Ararahih'urípih
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taxvuukrípaa to hook out

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5806 | revised Dec 29 2015

taxvuukrípaa • V • to hook out

Derivation:  taxvuk-rípaa
hook-toward.land

Note: Single /p/ in lexeme, double in pl.action form.

  • naa uum nitáxvuukripaavish. I'm going to hook it out. [Reference: WB T5.66]
  • kári xás takuntaxvukrípan pa'áhup pa'ifápiitichas. And the young girls were hooking out the wood (pl. action). [Reference: WB T5.64]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. xás koovúra tá kunpiip, " naa uum nitáxvuukripaavish."
    And they all said, "I'm going to hook it out."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  2. kári xás kuntáxvuukripaa.
    And they hooked it out.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text