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Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2933 | revised Aug 07 2015
íruvoo • V • to turn to
Source: WB 687, p.349
Note: Bound stem; occurs only in idiom xúus u'íruvooti 'he's thinking about it'.
- pananítaat xuus ni'íruvooti. I'm thinking of my mother. [Reference: KV]
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chavúra itaharéekxaram tá pu'ikviit-hítihara páxuus u'íruvooti pamuhrôohas.
Finally he didn't sleep for ten nights, as he thought about his wives.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
vúra kích ukupitih,
xuus u'íruvooti.
He did only (this), he thought about them.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text