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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
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Source: WB 520, p.341
Note: Bound stem, occuring with directional suffixes.
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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 textxás 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 textp-eheeraha-'íppa mu-p-ikyutunvá-ra-muu káru koovúra pa-mú-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 textyáan 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 textmu-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 textikutunvá-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 textvâaram-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 textkári 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 textt-óo kúrinishrih PERF-3s(>3) fall.across-stream (One) fell down. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textchavúra 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 textxás 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 textyée 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textkáruk 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