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vôonupuk to leave a house, to come outdoors
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6618 | revised Nov 19 2015
vôonupuk • V • to leave a house, to come outdoors
Literally: 'to crawl outdoors'
| Derivation: | vôor-rúpuk |
| creep-outdoors |
Source: WB 1563.4
Note: Cf. vôonfuruk 'to enter a house' (WB 1563.2).
- íikam tuvôonupuk. He walked out of the house. [Reference: KV]
- kári xás kun'iruvôonupuk. And then they went outside. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 042]