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kúkurih to stoop down
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3968 | revised Jun 26 2015
kúkurih • V • to stoop down
Source: WB 915, p.358
- kári xás ta'ítam ukúkuriheen, vúra uum xára pookúkurih pa'íshaha. And so (Coyote) stooped down, he stooped down to the water a long time. [Reference: WB T1.77-8]
- víri pookúkurih chímiva úuth úkyiimkar. When he stooped down, he suddenly fell in. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 089]
Sentence examples (7)
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kári xás ta'ítam ukúkuriheen.
And then he stooped down to the water.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
vúra uum xára pookúkuri pa'íshaha,
tu'ísh taay.
He stooped down to the water for a long time, he drank a lot.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás ishkéesh'aachip ta'ítam ukúkuriheen.
And in the middle of the river he stooped down to the water.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
víri pookúkurih chímiva úuth úkyiimkar.
When he stooped down, he suddenly fell in.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
kári xás ukúkurih.
And he stooped down to it.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kári xás ukúkurih.
And he stooped down to it.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kári xás ukúkurih.
And he stooped down to the water.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text