Ararahih'urípih
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a'iknêechhan peregrine falcon

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7274 | revised Feb 21 2016

a'iknêechhan • N • peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus.

Literally: 'one that lives above (dim.)'

Derivation:  a' ikrii-ach-han
above live-DIM.(verbs)-PTCL

Derivative (1)
a'ikneechhan'ímkaanva "thistle"

Source: WB 1.4, p.313; JPH ethno ?:???

Note: Dimin. of a'ikrêen.

  • uum a'iknêechhan káru ikxaréeyavhanik. Peregrine Falcoln was a spirit person too. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 001]
  • púyava póopvaavruk a'iknêechhan tishravará'iivreen uxus, hûut áta u'íinati panani'îin. And when Falcon looked down from Etna Mountain, he thought, ""I wonder what's wrong with my falls?" [Reference: WB T27.18]

See ikriv 'to live'

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  1. á 'iknêechhan   pirishkâarim   mu-hrôoha  
    falcon   grizzly   3sPOSS-wife  
    Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  2. á 'iknêechhan   pa-mu-'îin   u-kyâa-nik  
    falcon   the-3sPOSS-falls   3s(>3)-make-ANC  
    Duck Hawk made his falls (there).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  3. káruma   á 'iknêechhan   u-'ípahoo-tih  
    in.fact   falcon   3s(>3)-go.back-DUR  
    The fact was, Duck Hawk was coming back.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  4. káru   á'iknêechhan   á'uuyich-ak   u-krii  
    also   falcon   Sugarloaf-Locative   3s(>3)-live  
    And Duck Hawk lives in Sugarloaf.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  5. vaa   u-kúphaa-nik   á 'iknêechhan  
    so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   falcon  
    Duck Hawk did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  6. á'iknêechhan   mu-hrôoha   pirishkâarim  
    falcon   3sPOSS-wife   grizzly  
    Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   uum   vúra   hári-va-heesh   á'iknêechhan   hôoyva   t-u-vâaram   sinmôovishar  
    then   then   3.SG   Intensive   sometime-INDEF-FUT   falcon   somewhere   PERF-3s(>3)-go   absent.a.long.time  
    So it would be sometimes, Duck Hawk went off somewhere, he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  8. púyava   p-óo-p-vaavruk   á'iknêechhan   tishravará'iivreen   u-xus   hûut   áta   u-'íina-ti   pa-nani-'íin  
    you.see   NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-go.down.over   falcon   Etna.Mountain   3s(>3)-think   how   maybe   3s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant-DUR   the-1sPOSS-falls  
    So when Duck Hawk looked down over Etna Mountain, he thought, "I wonder what's wrong with my falls?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text