Ararahih'urípih
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ikváatsip / ikváatsipriv- to put (a load) on one's shoulder

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2172 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikváatsip / ikváatsipriv- • V • to put (a load) on one's shoulder

Derivation:  ikvat-sip
carry.on.shoulder-up

  • xás pa'ávansa vaa kích tóokvaatsip pavurâanar. The only thing that the man carried on his shoulder was the hook. [Reference: TK 211.22]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. xás   pa-mú-paa   u-p-íkvaatsip   kufípn-iich   xás   u-thárish  
    then   the-3sPOSS-boat   3s(>3)-ITER-put.on.shoulder   willow.grove-DIM   then   3s(>3)-put.down  
    And he picked up his boat, and put it down in a willow grove.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  2. xás   pa-kun-ip-vítish   u-piip   naa   vúra   ni-p-íkvaatsipree-vish   pa-naní-paah  
    then   the-3pl(>3s)-ITER-beach.(a.boat)   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   Intensive   1s(>3)-ITER-put.on.shoulder-FUT   the-1sPOSS-boat  
    And when he had beached his boat again, he said, "I'll pick up my boat."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  3. xás   u-p-íkvaatsip   xás   kun-pá-vyiihroov  
    then   3s(>3)-ITER-put.on.shoulder   then   3pl(>3s)-ITER-go.upriver.(pl.)  
    And he picked it up, and they went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text