Ararahih'urípih
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vôonka / vôonku- to crawl into (a place)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6609 | revised Jan 14 2016

vôonka / vôonku- • V • to crawl into (a place)

Derivation:  vôor-ka
creep-to

  • xás sú' uvôonka. Then he crawled in. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 009]

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  1. púyava tuvôonkaa pa'ávansa.
    So the man crawled in.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text