Ararahih'urípih
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vôonishuk to crawl out

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6608 | revised Jan 14 2016

vôonishuk • V • to crawl out

Derivation:  vôor-rishuk
creep-out.of

Source: KV

  • xás papihnîich upiip, chími kiikpiruvôonishuki. And the old man said (to the girls), "Come on back out!" [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 033]
  • vaa kári pavákay tánumah patakun'iruvooníshukva. Then we see the worms when they crawl out. [Reference: TK 143.18]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. xas papihníich upíip, "chími kiikpiruvôonishuki."
    Then the old man said to the girls, "Come out now!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xas kunpiruvôonishuk.
    And they came out.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. xás upvôonishuk.
    And he crawled back out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  4. xás papihnîich úpeenvunaa payeeripáxvuhsas, " chími kiikpiruvôonishuki."
    And the old man told the girls, "Crawl out again!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  5. xás kári pa'ifápiit kun'iruvôonishuk.
    Then the young women crawled out.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text