teér nikhíi to overtake

Part of Speech v.intr:cjt.inc
Vernacular Form تیر نِکھی
Phonetic Form teer nikʰíi
    • to overtake
      • Example 1744:
        muṣṭú ta ma utrapíluee ghoortsíee so áa kučúru ba ǰe ma díi teér nikhaí phará be so šay ghašílu.
        muṣṭú
        before
        ta
        DS
        ma
        1sg.nom
        utráp
        run
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        =ee
        CONJ
        ghoortsí
        <animal>
        =ee
        CONJ
        so
        REM.MSG.nom
        a
        one
        kučúru
        dog
        ba
        top
        ǰe
        hit
        -í
        -CV
        ma
        1sg.nom
        díi
        from
        teér
        passed
        nikhéi
        come.out
        -í
        -CV
        phará
        yonder
        be
        go
        -í
        -CV
        so
        REM.MSG.nom
        šay
        thing
        ghašé
        catch
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        I took off first and Ghortsi and the other dog followed me. They overtook me and captured the thing.
        Source: A:HUA028-9

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