Ararahih'urípih
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ikmar / ikman- to meet ; to hit with the fist

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1831 | revised Nov 08 2014

ikmar / ikman- • V • to meet ; to hit with the fist

Derivatives (4)
ikmáanav "to hit with the fist"
ikmánmar "to beat (someone) up with one's fists"
ikmárakurih "to slash, to stab"
ikmárihivrik "to meet (someone) coming"

Source: WB 460, p.338

  • kári xás úkmar áxak ifápiitshas. And he met two young women. [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 002]

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  1. kári   xás   káan   áraar   t-óo   kmárihivrik  
    then   then   there   human   PERF-3s(>3)   meet  
    Then he met a man coming there.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. ni-kmárakurih-eesh-va  
    1s(>3)-slash-FUT-INDEF  
    I am going to stab it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. xás   káan   ni-kmárihivrik   pihnîich   wagon   áxak   pa-donkey   kun-ithyúru-ti  
    then   there   1s(>3)-meet   old.man   wagon   two   the-donkey   3pl(>3s)-drag-DUR  
    And I met him, an old man, two donkeys were pulling a wagon.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  4. kári   xás   ú-kmar   áxak   ifápiit-shas  
    then   then   3s(>3)-meet   two   young.unmarried.woman-PL  
    And he met two young women.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   t-óo   kmar   p-áaxiich  
    then   then   PERF-3s(>3)   meet   the-child  
    And she met the child.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  6. túus   máruk   xás   t-óo   mah   káan   t-óo   kmárihivrik  
    mockingbird   uphill   then   PERF-3s(>3)   see   there   PERF-3s(>3)   meet  
    He saw Mockingbird uphill, he went to meet him there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text