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chivchak / chivchaka- door
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1185 | revised Oct 31 2014
chivchak / chivchaka- • N • door
Derivation: | chiv-chak |
peek-closing.up |
Derivatives (7)
chivcháaksur "to open a door"
chivcháaksur "door"
chivchak "to close a door"
chivchákar "door (of living house); doorknob"
chivchaksurúraam "door"
ikxurikachivchaksurúraam "post office"
tasachivchaksurúraam "gate"
Source: WB 308.1, p.331
Sentence examples (14)
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kîiha pa-chivchákar lock.a.door the-door Lock the door! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playchivchakara-pîimich door-next.to It is by the door. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpee-krívraam áxak pa-mu-chivchákar the-house two the-3sPOSS-door The house has two doors. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playáxak pa-mu-chivchákar two the-3sPOSS-door It has two doors. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpee-krívraam uum taay pa-chivchákar the-house 3.SG much the-door The house has lots of doors. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpee-krívraam uum púfaat pa-chivchákar the-house 3.SG nothing the-door The house has no doors. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playuum púfaat pa-chivchákar 3.SG nothing the-door It has no doors. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpee-krívraam púfaat chivchákar the-house nothing door The house has no doors. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás pa-'avansáxiich u-p-íshkaakrupuk sákriiv vúra ú-kyav pá-chivchak then the-boy 3s(>3)-ITER-jump.outdoors hard Intensive 3s(>3)-make the-door Then the boy jumped out again, he made the door tight. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textcháas nee-p-chívchaaksur-ih tá ni-'íinka younger.brother 2s/3s>1s-ITER-open.door-Benefactive PERF 1s(>3)-be.on.fire "Younger brother, open the door for me, I'm burning!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás kúkuum vúra t-óo kpêehva nee-p-chívchaaksur-ih tá ni-'íinka then again Intensive PERF-3s(>3) shout 2s/3s>1s-ITER-open.door-Benefactive PERF 1s(>3)-be.on.fire And again he shouted, "Open the door for me, I'm burning!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textyánava u-chívchaaksur-ahi-tih visible 3s(>3)-open.door-ESS-DUR He saw the door was open. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textxás ithváaykam pa-chivchaksurúraam vúra ipshûunkinich pa-káan kun-vóonkurih-vu-tih then front the-door Intensive low NOMZ-there 3pl(>3s)-crawl.in-PL.ACT-DUR And in front, there was a low door, where they went in. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full textxás pa-mu-chivchákar káru uum ipshûunkinich then the-3sPOSS-door also 3.SG low And their door was low too. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text