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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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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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textkáruma 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 textpapirishkâarim 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 textkári 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 textta'ítam kunpíikivshiiprinaheen so they.put.necklaces.on So they put necklaces on. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full textxás 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 textkári 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 textvúra 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 textkári xás áxvaay chémi xás tá koo tá 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 textkári 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