Ararahih'urípih
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ishnur / ishnúru- to thunder

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lexicon ID #3045 | revised Oct 31 2014

ishnur / ishnúru- • V • to thunder

Derivative (1)
ishnur "thunder"

Source: WB 713, p.351

  • kúkuum vúra upishnúreesh. It's going to thunder again. [Reference: KV]

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  1. tóo snur.
    It thundered.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  2. tóo snur um?
    Did it thunder?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  3. ishnúr um?
    Is it thundering?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  4. ipít mít usnúrat.
    It thundered yesterday.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  5. ipít usnúrat.
    It thundered yesterday.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  6. xás upíip " hôoy vúra kumeethívthaaneen usnúrutih."
    And he said, "It's thundering somewhere in the country."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  7. púyava payêem patóo snur, pa'ípaha tóo kfuukiraa, tóo sxáxaar.
    So now when it thunders, (Lightning) grabs the trees, he rips them open.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text