Ararahih'urípih
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vur / vura- to jab, to poke (with a stick)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6674 | revised Dec 12 2015

vur / vura- V • to jab, to poke (with a stick)

Derivative (1)
vuraan "man's name, living at Camp Creek"

Source: WB 1576, p.396

Note: Also WB T46.21, 22.

  • kúuk tukúchnaaxma, upífeesh, kári xás chikus! tuvur. (Skunk) turned his buttocks toward them, he was about to fart, and bang! they jabbed him. [Reference: WB T46.21]
  • musmus'îin kunvúranik. He got hooked by a cow. [Reference: TK 176.26]


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  1. vaa vúra uum puxích tá nafuráthfip.
    I am really cranky.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  2. kári xás upiip, " púya, payêem ík vôohara mûuk ivúreesh, papay'ôok tu'íhithunahaak nunúthvaaykam."
    And (one) said, "Say, this time we must jab him with a digging stick when he dances around here in front of us."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  3. púyava vúra tá kunkáriha pakunkupavúraheesh.
    And they were ready to jab him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  4. kári xás chikus! tuvur.
    And wham! They jabbed him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  5. kári xás ukyívish, áfup patá kunvúr vôohara mûuk.
    Then he fell down, when they jabbed him in the buttocks with a digging stick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text