Ararahih'urípih
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ameekyáaraam name of village at Ike's Falls

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lexicon ID #333 | revised Aug 13 2014

ameekyáaraam • N • name of village at Ike's Falls Variant: amveekyáaraam.

Literally: 'salmon-making place'

Derivation:  áama ikyav-raam  (= av-va-a ikyav-raam)
salmon make-place  (= eat-PL.ACT-DEVERB make-place)

Source: WB 86.2, p.317; JPH ethno ?:???

  • amveekyáaraam áxak asiktávaan kun'ífanik. Two women lived at Ike's Falls. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 002]
  • áxak asiktâan kun'íinanik kustáaras ameekyáaraam. Two women, sisters, once lived at Ameekyáaraam. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 001]

See áama 'salmon' See ikyav1 'make' See -raam 'place'

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  1. áxak   asiktâan   kun-'íin-anik   kustáar-as   ameekyáaraam  
    two   woman   3pl(>3s)-(two).be-ANC   sister-PL   placename  
    Two women, sisters, once lived at ameekyáaraam (Ike's Falls).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  2. púyava   ameekyáaraam   xás   u-'uum  
    you.see   placename   then   3s(>3)-arrive  
    So then he arrived at ameekyáaraam.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text