Ararahih'urípih
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vitrip to pull up (weeds)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6599 | revised Jan 14 2016

vitrip • V • to pull up (weeds)

Derivation:  ivit-rip
detach-out

  • vaa uum yav papírish kunvítriiptihaak, áfeer takunvítrip. It was good to pull the weeds, they pulled them up root and all. [Reference: TK 73.33]

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  1. vaa    vúra    ník    káru    kunáapunmutihanik    vaa    uum    yáv    papírish    kunvítriptihaak   
    so    Intensive    a.little    also    they.knew.it.long.ago    so    3.SG    good    the.foliage    that.they.pulled.it.up   
    And they also knew that it was good to pull out weeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  2. áfeer    tá    kunvítrip    vaa    uum    pukúkuum    píiftihara    pávaa    kun'îinishtihaak    payúux    uxéetchichhitih   
    resembling.the.base.of.[it]    PERF    they.pull.it.up    so    3.SG    not.again    it.was.not.growing.up    that    when.they.finished.doing.it    the.dirt    it.is.softer   
    Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text