Ararahih'urípih
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ikmar / ikman- to meet ; to hit with the fist

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1831 | revised Nov 08 2014

ikmar / ikman- • V • to meet ; to hit with the fist

Derivatives (4)
ikmáanav "to hit with the fist"
ikmánmar "to beat (someone) up with one's fists"
ikmárakurih "to slash, to stab"
ikmárihivrik "to meet (someone) coming"

Source: WB 460, p.338

  • kári xás úkmar áxak ifápiitshas. And he met two young women. [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 002]

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  1. kári    xás    káan    áraar    tóo    kmárihivrik   
    then    then    there    human    he    meet   
    Then he met a man coming there.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. nikmárakuriheeshva   
    I.will.stab.it   
    I am going to stab it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. xás    káan    nikmárihivrik    pihnîich    wagon    áxak    padonkey    kunithyúruti   
    then    there    I.met.him    old.man    wagon    two    the.donkey    they.were.pulling.it   
    And I met him, an old man, two donkeys were pulling a wagon.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  4. kári    xás    úkmar    áxak    ifápiitshas   
    then    then    he.met.them    two    girls   
    And he met two young women.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    tóo    kmar    páaxiich   
    then    then    she.did    meet    the.child   
    And she met the child.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  6. túus    máruk    xás    tóo    mah    káan    tóo    kmárihivrik   
    mockingbird    uphill    then    PERF    see    there    PERF    meet   
    He saw Mockingbird uphill, he went to meet him there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text