naȟléčA

[nɑˈxletʃɑ]

Tear something open with the foot.

Lakhota – 6,000 speakers – USA (North and South Dakota)

Lakota verbs have obligatory prefixes that specify the body part or motion that is responsible for the action.

Source: Rising Voices (0:20:45), Robert Rankin. 2005. Quapaw. In Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 454-498. University of Nebraska Press.
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​Credit: Steven Bird, David Rood

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