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thúriruv to urinate on oneself
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6020 | revised Jan 29 2016
thúriruv • V • to urinate on oneself
| Derivation: | thúriv-iruv |
| urinate-too.much |
Derivative (1)
thurirúvuukva "to urinate all over oneself"
- tanathúriruv, chími âapun. I'm pissing myself, let's go down! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 079]
See thúriv 'to urinate' See -iruv 'too much'
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yíiv vúra nuthyuruveesh,
chími âapun,
tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun,
tá nichnahirúvuukva,
chími âapun,
tá nithurirúvuukva,
chími âapun."
"We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
kári xás upíip "
matêe kuvaan,
tá nathurirúvuukva."
And he said, "matêe kuvaan, I'm urinating all over myself!"Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text