Ararahih'urípih
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vik to weave (esp. basketry; more specifically, to twine with two strands)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6545 | revised Jan 19 2016

vik V • to weave (esp. basketry; more specifically, to twine with two strands)

Derivatives (19; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1545, p.394

Note: Cf. árav 'to twine with three strands'. [chk] - 2nd ref field

  • urípih uvíikti. He's weaving a net. [Reference: KV]
  • tanixúripha panyúraramuuk, tanivik. I stripe it vertically with bear lily, I twine with two strands. [Reference: ??]


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  1. chími   talk about your weaving   fâatva   p-ee-víik-ti   payêem  
    soon   talk about your weaving   something   NOMZ-2s(>3)-weave-DUR   now  
    Come on, talk about your weaving, whatever you're weaving now.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. naa   vúra   payêem   pufâat   -viik-tih-ara  
    1sg.   Intensive   now   nothing   1s(>3)-weave-DUR-NEG  
    I'm not weaving anything right now.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. no   páy   kích   uum   kun-ipí-ti   u-víik-tih  
    no   this   only   3.SG   3pl(>3s)-say-DUR   3s(>3)-weave-DUR  
    People always say you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. fâat   kích   i-víik-tih  
    what   only   2s(>3)-weave-DUR  
    [To Madeline:] What are you weaving?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. íp   vúra   nik   ni--tih-at   kíri   ni-vik   ítam   pâanpay      na-'ûuriha  
    PAST   Intensive   a.little   1s(>3)-think-DUR-PAST   I.wish   1s(>3)-weave   earlier.today   after.while   PERF   1s(>3)-be.unwilling  
    I'm always thinking I'll weave, then I get lazy.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. ítam   xás   ni-fíkrip   chími   ni-vík-eesh  
    earlier.today   then   1s(>3)-pick.out   soon   1s(>3)-weave-FUT  
    I used to sort them when I was gonna weave.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. pa-vík-ah-ar   kêechasa-hiruva   I couldn't do that  
    the-weave--INST   big.ones-too   I couldn't do that  
    If the “weavers” (the sticks you weave with) are too big, I couldn't do that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. My mother used to tell me,   pa-fâat   i-xu-ti   kíri   ni-vik   ipthíith-i   otherwise you never will  
    My mother used to tell me,   the-what   2s(>3)-want-DUR   want   1s(>3)-weave   finish.weaving-IMPER   otherwise you never will  
    My mother used to tell me, whatever you want to weave, finish it, otherwise you never will.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  9. vaa   kôok   pa-ni-víik-ti   arareemváram  
    so   kind   NOMZ-1s(>3)-weave-DUR   plate.basket  
    That's the only kind I weave, the Indian plate.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  10. víri   manâa   vaa   yav   pa-vaa   i-víik-ti-haak  
    so   maybe   so   good   NOMZ-so   2s(>3)-weave-DUR-when  
    Well, it's good that you weave that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  11. víri   manâa   hôoy if   áta   i-shêey-ti   kumá'ii   p-ee-víik-ti  
    so   maybe   no.way   maybe   2s(>3)-not.know-DUR   because.of   NOMZ-2s(>3)-weave-DUR  
    Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. p-axiit-ích-as   kich   uumkun   vúra   táv   kun-'ikyâa-tih-anik   kun-víik-tih-anik   p-eethríhar   aan-mûuk   aksanváhich   kár   axpaheekníkinach   káru   tiv'axnukuxnúkuhich   xás   vaa   yúpin      kun-púuhkhin  
    PERF-child-DIM-PL   only   they   Intensive   visor   3pl(>3s)-make-DUR-ANC   3pl(>3s)-weave-DUR-ANC   PERF-flower   PERF-with.(by.means.of)   flower.sp.   also   plant.sp.   also   bluebell.(dimin.)   then   that   forehead   PERF   3pl(>3s)-put.on.headband  
    Only the children used to make a vizor, weaving the flowers with string, shooting stars, and white lilies, and bluebells, and they put it around their foreheads.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  13. naa   vúra   ni--ti   yáv   pa-ni-víik-tih  
    1sg.   Intensive   1s(>3)-think-DUR   good   NOMZ-1s(>3)-weave-DUR  
    I hope I weave well.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  14. xás   pa-sárum   víri   vaa   pa-'ásip   kun-víik-tih  
    then   the-Jeffrey.pine.root   so   so   the-bowl   3pl(>3s)-weave-DUR  
    And they weave the baskets of pine roots.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  15. pa-mukun-'ápxaan      kun-víik-vunaa  
    the-3plPOSS-cap   PERF   3pl(>3s)-weave-PL  
    They were weaving their caps.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  16. xánpuut   káru   xánthiip   itheekxarám-va   vúra   -kun-vik  
    maul.oak.acorn   also   black.oak   all.night-Distributive   Intensive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-weave  
    Maul Oak and Black Oak wove day and night.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  17. xás   xunyêep   u-píip   naa   yáas   áachip   kóo   ni-víik-tih  
    then   tan.oak.tree   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   only   middle   as.much.as   1s(>3)-weave-DUR  
    And Tan Oak said, "I've just woven it half-way."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  18. xás   u-píip   pûu   vaa   vúra   -thxuun-eesh   káruma   nik   áachip   kóo   t-u-vík-ahi-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-say   no   so   Intensive   1s(>3)-put.over.head-FUT   in.fact   a.little   middle   as.much.as   PERF-3s(>3)-weave-ESS-DUR  
    And she said, "No, I'll wear it this way, (though) the fact is that it's only woven half-way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  19. xás   u-píip   uumkun   itheekxarám-va   kun-víik-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-say   they   all.night-Distributive   3pl(>3s)-weave-DUR  
    And she said, "They wove day and night.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  20. koovúra   kun-víik-vunaa   yíthuk   chí   kun-ívyiihm-eesh  
    all   3pl(>3s)-weave-PL   elsewhere   soon   3pl(>3s)-go.to.(pl.)-FUT  
    They were all weaving, they were about to go to a different place.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  21. máh'iit   pa-yáan   t-u-súpaahi-ti   vaa   kári   kun-víik-tih  
    morning   NOMZ-recently   PERF-3s(>3)-become.day-DUR   so   then   3pl(>3s)-weave-DUR  
    In the morning, when it is just dawn, they are weaving.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  22. yánava      vúra   hári-va      kun-p-iru-kûurishrih-een      kun-ip-vík-aheen  
    visible   PERF   Intensive   sometime-INDEF   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-PL-sit.down-ANT   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-weave-ANT  
    He saw they had sat down again sometime, they were weaving again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  23. kári   xás   pa-mu-kústaan   u-péer   chími   árus   vîik-i  
    then   then   the-3sPOSS-sister   3s(>3)-say.to   soon   seed.basket   weave-IMPER  
    And he told his sister, "Weave seed-baskets!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  24. áxak   ík   p-ee-vík-eesh  
    two   must   NOMZ-2s(>3)-weave-FUT  
    You must weave two (of them)."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  25. ta'ítam   u-vík-aheen  
    so   3s(>3)-weave-ANT  
    So she wove them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  26. kári   xás   asiktâan   kin-ipéer   chími   shipnúk-aam   kiik-vîik-i  
    then   then   woman   3pl>3pl-say.to   soon   storage.basket-large   2pl(>3)-weave-IMPER  
    And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  27. kári   xás   kun-vik  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-weave  
    So they wove.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  28. vúra   táayva   kun-vík-roon   icháaniich  
    Intensive   several   3pl(>3s)-weave-upriverward.from.here.(pl.action)   at.one.time  
    They wove several strands at one time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  29. víri   vaa   kin-ípeer-anik   hûutva   kóo   ithívthaaneen   u-thaanêe-haak   xáyfaat   ik   kúkuum   vúra   vaa   ku-kup-eep-vík-aha  
    so   so   3>1pl-say.to-ANC   somehow   as.much.as   land   3s(>3)-sit-when   don't!   must   again   Intensive   so   2pl(>3)-MODAL-ITER-weave-Modal  
    (But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  30. kári   xás   u-piip   i-vík-eesh   ík   átimnam  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   2s(>3)-weave-FUT   must   pack-basket  
    And it said, "You must weave a burden basket.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  31. púyava   kári   xás   ta'ítam   u-vík-aheen  
    you.see   then   I.wish   so   3s(>3)-weave-ANT  
    And so then she wove.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  32. ta'ítam   uum   káru   u-vík-aheen   káru   ú-kyav   pa-yáfus  
    so   3.SG   also   3s(>3)-weave-ANT   also   3s(>3)-make   the-dress  
    So she too wove and made the dresses.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  33. xás   vúra   uum   vik-a-kêemich  
    then   Intensive   3.SG   weave-DEVERB-bad.(dimin.)  
    And she was a poor weaver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  34. púyava   p-oo-táyiithh-ara-ti   yíiv   vúra      kun-'aramsípriin   kún-ikvárish-tih   xáat   káru   vik-a-kêemich  
    you.see   NOMZ-3s(>3)-lash-INST-DUR   far   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-start.out   3pl(>3s)-buy-DUR   may   also   weave-DEVERB-bad.(dimin.)  
    So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  35. kári   xás   kun-piip   uum   mâasuum   u-víik-tih   pahíp-riik  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   3.SG   up.creek   3s(>3)-weave-DUR   pepperwood.tree-place  
    And people said, "She's weaving in the pepperwood grove, up the creek.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  36. vaa   káan   u-vik-an-kôo-tih  
    so   there   3s(>3)-weave-go.to-to-DUR  
    She always goes there to weave."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  37. yánava   káan   u-víik-tih  
    visible   there   3s(>3)-weave-DUR  
    He saw her weaving there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  38. xás   urípi   kun-vik  
    then   net   3pl(>3s)-weave  
    And they wove nets.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  39. xás   pa-mukun-'ápxaan   uum   u-vík-ahi-ti   pa-sárum   mûuk   káru   pa-panyúrar   káru   p-eekritápkir   káru   pa-tíiptiip  
    then   the-3plPOSS-cap   3.SG   3s(>3)-weave-ESS-DUR   the-Jeffrey.pine.root   with.(by.means.of)   also   the-beargrass   also   the-maidenhair.fern   also   the-Woodwardia.fern  
    And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the five-finger fern and the chain fern.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text