Ararahih'urípih
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kûur- / kûun- to sit, to slide (on one's buttocks)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4088 | revised Nov 17 2014

kûur- / kûun- • V • to sit, to slide (on one's buttocks)

Derivatives (5)
kûunpiithva "to sit around"
kûuntakish "to sit down"
kûurish "to sit down"
kûurunih "to slide down"
kûuruthun "to slide around"

Source: WB 928, p.363

Note: Bound stem; occurs with directional suffixes.

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. vaa vúra káan âapun yúuxak ukûuruthun.
    He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás káan avansatínihich ukûuruthunatih.
    And a flat man was sliding around there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. xás kári ta'ítam ukûuntakishriheen.
    And then he sat down on it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  4. kúna nuu yaas'arará'uuthkam kích nu'irukúunpiithvutiheesh."
    But we will be sitting around only in front of rich people."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  5. kári xás ta'ítam ukûurishriheen.
    So then he took office.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam mu'iv'îikam kun'irukûurishriheen.
    And they sat down outside his house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  7. îikam tá kunpirukûurish, yukún vaa kunkupitih, fúrax mukunpikshipíkmath.
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  8. yánava tá vúra háriva tá kunpirukûurishriheen, tá kunipvíkaheen.
    He saw they had sat down again sometime, they were weaving again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text