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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
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Source: WB 520, p.341
Note: Bound stem, occuring with directional suffixes.
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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 textxás 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 textpeheeraha'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 textyáan 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 textmupikutunváramuu its.joints its joints Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textikutunváramuu 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 textvâaramas 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 textkári 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 texttóo kúrinishrih it.had fall.across-stream (One) fell down. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textchavúra 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 textxás 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 textyée 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textkáruk 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