Ararahih'urípih
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kûurish / kûurishrih- to sit down

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4090 | revised Aug 07 2015

kûurish / kûurishrih- • V • to sit down

Derivation:  kûur-ish
sit-down

Source: WB 928, p.363

  • chími vôonupuki, kûurish. Come on in and sit down! [Reference: KV]
  • ta'ítam mu'iv'íikam kun'irukûurishriheen. So they sat down outside his house. [Reference: WB T52.16]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. kári    xás    ta'ítam    ukûurishriheen   
    then    then    so    he.sat.down   
    So then he took office.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  2. ta'ítam    mu'iv'îikam    kun'irukûurishriheen   
    so    outside.his.house    they.sat.down   
    And they sat down outside his house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  3. îikam    tá    kunpirukûurish    yukún    vaa    kunkupitih    fúrax    mukunpikshipíkmath   
    outdoors    PERF    they.sit.down.again    you.see    so    they.are.doing.it    woodpecker.head    their.sun-shades   
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. yánava    tá    vúra    háriva    tá    kunpirukûurishriheen    tá    kunipvíkaheen   
    visible    PERF    Intensive    sometime    PERF    they.sat.down.again    PERF    they.wove.again   
    He saw they had sat down again sometime, they were weaving again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text