Ararahih'urípih
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ikyíimshur / ikyíimshuru- to fall off

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lexicon ID #2371 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyíimshur / ikyíimshuru- • V • to fall off

Derivation:  ikyiv-sur
fall-off

  • pachivchákar tóokyiimshur. The doorknob fell off. [Reference: KV]
  • kári xás úkyiimshur. So he fell off. [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 054]

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  1. kári xás úkyiimshur.
    So he fell off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  2. xás papihnîich upiip, " paninivup'áfiv vaa káan utakurukíshriihva, víriva tóo kyiimshur."
    And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text