Ararahih'urípih
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ishtuk to pick, pluck (flowers, stems, leaves)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3120 | revised May 10 2005

ishtuk • V • to pick, pluck (flowers, stems, leaves)

Derivatives (6)
ishtukánkoo "to go there to pick"
ishtúkar "to go pick, pluck (flowers, stems, leaves)"
ishtúkfip "to pick completely"
ishtúkuraa "to pick from bottom to top (of a stem)"
ishtúksar "to pick with"
ishtúuksur "to pick off"

Source: WB 729, p.352

  • ithríha ústuukti. She's picking flowers. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. xás tóo ppiip: " chími nishtúkkeesh, tóo xváhaha."
    Then one says: "Let me pick it, it is gummy."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text

  2. pa'ifápiitsha sárip tá kunishtúkanva.
    The young women went gathering hazel sticks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

  3. axakhárinay xás tá nústuk pasárip.
    Then after two years we picked the hazel twigs.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  4. pasárip tá kuníshtuukvunaa, kun'ipátsiiprinatih.
    They plucked the hazel twigs, they broke them with their fingernails.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  5. xás tá nústuk.
    Then we picked them.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text