Ararahih'urípih
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kuchnáxavrin to turn end over end

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lexicon ID #3951 | revised Jun 24 2015

kuchnáxavrin • V • to turn end over end

Derivation:  kuchnax-vrin
stick.out.buttocks-in.opposite.directions

  • xás póokyiimti tukuchnáxavrin, xás tókrírihivrin. And when (Coyote) fell, he turned end over end, and he rolled over sideways. [Reference: WB T8.59]

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  1. xás    póokyiimti    tukuchnáxavrin    xás    tóo    krírihivrin    xás    vúra    xára    ukyiivúur   
    then    when.he.fell    he.fell.head.over.heels    then    he    roll.over.and.over    then    Intensive    long.time    he.fell.for.a.long.time   
    And when he fell, he turned head over heels, and he rolled over sideways, and he was falling for a long time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text