Ararahih'urípih
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uhyanákoo / uhyanakôo- to pray over; to read

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6212 | revised Nov 17 2015

uhyanákoo / uhyanakôo- • V • to pray over; to read

Literally: 'talk-to'

Derivation:  úuhyan-koo
speak-to

Source: TK 231.35

  • ... káru hâari kusrípan, pakóo u'áapunmuti, vaa kóo u'uhyanakôovish. ... and sometimes madrone, as many (trees) as he knows, that many he is going to pray over. [Reference: TK 231.35]
  • ikxúrik uhyanakôoti. He's reading a book. [Reference: KV]

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  1. púyava xás u'uhyanakôoti papírish.
    And he talked to the plants.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text