Ararahih'urípih
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puxíchkaanva / puxichkâanvu- to work hard, to do with great force

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5159 | revised Oct 31 2014

puxíchkaanva / puxichkâanvu- • V • to work hard, to do with great force

Source: WB 1189.2, p.376

  • puxíchkaanvi. Go to it! [Reference: KV]
  • uum káru vúra vaa ukupapuxichkâanvahiti. She worked just as hard as the man did. [Reference: KS 05 a'iknêechhan 295]

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  1. vúra    káan    tupuxíchkaanva    kachakâachich   
    Intensive    there    she.was.dancing.so.hard    bluejay.(dim.)   
    Bluejay was dancing hard there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    víri    vaa    tupuxíchkaanva    poo'íihtih    kûufan 'an 'an 'an   
    then    then    so    that    he.worked.hard    when.he.was.dancing    kûufan 'an 'an 'an   
    And there he was exerting himself as he danced, (singing) "kûufan 'an 'an 'an."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  3. víri    vaa    kích    upítih    tupuxíchkaanva    vúra    tu'ih    too    máahrav   
    so    so    only    she.is.saying    she.has.worked.hard    Intensive    she.has.danced    she.has    track   
    That's all she would say, she's really dancing real hard, she's knowing things now:
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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