Ararahih'urípih
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xus + kíri to want

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lexicon ID #6940 | revised Aug 05 2014

xus + kíri • MWU • to want

Literally: 'to think ... wish ...'

  • nixúti kíri nimah. I want to see it (lit., I think "I wish I could see it"). [Reference: KV]
  • púyava páy uum ôok panixúti, kíri nithivkêetih. This is the place where I am thinking, 'I want to be going along with them.' [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 026]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. My mother used to tell me, pafâat ixuti kíri nivik, ipthíithi, otherwise you never will.
    My mother used to tell me, whatever you want to weave, finish it, otherwise you never will.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. níxuti kíri kúnish sákriiv,
    I want to make it kinda solid.
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  3. kúnish kíri sákriiv kúnish paníktaamsipreehaak, paxuun.
    So that it's kind of solid when I pick it up, the acorn soup.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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