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ishkáaksur / ishkáaksuru- to jump off
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lexicon ID #2991 | revised Dec 08 2014
ishkáaksur / ishkáaksuru- • V • to jump off
| Derivation: | ishkak-sur |
| jump-off |
Source: WB files
- xás papihnîich úskaaksur. Then the old man jumped off (the teeter-totter). [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 045]
Sentence examples (5)
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Káru uum paxanchíifich uum tóo skáaksur.
And the frog jumped off, too.Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play -
xás ta'ítam úskaaksur.
And so he jumped off.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás papihnîich úskaaksur.
Then the old man jumped off (the teeter-totter).Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
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xás âanaxus úskaaksur,
pihnîich á' ukyívuraa.
(But Weasel forced the old man to get on.) Then Weasel jumped off, (and) the old man flew up into the air.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
kári xás impáak úskaaksur pa'asiktávaan.
And the woman jumped off of the path.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text