Ararahih'urípih
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píkaar / píkaan- to go get (a person)

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lexicon ID #4845 | revised Oct 31 2014

píkaar / píkaan- • V • to go get (a person)

  • chími kanpíkaan. Let me go and get her. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 009]
  • kári xás kachakâach kunpíkaar. And then they went and fetched Bluejay. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 002]

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  1. kári   xás   kachakâach   kun-p-ikyâar-at  
    then   then   bluejay   3pl(>3s)-ITER-go.get-PAST  
    So they went to fetch Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   u-píip   xanpuchíniishveenach   kiik-píkaan  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   hummingbird   2pl(>3)-go.get  
    Then he said, "Go and fetch Hummingbird!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   kun-píip   chími   kúkuum   kiik-píkaan   kachakâach  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   again   2pl(>3)-go.get   bluejay  
    So they said, "You had better go and fetch Bluejay again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   u-píip   púxay   vúra   húun-xay-heesh-ara   chími   akâay   kích   kiik-píkaan  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   not.yet   Intensive   harmful-not-FUT-NEG   soon   who   only   2pl(>3)-go.get  
    Then he said, "I cannot do any more for him, you better fetch someone else!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   kun-píip   chími   kúkuum   vura   kiik-píkaan   xanpuchíniishveenach  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   again   Intensive   2pl(>3)-go.get   hummingbird  
    They said, "You had better call Hummingbird again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   kun-p-ikyâar  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-ITER-go.get  
    Then they fetched him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  7. xás   kun-píkaar  
    then   3pl(>3s)-go.get  
    They went to get her [Bluejay] [for a doctor].
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  8. kári   xás   kúkuum   kun-píkaar  
    then   then   again   3pl(>3s)-go.get  
    They went to get her [Bluejay] again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  9. chími   kiik-píkaan   ansáfriik   va-'árah  
    soon   2pl(>3)-go.get   Weitchpec   3sPOSS-person  
    "Go summon Weitchpec person!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  10. tá   kun-píkaar  
    PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.get  
    They summoned her.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  11. kári   xás   u-píip   xanpuchíniishveenach   kiik-píkaan  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   hummingbird   2pl(>3)-go.get  
    And (Chipmunk) said, "Go summon Hummingbird!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  12. xás   kun-piip   chimi   nu-píkaan   chimi   ôok   kum-eethívthaaneen   nu-pípas-ramnih-i  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   1pl(>3)-go.get   soon   here   3sPOSS-land   1pl(>3)-take.(person).home-into-IMPER  
    And they said, "Let's go get her, let's bring her back into this world!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  13. kári   xás   ta'ítam   chími   kiik-píkaan   kachakáach  
    then   then   so   soon   2pl(>3)-go.get   bluejay  
    Then they said to go get Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  14. ta'ítam   kun-pikâar-aheen  
    so   3pl(>3s)-go.get-ANT  
    Then they went after her.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  15. xás   kári   u-piip   chími   akâay   kích   vúra   káru   kiik-píkaan  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   soon   who   only   Intensive   also   2pl(>3)-go.get  
    And she said, "Go get somebody else, too!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  16. kári   xás   ta'ítam   kun-píkaar-aheen   xánkiit  
    then   then   so   3pl(>3s)-go.get-ANT   bullhead  
    Then they went after Bullhead.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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