Ararahih'urípih
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ikrih- fish (with a set-net)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1965 | revised Nov 13 2014

ikrih- • V • fish (with a set-net)

Derivatives (10)
iknihaná'anamahach "a type of small fishnet"
ikríhak "on the fishing platform"
ikríhar "to go fishing"
ikríhar "to fish with"
ikríhar "fish trap"
ikríhraam "fishing platform"
ikríhroov "name of a fishery"
ikríihva "to fish with a set-net"
yuhikríhar "large fishnet for catching salmon and sturgeons"
yuhikrihara'urútvaap "poles for big net used to catch sturgeon"

Source: WB 485, p.338

Note: Bound stem, used only with suffixes.

Sentence examples (17)

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  1. pihnêefich    vaa    káan    mukríhraam    pihneefthuf'ípan   
    coyote    so    there    his.fishery    end.of.Wilder.Gulch   
    Coyote's fishery was there at the end of Wilder Gulch.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. xás    káan    atahári    vúra    ukrihankôotih   
    then    there    always    Intensive    he.was.going.fishing.there   
    He was always fishing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  3. xás    ikríhak    á'    utháantak   
    then    on.fishing.platform    above    he.laid.it.on.it   
    And he set it up on the fishery.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  4. xás    ta'ítam    úkriihvaheen    pasípnuuk    upakurîihvutih   
    then    so    it.fished.with.a.set-net    the.storage.basket    he.was.singing   
    Then the storage basket fished, it was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  5. kâam    kiimúsan    póokriihvutihirak   
    little.upriver    you.guys.go.to.look!    where.he.is.fishing.with.a.set-net   
    Go look upriver where he's fishing."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  6. yánava    káan    úkriihvutih    upakurîihvutih   
    visible    there    he.was.fishing.with.a.set-net    he.was.singing   
    They saw him there fishing, he was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. xás    yúruk    pakunpávyiihma    tá    kunpiip    uum    vúra    pihnêefich    kâam    úkriihvutih    upakurîihvutih   
    then    downriver    when.they.went.back    PERF    they.said    3.SG    Intensive    coyote    little.upriver    he.is.fishing.with.a.set-net    he.was.singing   
    And when they got back downriver, they said, "It's Coyote upriver fishing, he's singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. xás    kúkuum    kunpimúsar    xás    ikríhak    vúra    úuth    kun'uum   
    then    again    they.went.back.to.look    then    on.fishing.platform    Intensive    out.to.water    they.arrived   
    So they went and looked again, and they went out on the fishery.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  9. xás    kunpíip    uum    pihnêefich    pathivtaaptíhan    pu'uumhára    peekriihvútihan   
    then    they.said    3.SG    coyote    who.is.dancing    not.him    who.is.fishing   
    And they said, "It's Coyote who's dancing, it's not him that's fishing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  10. upíip    imáan    nikríhareesh   
    he.said    tomorrow    I.will.go.fishing   
    (A man) said, "Tomorrow I'll go fishing."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  11. imáan    kúkuum    upikríhar   
    tomorrow    again    he.went.fishing.again   
    The next day he went fishing again.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  12. xás    kuméemaankam    poopikríhar   
    then    its.next.day    that.he.went.fishing.again   
    And it was the next day that he went fishing again.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  13. yánava    káan    ára    úkriihvutih   
    visible    there    person    he.was.fishing   
    They saw a man fishing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  14. xás    vaa    káan    kuníkriihva    táay    kuníykar    pa'áama   
    then    so    there    they.fished.(with.a.set-net)    much    they.caught.them    the.salmon   
    And they fished there, they caught a lot of fish.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  15. pa'áraar    uum    pa'áama    ukupéekriihvahitih   
    the.Indian    3.SG    the.salmon    he.fished.for.them.in.a.certain.way   
    The Indians fished for salmon in a certain way.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  16. xás    pamukun'ikríhar    uum    taskanatunvêechas    ukyâarahitih   
    then    their.fish-trap    3.SG    little.poles    it.was.made.of   
    And their fish-trap was made of little poles.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  17. púyava    pakuníkriihvuti    vaa    káan    kunkûuntako    peemvirak'ípan   
    you.see    when.they.fished    so    there    they.sat.on    on.top.of.the.fishing.platform   
    So when they fished, they sat there on top of the fishing platform.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text