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kûuntakoo to sit (on)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4085 | revised Jun 30 2005
kûuntakoo • V • to sit (on)
Derivatives (2)
irukûuntakoo "(pl.) to sit on"
kuntakuchuníichva "to go for a drive"
Note: Idiom: chishih'ávahkam ukûuntakoo 'he's sitting on top of a horse' means 'he's riding a horse'.
- aptíikan paachvíiv ukûuntakoo. The bird is sitting on a branch. [Reference: KV]
- yánava itráhyar akváat kun'irukûuntakoo. He saw ten raccoons sitting. [Reference: 4.8]
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achviiv vaa káan ukûuntakoo bird that there it.is.sitting.on There is a bird sitting there. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpayuraschíshiih nikûuntakoo the.horse I.am.sitting.on.it I am riding on the horse. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpayuraschíshiih ikûuntakoo hum the.horse you.are.sitting.on.it or Did you ride the horse? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | PlayIthyáruk xás ukûuntakoo paxanchíifich across then he.is.sitting the.frog And across, the frog is sitting down. Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | PlayKáru paxanchíifich u'úum váa káan ukûuntakoo pachishihaxvâah also the.frog he.got.there ? there he.sits.on.it the.dog.head And the frog gets there, he sits down on the dog's head. Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playípaha káan ukûuntakoo tree there sitting It [a bird] is sitting on a tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpúsihich ikrívkir ukûuntakoo cat.(dimin.) disk-seat she.sits.on.it The cat is sitting on the chair. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playáxak papúsihich ikrívkir kunkûuntakoo two the+cat disk-seat they.sit.on.it Two cats are sitting on the chair (there). Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkoovúra taay papúsihich peekrívkir kunkûuntakoo all much the.cat the.chair they.sit.on.it All the cats are sitting on the chair. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'ávansa ukûuntakoo pa'ikrívkir the.man he.sits.on.it the.chair The man is sitting on the chair. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'ávansa káan úkrii ukûuntakoo pa'ás the.man there he.is he.sits.on.it the.rock The man is over there, sitting on the rock. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playukûuntakoo pa'ás he.sits.on.it the.rock He is sitting on the rock. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat nanikrívkir ikûuntakoo don't! my.chair you.sit Don't sit on my chair! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás upêer pasípnuuk naa ík vúra neemúsahitiheesh peekûuntakoo then he.told.it the.storage.basket 1sg. must Intensive you.will.look.like.me as.you.sit And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textxás upêer vaa ík vúra kóo ôok ikûuntakoovish pani'ípakahaak xasík ikôoheesh then he.told.it so must Intensive as.much.as here you.will.sit until.I.come.back then.(future) you.will.stop And he told it, "You must be sitting here like that until I come back, then you can stop." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textsípnuuk kích káan ukûuntakoo storage.basket only there it.is.sitting Just a storage basket is sitting there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textkoovúra mímyaahti vaa ikupítiheesh fátaak á' ikûuntakoovish all your.life so you.will.be.doing somewhere above you.will.sit.on.it All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textpúyava pakuníkriihvuti vaa káan kunkûuntako peemvirak'ípan you.see when.they.fished so there they.sat.on on.top.of.the.fishing.platform So when they fished, they sat there on top of the fishing platform. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full textukûuntakoo páchishiih ikrivtakukíriipux káru ishrêeriipux he.is.sitting.on.it the.horse without.a.saddle also without.a.bridle He is riding the horse, without a saddle, and without a bridle. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text