Ararahih'urípih
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ífikar / ífikan- to go gather

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1469 | revised Oct 31 2014

ífikar / ífikan- • V • to go gather

Derivation:  ífik-ar
pick.up-go.to

Derivative (1)
ífikaraha "to be many people picking"

  • chími xuntápan ífikan. Go gather acorns! [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 419]
  • yakún nuu tanu'ífikar xuntápan. We're going to pick acorns. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 027]

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  1. yakún    nuu    tá    nu'ífikar    xuntápan   
    you.see    we    PERF    we.go.gather    acorn   
    We're going to pick acorns."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  2. xás    áchkuun    kunipéer    túus    upiip    pamipakuhíram    tu'ífikaraha    paxuntápan   
    then    swamp.robin    they.told.him    mockingbird    he.said    your.acorn.gathering.grounds    many.are.picking    the.acorns   
    And Swamp Robin was told, Mockingbird said, "They're picking the acorns at your acorn-picking grounds."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

  3. sápruuk    nu'ífikanva   
    olivella.shell    we.went.gathering   
    We went gathering olivella shells.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text