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ikfuyvûunish to whistle at (someone)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1797 | revised Nov 12 2014
ikfuyvûunish • V • to whistle at (someone)
| Derivation: | ikfúuyva-unish | (= ikfuy-va-unish) |
| whistle-about | (= whistle-PL.ACT-about) |
- kunikfúyvuunish. Someone whistled at him. [Reference: WB files]
Sentence examples (2)
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xás ukfuyvûunish.
And she whistled at him.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
kâam kunikfúyvuunish.
He was whistled at, a little ways upriver.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text