Ararahih'urípih
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ikvárar / ikváran- to go to buy

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2178 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikvárar / ikváran- • V • to go to buy

Derivation:  ikvar-ar
buy-go.to

Derivative (1)
ikváraruk "to come to buy"

  • hâari yú' mít kunikvaránkootihat xuskáamhar. Sometimes they used to go downriver to buy bows. [Reference: TK 162.36]

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  1. fâat   kum-éethyur   p-ee-kvár-eesh  
    what   3sPOSS-car   NOMZ-2s(>3)-go.to.buy-FUT  
    What kind of car are you gonna buy?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. u-pêer   pa-mí-'arama   ni-kvárakuk-tih  
    3s(>3)-say.to   the-2sPOSS-child   1s(>3)-come.to.buy-DUR  
    He said, "I am coming to buy your child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text