Ararahih'urípih
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ikvar / ikvan- to buy

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2176 | revised Dec 09 2014

ikvar / ikvan- • V • to buy

Derivatives (3)
ikvárar "to use to buy; to pay"
ikvárar "to go to buy"
ikváraruk "to come to buy"

Source: WB 529, p.341

Note: Equiv. to ikvárish.

  • kishakeevráriik sáanva ukvárareesh. She's going to Hoopa to buy clothes. [Reference: KV]
  • xára mít puxútihaphat kíri apxantínihich vaa úkvar pávaa kumá'as. Long ago they didn't want white people to buy that kind of stone. [Reference: TK 152.23]

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  1. níkvaareesh    uum    pathyur   
    I.am.going.to.buy    3.SG    the.car   
    I am going to buy a car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  2. níkvaareesh    pathyur   
    I.am.going.to.buy    the.car   
    I'm going to buy a car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  3. peethyur    níkvaareesh   
    the.car    I.am.going.to.buy   
    I am going to buy a car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  4. ithyur    níkvaareesh   
    car    I.am.going.to.buy   
    I am going to buy a car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. nivâarameesh    Medford    pathyuru    chími    níkvaareesh   
    I.am.going.to.go    Medford    the.car    soon    I.am.going.to.buy   
    I am going to Medford to buy a car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  6. Medford    nivâarameesh    ithyuru    níkvaareesh   
    Medford    I.am.going.to.go    car    I.am.going.to.buy   
    I am going to Medford to buy a car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  7. fâat    kuméethyur    peekváreesh   
    what    kind.of.car    that.you.will.buy   
    What kind of car are you gonna buy?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  8. káruma    káru    taay    u'ôorahiti    pa'ánav    patá    níkvar    pani'ákihti   
    in.fact    also    much    it.was.costing    the.medicine    that.I.bought    1s(>3)    that.I.was.giving.him   
    And in fact it cost a lot, the medicine that I bought, that I was giving him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  9. upêer    pamí'arama    nikvárakuktih   
    he.told.her    your.child    I.am.coming.to.buy.her   
    He said, "I am coming to buy your child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  10. xás    uthvuyâanati    ípa    kóo    kunípeerat    ikvan   
    then    he.was.naming    PAST    all    they.said    buy   
    And he was naming all that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  11. xás    koovúra    tupipshinvárihva    péethvuy    ípa    kunípeerat    ikvan   
    then    all    he.forgot    the.name    PAST    they.said    buy   
    And he forgot all the names that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text