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íhukvunaa to have a flower dance
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7367 | revised Feb 23 2016
íhukvunaa • V • to have a flower dance
| Derivation: | íhuk-vunaa | (= ih-uk-vunaa) |
| do.flower.dance-PL | (= dance-to.here-PL) |
Sentence examples (2)
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xas papihnîich upíip,
"chími nu'íhukvunaa.
Then the old man said, "Let's have a puberty dance!Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
xas upíip,
"vúra nu'íhukvunaavish."
Then he said, "Indeed! We will have to dance!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text