Ararahih'urípih
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ikrívkir / ikrivkiri- to sit on

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lexicon ID #2030 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikrívkir / ikrivkiri- • V • to sit on

Derivation:  ikrii-kir
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Derivative (1)
ikrívkir "disk-seat (in old time); chair, seat, stool (in modern times)"

  • pa'ávansas uumkun vúra nik ikrívkir kunikrivkirítiihvanik. The men used to sit on disk-seats (pl. action). [Reference: TK 96.15]
  • taprára vúra kích kunikrivkíritihanik pa'asiktávaansa. The tule mat was all that women used to sit on. [Reference: TK 97.20]

Sentence examples (18)

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  1. akâay    vaa    káan    úkrii    pa'ikrívkir   
    who    that    there    he.(animate).is.sitting    the.chair   
    There is someone sitting there in the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  2. pa'ávansa    tóo    path    pa'unúhxiitich    xas    ikrivkírak   
    the.man    he.has    throw    the.ball    then    on.the.chair   
    The man threw the ball on the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  3. vaa    káan    úkrii    ikrívkir    vasíhkam   
    that    there    he.sits    disk-seat    behind   
    He's at the back of the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  4. ikrívkir    vasíhkam    káan    úkrii   
    disk-seat    behind    there    3s(>3)   
    He's at the back of the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  5. púsihich    ikrívkir    ukûuntakoo   
    cat.(dimin.)    disk-seat    she.sits.on.it   
    The cat is sitting on the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  6. áxak     papúsihich     ikrívkir    kunkûuntakoo   
    two    the+cat    disk-seat    they.sit.on.it   
    Two cats are sitting on the chair (there).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  7. koovúra    taay     papúsihich     peekrívkir     kunkûuntakoo   
    all    much    the.cat    the.chair    they.sit.on.it   
    All the cats are sitting on the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  8. pa'ávansa     ukûuntakoo     pa'ikrívkir   
    the.man    he.sits.on.it    the.chair   
    The man is sitting on the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  9. papúsihich    vaa    káan    úkriv    pa'ikrívkir   
    the.cat.    that    there    it.sits    the.chair   
    The cat is sitting over there in the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  10. xáyfaat    nanikrívkir    ikûuntakoo   
    don't!    my.chair    you.sit   
    Don't sit on my chair!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  11. xás    sú'    póo'uum    pootvárayva    pamukun'ikrívkir    koovúra    athkuritmúrax    vúra   
    then    inside    when.he.arrived    when.he.looked.around    their.disk-seats    all    nothing.but.fat    Intensive   
    And when he got inside and looked around, (the people's) seats were all of nothing but fat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. xás    káan    yánava    pamukunpatúmkir    káru    pamukun'ikrívkir    athkúrit    ukyâarahitih   
    then    there    visible    their.pillows    also    their.chairs    fat    they.were.made.of.it   
    And he saw there that their pillows and their chairs were made of fat.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  13. xás    ta'ítam    u'ávaheen    pamukun'ikrívkir    káru    pamukunpatúmkir   
    then    so    he.ate.them    their.chairs    also    their.pillows   
    So he ate their chairs and their pillows.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  14. yítha    upíip    yahé    hôoy    pananíkrivkir   
    one    he.said    exclamation.of.surprise    where    my.chair   
    And one said, "Well, where's my chair?
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  15. xás    pa'ávansa    vúra    kích    mukun'ikrívkir    utâayhiti   
    then    the.men    Intensive    only    their.chairs    it.was.a.lot   
    And only the men's seats were there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  16. asipárax    nu'átivuti    káru    múruk    káru    tásvaan    káru    tarípaan    káru    ikrívkir    nu'êethtih   
    cooking.basket    we.were.carrying.in.burden.baskets    also    mealing-tray    also    spatula    also    dipper.basket    also    disk-seat    we.were.carrying   
    In burden baskets we carried cooking baskets and tray baskets and soup stirrers and dippers, and we carried a stool.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  17. kúmateech    poo'ípakahaak    peekxariya'áraar    vaa    ukrivkíreesh   
    later.in.day    when.he.came.back    the.priest    that    he.will.sit.on.it   
    Later on, when the priest came back, he was going to sit on that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  18. víriva    patóo    thárish    peekrívkir    sákriiv    ukyâati    peethívthaaneen   
    thus    when.he.had    put.down    the.stool    hard    he.was.making.it    the.world   
    When he put the stool down on the ground, he was making the world firm.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text