Ararahih'urípih
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ikyéeh / ikyéehi- to make for, gather for, bring to (a person)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2358 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyéeh / ikyéehi- • V • to make for, gather for, bring to (a person)

Derivation:  ikyav-ih
make-Benefactive

Source: WB 557.7, p.343

  • upva'amáyav kích u'íithvutih, pamúchaas upikyéehiti. He packs soap-plant roots, he does it for his younger brother. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 119]
  • hínupa pihnêefich áxak vúra axíich tookyéehinaa. Coyote made two babies for them. [Reference: KT 147.8]

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  1. hínupa   pihnêefich   áxak   vúra   axiich   t-óo   kyéehi-naa  
    surprise   coyote   two   Intensive   child   PERF-3s(>3)   make.for-PL  
    The Coyote had made two babies for them.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. xákaan   vúra   kun-íkyeehi-ti   p-oo'-áv-eesh   áxak   vúra   u-páta-ti   pa-xuun  
    both   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-make.for-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-eat-FUT   two   Intensive   3s(>3)-eat.(acorn.soup)-DUR   the-acorn.soup  
    They both made for him what he was to eat, he ate two (servings of) acorn soup.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  3. xás   kári   áv   tá   kun-íkyee  
    then   then   food   PERF   3pl(>3s)-make.for  
    And they gave her food.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text