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îikukam outdoors
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lexicon ID #1654 | revised Jun 26 2014
îikukam • N • outdoors Variant: îikam.
- xás káan ukyívish, îikukamkam súnunupninach. And he fell down there, outside the sweathouse door. [Reference: KT 136.34]
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pa-panamnih-imthatváram uum vaa káan u-kyâasipree-hi-ti pa-Georgia mu-tasa-'îikukam xás yúruk pa-xánthiip u-'iihy-írak u-'ípanhi-tih the-Orleans-shinny.field 3.SG so there 3s(>3)-begin-ESS-DUR the-Georgia 3sPOSS-fence-outdoors then downriver NOMZ-black.oak 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)-where 3s(>3)-extend-DUR The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text