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ikríhar / ikríhan- to go fishing
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lexicon ID #1967 | revised Dec 03 2014
ikríhar / ikríhan- • V • to go fishing
| Derivation: | ikrih-ar |
| fish-go.to |
Derivatives (4)
iknihaná'anamahach "a type of small fishnet"
ikríhar "fish trap"
yuhikríhar "large fishnet for catching salmon and sturgeons"
yuhikrihara'urútvaap "poles for big net used to catch sturgeon"
Source: WB 485.2, p.338; JPH mat 07:354R
Note: Contrast ikríhar(a) 'to fish with'.
Sentence examples (5)
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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 textupíip 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 textimáan 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 textxás 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 textxás 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