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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]
Sentence examples (5)
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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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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 -
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 -
kári xás chikus! tuvur.
And wham! They jabbed him.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text -
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