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íripkurih to dig a hole
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2914 | revised Jan 22 2015
íripkurih • V • to dig a hole
| Derivation: | írip-kúrih |
| dig-into.water |
- âapun u'íripkurih. She dug a hole in the ground. [Reference: KS Crane 063]
- vaa vúra káan ithívthaaneenak u'íripkurihanik. He dug a hole in the ground there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 193]
Sentence examples (6)
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kari xás ni'íripkurih matée kumayaayaach.
The farther down I dug the better luck I had.Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text -
xás pamúkiit,
yúxnaam u'íripkurihanik,
kóova uxvíiphaanik.
And his grandmother, she dug into the sand, she got so mad.Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text -
xás yúxnaam u'íripkurihanik.
She dug a hole in the sand.Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text -
xás píshiip uum ishahátiimich tá kun'íripkuri su'vári vúra.
And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water.Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text -
peekmaháchraam uum sú' u'íripkurihahitih.
The sweathouse was dug down into the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text -
xás sú' u'íripkurihva.
And it was dug down into the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text