Ararahih'urípih
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íku- / íkhu to point in a (certain) direction; to be a ridge

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1798 | revised Nov 07 2014

íku- / íkhu V • to point in a (certain) direction; to be a ridge

Derivatives (33; show derivatives)

Source: WB 520, p.341

Note: Bound stem, occuring with directional suffixes.


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  1. káan    xás    ikhúripaak    ni'árihripaa   
    there    then    along.a.ridge    I.run.inland   
    Then I went along the ridge.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  2. xás    úkfuukraanik    ikurâak   
    then    he.climbed.up.from.downhill    on.the.ridge.   
    Then he climbed up slope.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  3. peheeraha'íppa    mupikyutunváramuu    káru    koovúra    pamúthvuy   
    the.tobacco.plant    its.joints    also    all    its.name   
    "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  4. yáan    vúr    u'íkkyusunutihach    peheerahappírish   
    recently    Intensive    it.is.just.pointing.up.off    the.tobacco.leaves   
    The tobacco is just starting to come up.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  5. mupikutunváramuu   
    its.joints   
    its joints
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  6. ikutunváramuu   
    long.between-joint.sections   
    joint in a stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  7. vâaramas    pamu'ikutunváramuu   
    long.ones    its.long.between-joint.sections   
    The sections between its joints are long.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  8. kári    xás    upiip    chími    ikúrinishrihi    itháriip   
    then    then    he.said    soon    let.it.fall.down.across-stream!    Douglas.fir   
    And he said, "Fall down, fir tree!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. tóo    kúrinishrih   
    it.had    fall.across-stream   
    (One) fell down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. chavúra    umáh    yánava    ithyáruk    ukúripaahiti    itháriip   
    finally    he.saw.it    visible    across    it.was.lying.towards.land    Douglas.fir   
    Finally he saw it, he saw a fir tree lying fallen out across-stream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  11. xás    pakéevniikich    upíip    sáruk    áama    úkuroovuti   
    then    the.old.woman    she.said    downhill    salmon    it.is.lying.with.its.head.upstream   
    And the old woman said, "Downhill a salmon is lying, head upstream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  12. yée    naa    apsunxára    káan    úkuroovutih   
    well    1sg.    long.snake    there    it.is.lying.with.its.head.upstream   
    "Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  13. kári    xás    áak    úkuukirih   
    then    then    in.the.fire    he.stuck.it.into.fire   
    And he stuck a stick in the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  14. kári    xás    máruk    ikuraa'ípan    u'ikrîish   
    then    then    uphill    end.of.a.ridge    she.sits.down   
    And she sat down uphill on the end of a ridge.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  15. káruk    yíiv    ikhurôok    tu'árihroov   
    upriver    far    on.an.upriver-pointing.ridge    he.had.gone.upriver   
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text