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kunih- to shoot
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3982 | revised Nov 17 2014
kunih- • V • to shoot
Derivatives (16; show derivatives)
Source: WB 922, p.363
Note: Bound stem, used with directional suffixes. Cf. akuníhraam 'shooting place', akuníhvaan 'shooter'.
Sentence examples (34)
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ta'ítam ni'akuníihkaheen.
So I shot at him.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
papúufich tukuníihka.
He shot the deer.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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imáan papúufich ukúniihkeesh.
He is going to shoot the deer tomorrow.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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imáan papúufich nikúniihkeesh.
Tomorrow I am going to shoot the deer.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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xás vaa pa'ávansa ukúniihka papúufich.
And the man shot at the deer.Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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váa vúra uum yíiv xas vaa vúra uxúti íkiich punakúniihkeeshara xás vúra vaa ukúniihka.
And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it.Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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xás vaa ukúniihkat papúufich.
And he shot that deer.Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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xás kári ta'ítam "
chími kankúniihki,"
hínupa páy tóo kfíripriv.
And then (he said), "Let me shoot (one)," but he missed.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás kúkuum vúra yíth ukúniihka.
And he shot at another one.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
kári xás ukúniihka píshiip yítha.
And he shot at the first one.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kúkuum vúra yíth ukúniihka.
Again he shot at another.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
xás ta'ítam kunkunihúraanaheen pá'aan.
And so they shot the string up.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
pihnêefich upíip
" naa píshiip paniní'aan á' kiikuníhuraa."
Coyote said, "Shoot my string up first!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás chavúra koovúra kunkuníhuraa.
And finally they shot them all up.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás pa'avansatinihyâach upíip
" chími naa paniní'aan kiikuníhuraa."
Then the little flat man said, "Shoot my string up!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xáyfaat kukuníhuraa."
Don't shoot it up!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás ta'ítam kunkuníhuraaheen.
But then they shot it up.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás upiip, "
chími kúniihki pa'áxruuh."
And he said, "Shoot the gray squirrels."Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
xás ukúniihka,
ukyívunih.
Then they shot (a squirrel), (and) it fell down.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
xás kunipêer "
vaa káan kúniihki mufithíhkaam mupîimich,
vaa káan pamúthvaay utháaniv."
And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there."Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
xás vaa káan ukúniihka,
xás ukyívishriheen.
So he shot him there, and (the monster) fall down.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
xás uxús
" chími kankúniihki."
And he thought, "Let me shoot her!"Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text -
xás ta'ítam ukúniihka pamuhrôoha.
And he shot his wife.Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text -
kári xasík nukuníhuraavish."
Then we can shoot it up."Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás pihnêefich mú'aan píshiich kunkuníhuraa.
And they shot Coyote's string up first.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
koovúra paxáh tá kunkuníhuraa pamukún'aan.
All the spiders shot up their string.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
ta'ítam kunkuníhuraaheen.
So they shot it up.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
îikam ukunihîichvutih.
He was outside shooting in play.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
xás pámita îin kunsíitvat úpeenti
" xáyfaat mâam kúuk ikuníhivraa."
And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!"Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
xás mâam kúuk ukúniihva yiimúsich vúra.
So he shot a little ways uphillward.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
xás upávar pamukuníhar.
And he went to get his arrows.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
chítik vúra tá itroopatishamnihasúpaa tá kunkúnih kári xás tupihyárihish.
Finally they had done target-shooting for nine days, and then (the priest) stood still (the priest remains standing all night).Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text -
xás paafishríhansas kunkúniihvunaa,
taay kuníxraamtih.
And the young men shot arrows, they bet a lot.Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text