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pif to fart, to break wind
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4761 | revised Aug 23 2005
pif • V • to fart, to break wind
Source: WB 1112, p.372
- ápmaan mûuk upíifti. He's farting with his mouth (i.e. belching). [Reference: JPH ethno ?:200]
Sentence examples (2)
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púyava kári xás tóo pif.
And then he broke wind.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text -
kúuk tukúchnaaxma, upífeesh.
He turned his buttocks toward them, he was about to break wind.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text