Ararahih'urípih
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iv'îikam outside the house

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lexicon ID #3455 | revised Feb 28 2015

iv'îikam • N • outside the house

Derivation:  -iv îikam
-house outdoors

  • yáxa puxáakich muv'îikam xás úksaapkoo. Look, it's leaning outside of Nighthawk's house. [Reference: KS]
  • chavúra toomcháxaha, yánava pakun'íinirak kuma'iv'îikam. Finally the sun shone, they saw they were sitting outside a house. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 068]

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  1. ta'ítam   mu-'iv'îikam   kun-'iru-kûurishrih-een  
    so   3sPOSS-outside.house   3pl(>3s)-PL-sit.down-ANT  
    And they sat down outside his house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text