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thivnur / thivnúru- (fire, water) to roar, to thunder
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5963 | revised Jan 29 2016
thivnur / thivnúru- • V • (fire, water) to roar, to thunder
Derivative (1)
thivnurukúrih "(water) to roar"
Source: WB 1457, p.389
- tuthítiv poothivnúruti, vaa ukupathitívahiti, kúnish upíti huhuhuhuhuhu. He heard it roaring, that's the way he heard it, it sort of went huhuhuhuhuhu. [Reference: WB T4.47]
- tishravará'iivreer yanéekva pamu'îin uthivnúruti. On Etna Mountain he heard the falls roaring. [Reference: WB 26.5]
Sentence examples (3)
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tuthítiv poothivnúrutih.
He heard it thundering.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
tishravará'iivreer yanéekva pamu'îin uthivnúrutih.
On Etna Mountain he heard his falls thundering (at Katimin).Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text -
puthivnúrutihara pamu'íin.
His falls weren't thundering.Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text