Ararahih'urípih
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iik / íiku- to hit (as with one's hand, or with a rock held in the hand)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1647 | revised Oct 31 2014

iik / íiku- • V • to hit (as with one's hand, or with a rock held in the hand)

Derivatives (4)
íkoo "to hit (several times)"
ikôor "stone pipe-bowl"
ikoorá'as "rock in the river near Katimin"
xanachyuhikôorak "a placename, east of úynaam"

Source: WB 521, p.341

  • ta'ítam yítha pamusvírik mûuk mâaka u'iik, thivrihvasúruk. So one struck with her elbow on the uphill side (of the house), under a wall-board. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 020]

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  1. ni'íikat   
    I.hit.him   
    I hit him.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  2. ni'íikeesh   
    I'm.going.to.hit.him   
    I'm going to hit him.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  3. xáyfaat    ná'iik   
    don't!    hit.me   
    Don't hit me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  4. ta'ítam    yítha    pamusvírik    mûuk    mâaka    u'iik    thivrihvasúruk   
    so    one    her.elbow    with.(by.means.of)    little.uphill    she.hits    under.a.wall.board   
    So one struck with her elbow on the uphill side (of the house), under a wall-board.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  5. púyava    patá    ni'iik    xás    tá    ni'asímchak   
    you.see    when    I.struck    then    PERF    I.closed.my.eyes   
    When I struck, I closed my eyes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  6. xás    kuyrákyaan    tu'iik   
    then    three.times    he.had.struck   
    And he struck three times.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text