Ararahih'urípih
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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)

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  1. achviiv vaa káan ukûuntakoo.
    There is a bird sitting there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  2. payuraschíshiih nikûuntakoo.
    I am riding on the horse.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  3. payuraschíshiih ikûuntakoo hum?
    Did you ride the horse?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  4. Ithyáruk xás ukûuntakoo paxanchíifich.
    And across, the frog is sitting down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  5. Káru paxanchíifich u'úum váa káan, ukûuntakoo pachishihaxvâah.
    And the frog gets there, he sits down on the dog's head.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  6. ípaha káan ukûuntakoo.
    It [a bird] is sitting on a tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  7. púsihich ikrívkir ukûuntakoo.
    The cat is sitting on the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  8. áxak papúsihich ikrívkir kunkûuntakoo
    Two cats are sitting on the chair (there).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  9. koovúra taay papúsihich peekrívkir kunkûuntakoo.
    All the cats are sitting on the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  10. pa'ávansa ukûuntakoo pa'ikrívkir.
    The man is sitting on the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  11. pa'ávansa káan úkrii ukûuntakoo pa'ás.
    The man is over there, sitting on the rock.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  12. ukûuntakoo pa'ás.
    He is sitting on the rock.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  13. xáyfaat nanikrívkir ikûuntakoo
    Don't sit on my chair!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  14. xás upêer pasípnuuk " naa ík vúra neemúsahitiheesh peekûuntakoo.
    And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  15. xás upêer " vaa ík vúra kóo ôok ikûuntakoovish pani'ípakahaak, xasík ikôoheesh."
    And he told it, "You must be sitting here like that until I come back, then you can stop."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  16. sípnuuk kích káan ukûuntakoo.
    Just a storage basket is sitting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  17. koovúra mímyaahti vaa ikupítiheesh, fátaak á' ikûuntakoovish.
    All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  18. púyava pakuníkriihvuti vaa káan kunkûuntako peemvirak'ípan.
    So when they fished, they sat there on top of the fishing platform.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  19. ukûuntakoo páchishiih, ikrivtakukíriipux, káru ishrêeriipux.
    He is riding the horse, without a saddle, and without a bridle.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text