Ararahih'urípih
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kuníihka / kuníihku- to shoot at (a person or animal)

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lexicon ID #3995 | revised Aug 02 2015

kuníihka / kuníihku- V • to shoot at (a person or animal)

Derivation kunih-ka
shoot-to

Source: WB 922.2, p.363

  • íp ník nikúniihkat xás nikfíripreet papúufich. I shot at a deer but missed. [Reference: KV]
  • kuntátapvutihanik, kári xás takunkúniihka. They used to trap (deer), and then shoot them. [Reference: TK 175.28]


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  1. kuníihka "to shoot at (a person or animal)" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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