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táatruprav to scoop out; to dig out
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lexicon ID #5536 | revised Dec 20 2015
táatruprav • V • to scoop out; to dig out
| Derivation: | tâat-rúprav |
| handle.with.implement-out.through |
- yáan vúra ukxánamhitihach, táma chiimûuch xákaan ishvít kuníptaatruprav. When it had just started to get dark, he and Lizard dug with some instrument half (of the meat) out. [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 081]
Sentence examples (2)
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víri peekxariya'ifápiitsha tá kunpiip, "
íf uxútih '
nitâatrupraveesh.'"
The spirit girls said, "She really thinks she's going to dig up something!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
yánava upítih, "
yôotva,
nini'ávan tá nitâatruprav."
They saw her say, "Hurray, I've dug up my husband!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text