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iipkúrih to dive
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1691 | revised Nov 11 2014
iipkúrih • V • to dive
| Derivation: | iip-kúrih |
| return-into.water |
Source: WB 637.1, p.347; JPH ani 06:675
- xás paxanchíifich u'iipkúrih ishkêeshak. So Frog (took the fire in his mouth and) dived in the river. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 058]
Sentence examples (7)
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xás paxanchíifich u'iipkúri ishkêeshak.
So Frog (took the fire in his mouth and) dived in the river.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás u'iipkúrih.
He dived in.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
xás u'iipkúrih.
Then he dived in.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
kári xás u'iipkúri póokraam.
And he dived into the lake.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás pamuchíshii ta'ítam úmpaan u'iipkúriheen.
So then his dog dived into the water.Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text -
káru vaa káan ávansa upakxuyvîichvuti pakáan tu'iipkúrih.
And a man is looking for good luck there when he dives in there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text -
tu'iipkúrihar,
" xáat káru ni'iv".
He went to dive in, (thinking), "I may even die."Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text