Ararahih'urípih
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íku- / íkhu to point in a (certain) direction; to be a ridge

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1798 | revised Nov 07 2014

íku- / íkhu V • to point in a (certain) direction; to be a ridge

Derivatives (33; show derivatives)

Source: WB 520, p.341

Note: Bound stem, occuring with directional suffixes.


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  1. káan   xás   ikhúripaa-k   ni-'árihripaa  
    there   then   ridge.running.inland-Locative   1s(>3)-run.inland  
    Then I went along the ridge.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  2. xás   ú-kfuukraa-nik   ikurâa-k  
    then   3s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill-ANC   ridge.heading.upward-Locative  
    Then he climbed up slope.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  3. p-eheeraha-'íppa   mu-p-ikyutunvá-ra-muu   káru   koovúra   pa--thvuy  
    the-tobacco-tree   3sPOSS-ITER-between.joint-here-to   also   all   the-3sPOSS-name  
    "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  4. yáan   vúr   u-'íkkyusunu-tih-ach   p-eheeraha-ppírish  
    recently   Intensive   3s(>3)-point.(in.direction)-DUR-DIM.(verbs)   the-tobacco-plant  
    The tobacco is just starting to come up.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  5. mu-p-ikutunvá-ra-muu  
    3sPOSS-ITER-between.joint-here-to  
    its joints
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  6. ikutunvá-ra-muu  
    between.joint--  
    joint in a stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  7. vâaram-as   pa-mu-'ikutunvá-ra-muu  
    long-PL   the-3sPOSS-between.joint--  
    The sections between its joints are long.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  8. kári   xás   u-piip   chími   ikúrinishrih-i   itháriip  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   soon   fall.across-stream-IMPER   Douglas.fir  
    And he said, "Fall down, fir tree!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. t-óo   kúrinishrih  
    PERF-3s(>3)   fall.across-stream  
    (One) fell down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. chavúra   u-máh   yánava   ithyáruk   u-kúripaa-hi-ti   itháriip  
    finally   3s(>3)-see   visible   across   3s(>3)-be.headed.to.shore-ESS-DUR   Douglas.fir  
    Finally he saw it, he saw a fir tree lying fallen out across-stream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  11. xás   pa-kéevniikich   u-píip   sáruk   áama   ú-kuroovu-ti  
    then   the-old.woman.(dimin.)   3s(>3)-say   downhill   salmon   3s(>3)-be.headed.upriver-DUR  
    And the old woman said, "Downhill a salmon is lying, head upstream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  12. yée   naa   apsunxára   káan   ú-kuroovu-tih  
    well   1sg.   long.snake   there   3s(>3)-be.headed.upriver-DUR  
    "Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  13. kári   xás   áak   ú-kuukirih  
    then   then   in.the.fire   3s(>3)-stick.into.fire  
    And he stuck a stick in the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  14. kári   xás   máruk   ikuraa-'ípan   u-'ikrîish  
    then   then   uphill   ridge.heading.upward-end   3s(>3)-sit.down  
    And she sat down uphill on the end of a ridge.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  15. káruk   yíiv   ikhurôo-k   t-u-'árihroov  
    upriver   far   ridge.running.upriver-LOC   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text