Ararahih'urípih
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yíkihar / yikihara- sick

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7094 | revised Feb 13 2016

yíkihar / yikihara- • ADJ • sick

Derivation:  yíkiha-ar-a  (= yiki-ha-ar-a)
get.sick-INST-DEVERB  (= yiki-DENOM-INST-DEVERB)

Source: WB 1675.1, p.401

Note: Plural yíkiharas (JPH "Dictionary" 78).

  • hâari aax toosáansur payíkihar káru hâari thúkin. Sometimes (the doctor) took blood off the sick person, and sometimes bile. [Reference: WB T80.11]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. vúra   kuma-kâarim   pa-yíkihar  
    Intensive   3sPOSS-bad   the-sick  
    The sick person just got worse.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  2. hâari   aax   t-óo   sáan-sur   pa-yíkihar   káru   hâari   thúkin  
    sometime   blood   PERF-3s(>3)   carry.(things)-off   the-sick   also   sometime   bile  
    Sometimes she took blood off of the sick person, and sometimes bile.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  3. xás   vaa   pa-yíkihar   mu-súrukam   t-óo   thríish  
    then   so   the-sick   3sPOSS-under   PERF-3s(>3)   set.(liquid).down  
    Then he set them down underneath the sick person.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text