paxanchíifich    uum    tóo    skáaksur   
    also    3.SG    the.frog    3.SG    he.has    jump.off   
    And the frog jumped off, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  2. xás    ta'ítam    úskaaksur   
    then    so    he.jumped.off   
    And so he jumped off.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. xás    papihnîich    úskaaksur   
    then    the.old.man    he.jumped.off   
    Then the old man jumped off (the teeter-totter).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  4. xás    âanaxus    úskaaksur    pihnîich    á'    ukyívuraa   
    then    weasel    he.jumped.off    old.man    above    he.was.propelled.up.into.the.air   
    (But Weasel forced the old man to get on.) Then Weasel jumped off, (and) the old man flew up into the air.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    impáak    úskaaksur    pa'asiktávaan   
    then    then    at.the.path    she.jumped.off    the.woman   
    And the woman jumped off of the path.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text