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tíik hand, finger
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lexicon ID #6045 | revised Nov 03 2015
tíik • N • hand, finger
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Source: WB 1375, p.386
Note: Locative is tíikan.
- chavúra taxánahishich tiikmûuk vúra tumutváraati. Finally he was putting it into his mouth by handfuls. [Reference: KT 146.17]
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chavúra tá xánahishich tíik mûuk vúra t-u-mutváraa-tih finally PERF little.while hand with.(by.means.of) Intensive PERF-3s(>3)-put.in.mouth.by.handfuls-DUR Then a little while after he was just feeding it into his mouth by the handful. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full texttíik mûuk vúra p-oo-mutváraa-tih hand with.(by.means.of) Intensive NOMZ-3s(>3)-put.in.mouth.by.handfuls-DUR He was eating it a handful at a time. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textkúna vúra pa-tapas-ihêeraha uum kúnish axváhah-ar tíiky-an ár u-xváhahi-ti pa-t-u-'áffish-ahaak pa-tapas-ihêeraha in.addition Intensive the-real-tobacco 3.SG sort.of make.sticky-having.been.-ed hand-Locative person 3s(>3)-make.sticky-DUR NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-touch-when the-real-tobacco But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full textmí-tiik pákxuuyv-i 2sPOSS-hand wash.hands-IMPER Wash your hands. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about morning activities (LA-03) | read full text
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playkári xás pa-niinamichtâapas iknûumin veekxaréeyav pa-mú-'arama vaa vúra u-kupa-'íf-aha pa-mú-tiik u-'ákchaak-tih xákarari pa-mú-tiik u-'ákchaak-tih then then the-smallest Burrill.Peak.spirit the-3sPOSS-child so Intensive 3s(>3)-MODAL-grow-Modal the-3sPOSS-hand 3s(>3)-close.hands-DUR on.both.sides the-3sPOSS-hand 3s(>3)-close.hands-DUR And Burrill Peak Spirit's littlest child grew up this way, his hands were closed, both his hands were closed. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textkáru pa-mú-tiik yánava káan pa-mu-tákasar also the-3sPOSS-hand visible there the-3sPOSS-shinny.tossel And there in his hands she saw his shinny-tossel. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textpa-mukún-tiik ishvít kóo aas kun-'áak-kurih-tih pa-kun-'axaychákishrih-tih the-3plPOSS-hand piece as.much.as water 3pl(>3s)-do.with.hands-into.water-DUR the-3pl(>3s)-grab-DUR They put their hands halfway into the water, when they took hold of (the gunwales). Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás tíikan u-yuuhrámnih xás pa-'arataanva-'úpas ú-ktaam-ti tíi-kan then hand 3s(>3)-spit.into then the-disease-saliva 3s(>3)-hold.in.hand-DUR hand-Locative And she spat into her hands, and she held the pain-saliva in her hands. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full textáxak pá-tiik a' kun-vêehriv two the-hand above 3pl(>3s)-stand.(things) There are two hands, they are standing upwards. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpáy uum tiik this 3.SG hand These are hands. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás pa-'íshaha t-u-'irihshúr-oo tik-'ípanich then the-water PERF-3s(>3)-drip.off-PL.ACT hand-top The water is dripping off of the fingertips. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text