Ararahih'urípih
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ikvátar / ikvátan- to go get sweathouse wood

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2183 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikvátar / ikvátan- • V • to go get sweathouse wood

Derivation:  ikvat-ar
carry.on.shoulder-go.to

  • yítha vúra máh'iit tóokfuuksip ikmaháchraam, tookvátar. One person gets up early in the morning in the sweathouse, he goes and gets sweathouse wood. [Reference: TK 200.3]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. uum   vúra   itíhaan   kuma-máh'iit   t-óo   kvátar   itukuk-'afishríhan  
    3.SG   Intensive   always   3sPOSS-morning   PERF-3s(>3)   go.get.sweathouse.wood   placename-young.man  
    The young man of itúkuk went gathering sweathouse wood every morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  2. imáankam   kuma-máh'iit   kúkuum   vúra   u-kvátar  
    next.day   3sPOSS-morning   again   Intensive   3s(>3)-go.get.sweathouse.wood  
    The next morning he rowed across again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  3. xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-p-ikvátan   pa-naní-paah  
    then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-ITER-go.get.sweathouse.wood   the-1sPOSS-boat  
    And he thought, "Let me go get my boat!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  4. xás   mah'íitnihach   uum   vúrava   u-kvatan-k-ôo-tih  
    then   early.morning   3.SG   just   3s(>3)-go.get.sweathouse.wood-to-HAB-DUR  
    So he always went early in the morning to gather sweathouse wood.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text