Ararahih'urípih
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itfúruk to look indoors

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3216 | revised Feb 09 2015

itfúruk • V • to look indoors

Derivation:  it-fúruk
look-indoors

  • kári xás úhyiv pa'ipa kupimúsaranhat, uhyûunishvanaa, pootfúnukva. Then the one that went back to see hollered, he hollered to them when he looked in. [Reference: KT 155.38]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. xás    utfúnukva   
    then    he.looked.inside   
    So he looked in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    kunitfúnukva    peekmaháchraam   
    then    then    they.looked.inside    the.sweathouse   
    And they looked into the sweathouse.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  3. pootfúnukva    yánava    vúra    púra fáat   
    when.he.looked.inside    visible    Intensive    nothing   
    When he looked into the living house, he saw there was nothing there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. póo'uum    chanchaaksúrak    pootfúnukva    pamukun'iinâak    vúra    uum    úm'aaxvarayva   
    when.he.arrived    at.the.smokehole    when.he.looked.indoors    their.indoors    Intensive    3.SG    it.was.red.around   
    When he arrived, when he looked inside through the smokehole, it was red all over inside their house (by reflection from his clothing).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  5. xás    pootfúnukva    umah    káan    úkrii    pa'ifápiit   
    then    when.he.looked.inside    he.saw.her    there    she.was    the.young.woman   
    And when he looked inside, he saw her, the girl was there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text