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kunaaskúnas-ha / kunaaskúnas-hi to play on a teeter-totter
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lexicon ID #3979 | revised Jun 26 2015
kunaaskúnas-ha / kunaaskúnas-hi • V • to play on a teeter-totter
| Derivation: | kunaas-RED-ha |
| kunaas-REDUP-DENOM |
Source: WB 921, p.363
- áxak pa'avansáxiitichas kunkunaaskúnashiti. Two little boys were playing on a teeter-totter. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 039]
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xás vaa káan pihnîich úkrii,
áxak pa'avansáxiitichas kunkunaaskúnas-hitih.
And an old man was there, (and) two little boys were playing on a teeter-totter.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
úpêer papihníich, "
chími nukunaaskúnas-hitih."
The old man said to them, "Let's (you and I) play on the teeter-totter."Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
xás âanaxus upiip, "
chími ôok naa,
chími nukunaaskúnas-hitih."
Then Weasel said, "Come here, let's play on the teeter-totter."Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text