Ararahih'urípih
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íikiv to wear a necklace

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1651 | revised Oct 31 2014

íikiv V • to wear a necklace

Derivatives (5)
íikiv "necklace"
ipá'iikiv "juniper seed necklace"
ishpukatunvéech'iikiv "necklace made of small dentalia shells"
piikívmath "to put necklaces on (someone)"
piikívship "to put necklaces up on"

Source: WB 458, p.338

  • kástaan u'íikivti. She's wearing a mourning necklace. [Reference: KV]


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  1. xás    kári    iv'ávahkam    uvôoruraa    tóo    piikívshipriv    péemyah   
    then    then    roof    he.crawled.up    he.had    put.necklaces.up.on    the.heart   
    And he crawled up on the roof, he wore the heart as a necklace.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  2. kári    xás    uxús    papirishkâarim    púya    íf    yâamach    poo'iikívtih   
    then    then    she.thought    the.grizzly.bear    and.so    truly    pretty    what.he's.wearing.as.a.necklace   
    And Grizzly thought, "My, he's really wearing a pretty necklace!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  3. xás    upíip    papirishkâarim    íf    yâamach    pee'iikívtih   
    then    she.said    the.grizzly.bear    truly    pretty    what.you're.wearing.as.a.necklace   
    And Grizzly said, "You're really wearing a pretty necklace!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  4. kári    xás    yuuxmachmahánach    upiip    man    vúra    naa    ninímya    pani'iikívtih   
    then    then    lizard.sp.    he.said    why...    Intensive    1sg.    my.heart    that.I.wear.as.a.necklace   
    And Lizard said, "Why, I wear my heart as a necklace."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  5. káruma    u'iikívtih    yiipahvuf'ímyah   
    in.fact    he.was.wearing.as.a.necklace    rotten.fir.root.heart   
    The fact was, he was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  6. papirishkâarim    múmya    tóo    thyúruripaa    tufúhish    payuuxmachmahánnach    upíkshaayvutih    uum    áhup    u'iikívtih    yiipahvuf'ímyah   
    the.grizzly.bear    her.heart    he.had    pull.out    she.had.believed.him    when.the.lizard    he.was.lying    3.SG    wood    he.was.wearing.as.a.necklace    rotten.fir.root.heart   
    He pulled out Grizzly's heart, (Grizzly) believed it when Lizard lied, (Lizard) was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  7. kári    xás    chémi    kiikpiikívmathap   
    then    then    all.right    let's.put.necklaces.on.you.guys!   
    And (they said), "All right, put necklaces on them!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  8. ta'ítam    kunpíikivshiiprinaheen   
    so    they.put.necklaces.on   
    So they put necklaces on.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  9. xás    chími    áxvaay    núpiikivmathi   
    then    soon    crane    let's.put.necklaces.on.him   
    And (they said), "Let's put necklaces on Crane."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  10. kári    xás    ta'ítam    kunpíikivmathaheen   
    then    then    so    they.put.necklaces.on.him   
    So they put necklaces on him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  11. vúra    uum    táay    patóo    piikívshiip    thíin    axyár    vúra   
    Intensive    3.SG    much    he.had    put.necklaces.up.on    glands.in.throat    full    Intensive   
    He had lots of necklaces on, (his neck was) full up to his throat-glands.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  12. kári    xás    áxvaay    chémi    xás        koo        kunpiikívshiip    koovúra   
    then    then    crane    all.right    then    PERF    all    PERF    they.put.on.all.the.necklaces    all   
    And Crane (said), "All right," and that was all, he had on all the necklaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  13. kári    xás    chîimich    sáruk    ník    u'ákichnimach    pamú'iikiv   
    then    then    little.bit    downhill    a.little    it.was.lying.coiled    his.necklaces   
    And his necklaces were just a little dab down at the bottom (of his neck)
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text