Ararahih'urípih
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ihyákurih to stick (a long object) in

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1614 | revised Apr 20 2014

ihyákurih • V • to stick (a long object) in

Derivation:  íihya-kúrih
stand.(long.object)-into.water

Derivatives (3)
axvahihyákurih "gravestone"
ifuniheehyákurih "hairpin"
ihyákurih "seine pole, pole with hook, used with seine net"

Source: WB 433.1, p.337

  • xás kôomahich vúra vaa káan yúuxak uhyákurih pamushvírik. Then she just jabs her elbow a little into the earth there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 052]
  • pahûut kunkupatárukahiti pakuníhar, payúuv kunihyákuriheeshirak. How they dig out the arrow where the foreshaft will be inserted. [Reference: TK xxxiii.2]

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  1. xás vaa káan pamupíkvas uhyákurih.
    And he stuck his headdress-feather in there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text