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ikrívruh to roll (as a ball)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2036 | revised Dec 02 2014
ikrívruh • V • to roll (as a ball)
Derivatives (8)
ikrivrúhunih "to roll downhill from here"
ikrivrúhuthun "to roll here and there, to roll around"
ikrivrúhuvruk "a man's name"
ikrivrúuhma "to roll to"
ikrivrúuhraa "to roll up from downriver"
ikrivrúuhrup "to roll downriver from here"
ikrivrúuhsip "to start to roll"
ikrivrúuhsur "to roll away"
Source: WB 496, p.340
Note: Cf. inívruh- '(pl.) to roll'.
- neepsharavrîiki nu'axaychákishrihi pookrívruuhti. Help me stop it from rolling! [Reference: KV]
Sentence example (1)
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víriva kumá'ii kunípeenti
" xúux mukrivruhvánamich."
For that reason they call it "xuux's little rolling-place."Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text