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pikníihva / pikníihvu- to sweat oneself (in a sweathouse):
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lexicon ID #4860 | revised Oct 31 2014
pikníihva / pikníihvu- • V • to sweat oneself (in a sweathouse):
Source: WB 1122, p.373
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xás yanava káan ára u-píkniihvu-tih u-pakurîihvu-tih then visible there person 3s(>3)-sweat.self-DUR 3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR And he saw a person was sweating himself there, he was singing. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás pa-mu-'aaníhich u-pêer chôora nu-píkniihv-an ikmaháchraam then the-3sPOSS-my.older.brother 3s(>3)-say.to let's.go 1pl(>3)-sweat.self-go.to sweathouse And he told his older brother (i.e., the Bear's son), "Let's go sweat ourselves in the sweathouse!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás pa-tá kun-píkniihva-haak pá-'aah tá kun-íkyav vaa kun-íhruuv-ti tahpus-'áptiik then NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-sweat.self-when the-fire PERF 3pl(>3s)-make so 3pl(>3s)-use-DUR young.fir.tree-branch And when they sweated themselves, they made the fire, they used fir boughs. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text