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áchak / áchaku- to float in a bunch
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #86 | revised Oct 31 2014
áchak / áchaku- • V • to float in a bunch
Derivative (1)
áchakvarak "(driftwood) to float down in a bunch"
Source: WB 3, p.313
- yúruk takun'áchakrup, patakunvítrupoo. They floated downriver in a bunch when they traveled downriver. [Reference: WB T57.34]
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yúruk tá kun'áchakrup patá kunvítrupoo downriver PERF they.floated.downriver.in.a.bunch when they.paddled.downriver They rowed downriver in a bunch, when they rowed downriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvúrava kun'áchakruputih pamukúnpaah just they.were.floating.in.a.bunch.downriver their.boats Their boats were floating in a bunch like that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkáan kun'áchakutih there they.were.floating.in.a.bunch They were floating in a bunch there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvúra xára tá kun'áchakutih Intensive long.time PERF they.were.floating.in.a.bunch They floated in a bunch for a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvíri kún tá kunpáchakroov pamukúnpaah so meaning.unknown PERF they.were.floating.back.upriver.in.a.bunch their.boats There were (the others') boats floating upriver in a bunch. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text