Ararahih'urípih
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vírax to lick

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6567 | revised Jan 14 2016

vírax • V • to lick

Derivation:  vir
suck

Derivatives (2)
víraxsip "to lick up"
víraxsur "to lick off"

Source: WB 1552, p.394

  • yánava pa'ás pooviraxvíraxti paparamvará'as. They saw he was licking the stones, the salmon boiling stones. [Reference: TK 265.27]

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  1. " tîi matêe kanipvínaxsunachi.
    "Let me taste it by sticking out my tongue.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. xás kúkuum upvínaxsunach.
    Then he tasted it again by sticking out his tongue.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  3. tîi kanvínaxsunachi.
    Let me lick it off!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  4. púyava paaxíich yiivári tu'íipma xás tóo pviraxsîip.
    Then when the child went away, she licked it up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  5. xás tóo pviraxsîip.
    Then she licked it up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text