Ararahih'urípih
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vur / vura- to jab, to poke (with a stick)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6674 | revised Dec 12 2015

vur / vura- • V • to jab, to poke (with a stick)

Derivative (1)
vuraan "man's name, living at Camp Creek"

Source: WB 1576, p.396

Note: Also WB T46.21, 22.

  • kúuk tukúchnaaxma, upífeesh, kári xás chikus! tuvur. (Skunk) turned his buttocks toward them, he was about to fart, and bang! they jabbed him. [Reference: WB T46.21]
  • musmus'îin kunvúranik. He got hooked by a cow. [Reference: TK 176.26]

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  1. vaa    vúra    uum    puxích    tá    nafuráthfip   
    that    jab    3.SG    very.much    PERF    I.am.cranky   
    I am really cranky.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. kári    xás    upiip    púya    payêem    ík    vôohara    mûuk    ivúreesh    papay'ôok    tu'íhithunahaak    nunúthvaaykam   
    then    then    he.says    and.so    now    must    digging.stick    with.(by.means.of)    you.will.jab.him    when.here    when.he.danced.around    in.front.of.us   
    And (one) said, "Say, this time we must jab him with a digging stick when he dances around here in front of us."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  3. púyava    vúra    tá    kunkáriha    pakunkupavúraheesh   
    you.see    Intensive    PERF    they.are.ready    when.they.will.jab.him   
    And they were ready to jab him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    chikus!    tuvur   
    then    then    sound.of.poking    he.jabbed.him   
    And wham! They jabbed him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    ukyívish    áfup    patá    kunvúr    vôohara    mûuk   
    then    then    he.falls.down    buttocks    when    they.jab.him    digging.stick    with.(by.means.of)   
    Then he fell down, when they jabbed him in the buttocks with a digging stick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text