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-kir / -kiri- Instrumental; Agentive; Motion(?)
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lexicon ID #3856 | revised Oct 31 2014
-kir / -kiri- • SUFF • Instrumental; Agentive; Motion(?)
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áatikir "burden basket"
achípchiinkirak "a placename, Bluenose"
ahóokir "to go by way of (a place)"
ahóokir "sidewalk"
aktinákir "handrest, stone just outside the door of a dwelling house, to put one's hand on as one crawls out through the door and rises to one's feet; now also used for a railing, e.g. on a bridge"
akvákir "quiver"
amkíinvarayva "to feel famished"
amkir "to eat on"
amkir "table"
asóokir "flume"
ateehvíchkinach "a plant, snake-root"
ateehvíthkir "a plant, snake-root"
átikiinva "pack basket"
átikir "acorn basket"
ativákir "packsaddle"
avím'aaxkinach "a woman's name"
axaychakishríhkir "handle, as of a seed-beater"
axpaheekníkinach "a plant, the "fawn-lily" or adder's tongue"
chíinkir "island"
chunvákir "sneak up on"
eenákir "ridgepole of an Indian house"
ichunvákir "to sneak up on"
ifkíraha "(money) to be paid to legitimize a bastard"
ihikiríraam "shrine where a doctor dances"
ihvíthkir "to clean salmon on (something)"
ikchunkirá'as "anvil stone, stone on which anything is pounded"
ikpúuhkir "to swim to"
ikríkireen "to adjoin"
ikríkireen "a place near the southern end of Orleans"
ikritápkir "five-finger fern, maidenhair fern"
ikrívkir "to sit on"
ikrívkir "disk-seat (in old time); chair, seat, stool (in modern times)"
ikrivtakúkir "saddle"
imúskiinva "to admire; to be a spectator; to see a show, to listen to the radio, to watch TV"
imuskínvaan "spectator"
imúskir "to admire; to be a spectator ; to watch a show ; to listen to the radio"
inákir "to live on"
inakvúraakir "plank ladder, used in living house"
inkir "placename, a target station near Katimin"
ipmahvákirar "to come to see, come to visit"
ipsháamkir "to abandon, to leave"
ipshaamkírapuh "orphan"
ishrâatkir "reins"
ishríikir "to pull on a string"
ithríkir "to place (liquid) in"
ithváankir "sleeping board"
ithvúykir "to mention"
ithyárukirukam "on the other side of the river"
kuhíkir "to become ill by eating something"
kuríhkir "eaves-pole, held up by two forked poles; these were fastened both to the outside roofing and to the top of the the walls. Also translated 'inside corner of Indian house'."
sôomkir "(woman) to offer herself in marriage, to go as a marriage-applicant"
takníhkir "wheel"
tankiríkir "drying rack "
taskaravúraakir "(multi-)pole ladder, used in sweathouse"
ukramkírik "placename, near Sandy Bar Creek"
ukram'ithríkirak "placename, near Ike's Falls"
vupakpákir "to cut up on"
vuráakir "ladder, stairway"
yumaareekritápkir "five-finger fern"
amkiravásih "table top"
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