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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. ta'ítam ni'akuníihkaheen.
    So I shot at him.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. papúufich tukuníihka.
    He shot the deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  3. imáan papúufich ukúniihkeesh.
    He is going to shoot the deer tomorrow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  4. imáan papúufich nikúniihkeesh.
    Tomorrow I am going to shoot the deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  5. xás vaa pa'ávansa ukúniihka papúufich.
    And the man shot at the deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  6. váa vúra uum yíiv xas vaa vúra uxúti íkiich punakúniihkeeshara xás vúra vaa ukúniihka.
    And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  7. xás vaa ukúniihkat papúufich.
    And he shot that deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  8. xás kári ta'ítam " chími kankúniihki," hínupa páy tóo kfíripriv.
    And then (he said), "Let me shoot (one)," but he missed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. xás kúkuum vúra yíth ukúniihka.
    And he shot at another one.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. kári xás ukúniihka píshiip yítha.
    And he shot at the first one.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  11. kúkuum vúra yíth ukúniihka.
    Again he shot at another.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  12. xás upiip, " chími kúniihki pa'áxruuh."
    And he said, "Shoot the gray squirrels."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  13. xás ukúniihka, ukyívunih.
    Then they shot (a squirrel), (and) it fell down.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  14. xás kunipêer " vaa káan kúniihki mufithíhkaam mupîimich, vaa káan pamúthvaay utháaniv."
    And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  15. xás vaa káan ukúniihka, xás ukyívishriheen.
    So he shot him there, and (the monster) fall down.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  16. xás uxús " chími kankúniihki."
    And he thought, "Let me shoot her!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  17. xás ta'ítam ukúniihka pamuhrôoha.
    And he shot his wife.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text