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vik to weave (esp. basketry; more specifically, to twine with two strands)
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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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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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playnaa vúra payêem pufâat ná-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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playno 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playfâat 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playíp vúra nik ni-xú-tih-at kíri ni-vik ítam pâanpay tá 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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playítam 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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playpa-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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | PlayMy 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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playvaa 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playvíri 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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playvíri 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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playp-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 tá 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 textnaa vúra ni-xú-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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás 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 textpa-mukun-'ápxaan tá 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 textxánpuut káru xánthiip itheekxarám-va vúra pá-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 textxás 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 textxás u-píip pûu vaa vúra ní-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 textxás 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 textkoovúra 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 textmáh'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 textyánava tá vúra hári-va tá kun-p-iru-kûurishrih-een tá 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 textkári 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 textáxak 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 textta'ítam u-vík-aheen so 3s(>3)-weave-ANT So she wove them. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textkári 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 textkári xás kun-vik then then 3pl(>3s)-weave So they wove. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textvúra 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 textvíri 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 textkári 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 textpúyava 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 textta'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 textxás 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 textpúyava p-oo-táyiithh-ara-ti yíiv vúra tá 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 textkári 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 textvaa 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 textyánava 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 textxás urípi kun-vik then net 3pl(>3s)-weave And they wove nets. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full textxás 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