Ararahih'urípih
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-kúrih into water; into (a vessel)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4022 | revised Jun 29 2008

-kúrih • SUFF • into water; into (a vessel)

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Note: Cf. -kírih 'into fire'.

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  1. nixúti, hárivarihva sárip nisháankurihat íshahak.
    [The other day] I thought I'd put some sticks in water.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. xás nixúti, vaa páy kip Violet ukupíti, the whole thing, vaa too sáankuri, púxay vúra fikríiptihara.
    And I thought, "This is the way Violet does it, the whole thing, she puts it in, she doesn't sort them out."
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. pa'ikxúrikar iyúunkuriheesh pay'ôok.
    You are gonna put the pencil there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  4. pa'as káan nipaathkúriheesh.
    I will throw the rock into it (a vessel).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  5. papûuvish vaa káan pa'as nipaathkúriheesh.
    I will throw the rock into the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  6. íshahak tóo mkuuhkurih.
    It was shining on the water.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  7. kári xás upíip yuuxmachmahánach, " naa pay'ôok sinkanánaamich tá ni'aakúrih.
    And Lizard said, "I reach in here at the base of my throat.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  8. kári xás ta'ítam u'aakúriheen, kári xás uskúruhruprav pamúmya pirishkâarim.
    And so (Lizard) reached in, and he took out Grizzly's heart.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  9. pamukúntiik ishvít kóo aas kun'áakkurihtih, pakun'axaychákishrihtih.
    They put their hands halfway into the water, when they took hold of (the gunwales).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  10. xás kári vaa paxuntápan káan tá kuniyváykurihva.
    Then they poured the acorns in there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text