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ikxúrar / ikxurara- evening; in the evening
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lexicon ID #2294 | revised Oct 31 2014
ikxúrar / ikxurara- • N • evening; in the evening
Derivatives (9)
ikxaram'ikxuraráxara "late at night"
ikxunanáhaanich "evening star (dimin.)"
ikxurará'av "supper"
ikxúraraha "to become evening"
ikxuraráhaan "evening star"
ikxurarahíram "campsite, place to stay the night"
ikxurarakámxara "late night; late at night"
ikxurarapáamvaar "after supper"
ikxuraraxatímniim "moth"
Source: WB 553, p.343
Note: Cf. ikxáram 'night'.
- ikxúrar púxay vúra ípakara. That evening he never came back. [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 045]
- xás patéekxurar axmáy áhkaam kuníkyav îikam. And when it became evening, suddenly they made a big fire outdoors. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 046]
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ikxúrar tá kun-pavyíhuk koovúra ichámahich pa-mukun-púufich evening PERF 3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.) all one.by.one the-3plPOSS-deer In the evening they all return one by one with their deer. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas tá ikxúrar axmay mâaka ú-xak then PERF evening suddenly in.other.room 3s(>3)-make.noise And when evening came suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textkári xás kúkuum tá ikxúrar kun-'imnísh-aheen then then again PERF evening 3pl(>3s)-cook-ANT And then again in the afternoon they cooked. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas ikxúrar kun-pavyíhuk pa-'avansa then evening 3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.) the-man Then in the evening the boys came home. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full texttée kxúrar xas ni-'ípak PERF evening then 1s(>3)-come.back It was late evening when I got back. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textkári xás púyava ikxúrar tá kun-píishar iinâak then then you.see evening PERF 3pl(>3s)-go.to.drink.again indoors In the evenings they went in the living house to eat their meal. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textikxúrar t-óo kxánamh-ach púyava tá kun-vítvarak-va páah-ak sú' tá kun-'írunaa evening PERF-3s(>3) be.night-DIM.(verbs) you.see PERF 3pl(>3s)-paddle.down.from.upriver-PL.ACT boat-Locative inside PERF 3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.) It was just getting dark in the evening, then they paddled down from upriver, they traveled in boats. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textxás ikxúrar pa-kun-pavyíhivrath then evening NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-go.back.into.sweathouse.(pl.) And in the evening (the people) came back in the sweathouse" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkári xás tée kxurar kári xás u-thítiv kun-chúuphi-tih then then PERF evening then then 3s(>3)-hear 3pl(>3s)-speak-DUR By now it was evening, and he heard them, they were talking. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textxás ikxúrar tá kun-ímnish then evening PERF 3pl(>3s)-cook And in the evening (the women) cooked. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textxás kári pa-'ávans-as pa-tá kun-'ípak ikxúrar yánava pa-pihnîich u-pakurîihvu-tih then then the-man-PL NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-come.back evening visible the-old.man 3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR And when the men returned in the evening, they saw the old man was singing. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textpúyava pa-tée kxurára-haak yiimúsich vúra t-óo kpêehva pa-t-u-'ípak you.see NOMZ-PERF evening-when little.ways.off Intensive PERF-3s(>3) shout NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-come.back When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textxás kúmateech ikxúrar vúra xára xás vúra u-'ípak then later.in.day evening Intensive long.time then Intensive 3s(>3)-come.back And later on, in the evening, she came back late. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás kúkuum vúra xára xás u-'ípak ikxúrar then again Intensive long.time then 3s(>3)-come.back evening And again (Bear) came back late in the evening. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás u-pêer pa-'avansáxiich imáankam sáruk astíip pa-mí-chaas xákaan ík ku-yâaram-eesh ikxúrar then 3s(>3)-say.to the-boy next.day downhill shore the-2sPOSS-younger.brother with.(one.person) must 2pl(>3)-(two.people).go-FUT evening And she told the boy, "Tomorrow evening you and your younger brother must go down to the river-bank. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textpúyava vírusur uum ikxúrar xás t-u-vôonupuk you.see bear 3.SG evening then PERF-3s(>3)-leave.house Then Bear went out in the evening. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full textpúyava kúkuum vúra imáan ikxúrar t-u-p-ikrîish you.see again Intensive tomorrow evening PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-sit.down So again the next day she sat down outdoors in the evening. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textxás p-éekxurar u-thivrúhish then NOMZ-evening 3s(>3)-float.ashore And in the evening he floated to shore. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textkúkuum vúra imáan p-éekxurar u-thivrúhish again Intensive tomorrow NOMZ-evening 3s(>3)-float.ashore Again the next day he floated to shore in the evening. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textp-eekxúrar púva-xay thivrúhish koovúra axupa-'ithvu-tih-ar-a-múrax the-evening not.yet-not float.ashore all dressed.deermeat-pack-DUR-INST-DEVERB-nothing.but When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full textikxúrar-vari tá kun-pavyíhish evening-toward PERF 3pl(>3s)-gather.again.(pl.) They came back home towards the evening. Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full textithée-kxurar vúra kun-vuhvúh-iich-vanaa-tih all-evening Intensive 3pl(>3s)-do.jump.dance-DIM-PL-DUR The people did the imitation deerskin dance all evening. Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full textxás ikxúrar xás káh'ir t-u-várak then evening then upriver.world-renewal PERF-3s(>3)-come.down And in the evening they did the war dance. Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full textikxúrar nu-pâatvu-ti ukrámkaam evening 1pl(>3)-bathe-DUR pond.near.Katimin In the evening we bathed in (the pond called) ukrámkaam. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full textpa-fatavéenaan p-oo-'ípak-ahaak ikxúrar t-óo p-víishrih xás vúra pa-'áraar tá kun-'íran-va the-priest.in.world-renewal NOMZ-3s(>3)-come.back-when evening PERF-3s(>3) ITER-come.down then Intensive the-human PERF 3pl(>3s)-go.to.pikyavish-PL.ACT When the priest returned, evening was falling, and the people were coming to celebrate the world renewal. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textxás ikxúrar tá kun-thívtaap-vunaa then evening PERF 3pl(>3s)-do.war.dance-PL And in the evening they did the war dance. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textkári xás ikxúrar tá kun-'av then then evening PERF 3pl(>3s)-eat And in the evening they ate. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textpa-fatavéenaan yáas u-'ípak ikxúrar the-priest.in.world-renewal then 3s(>3)-come.back evening Then in the evening the priest returned. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textxás ikxúrar tá kun-thívtaap-vunaa then evening PERF 3pl(>3s)-do.war.dance-PL And in the evening people did the war dance. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text