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ikyiivûur / ikyiivûun- to fall for a long time
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lexicon ID #2373 | revised Dec 07 2014
ikyiivûur / ikyiivûun- • V • to fall for a long time
| Derivation: | ikyiv-ûur |
| fall-long.time |
- xás vúra xára ukyiivúur, itaharahárinay ukyiivúur. And he fell for a long time, he fell for ten years. [Reference: WB T8.59]
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xás póokyiimti tukuchnáxavrin,
xás tóo krírihivrin,
xás vúra xára ukyiivúur.
And when he fell, he turned head over heels, and he rolled over sideways, and he was falling for a long time.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
itaharahárinay ukyiivúur.
He fell for ten years.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text