Ararahih'urípih
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áak to hit (with an implement)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #15 | revised Nov 07 2014

áak • V • to hit (with an implement)

Derivatives (6)
áaka "to hit (with an implement); to chop (with an ax)"
ákoo "to club; to hit (with an implement)"
akooná'anamahach "hatchet"
akôor "axe, hatchet (not used before coming of whites)"
akoorákaam "axe (as opposed to hatchet)"
imshaxvuh'ákoor "gum axe"

Source: WB 49, p.316

  • áhup íp mûuk ná'aakat. He hit me with a stick. [Reference: KV]
  • kári xás u'aak, pihnêefich u'áak áfup. And he hit him, he hit Coyote on the buttocks. [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 023]

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  1. kári    xás    pihnêefich    akôor    úkyav    imshaxvuh'ákoor   
    then    then    coyote    axe    he.made    gum.axe   
    Then Coyote made an axe, a (pine) gum axe.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    pihnêefich    axvâak    u'áaka    pa'akôora    mûuk   
    then    then    coyote    on.the.head    he.chopped.him    the.axe    with.(by.means.of)   
    Then Coyote struck him on the head with the axe.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    ta'ítam    áhup    mûuk    axvâak    nipakóonaaheen   
    then    then    so    wood    with.(by.means.of)    on.the.head    I.clubbed.them   
    Finally I clubbed them on the head with a stick.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  4. ikchúrahaha   
    deer.backbone   
    refers to the backbone of a deer from which the ribs have been cut
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    u'ákoonaa   
    then    then    he.hit.them   
    And he hit them.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    u'áak    pihnêefich    u'áak    áfup   
    then    then    he.hits    coyote    he.hits    buttocks   
    And he hit him, he hit Coyote on the buttocks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  7. xás    kári    pa'áama    áhup    mûuk    tu'ákoo   
    then    then    the.salmon    wood    with.(by.means.of)    he.had.hit.it   
    And he hit the salmon with a stick (to kill it).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text