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kûuntakoo to sit (on)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4085 | revised Jun 30 2005
kûuntakoo • V • to sit (on)
Derivatives (2)
irukûuntakoo "(pl.) to sit on"
kuntakuchuníichva "to go for a drive"
Note: Idiom: chishih'ávahkam ukûuntakoo 'he's sitting on top of a horse' means 'he's riding a horse'.
- aptíikan paachvíiv ukûuntakoo. The bird is sitting on a branch. [Reference: KV]
- yánava itráhyar akváat kun'irukûuntakoo. He saw ten raccoons sitting. [Reference: 4.8]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (19)