Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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
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  2. payuraschíshiih    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
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  3. payuraschíshiih    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
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  4. Ithyáruk    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
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  5. Káru    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
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  6. ípaha    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
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  7. púsihich    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
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  8. áxak     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
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  9. koovúra    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
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  10. pa'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
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  11. pa'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
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  12. ukûuntakoo    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
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  13. xáyfaat    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
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  14. xás    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 text
  15. xás    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 text
  16. sípnuuk    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 text
  17. koovúra    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 text
  18. púyava    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 text
  19. ukûuntakoo    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