Ararahih'urípih
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ikvêesh / ikvêeshrih- to spend the night; to camp

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2186 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikvêesh / ikvêeshrih- • V • to spend the night; to camp

Derivation:  ikvay-ish
rest.on-down

Derivative (1)
ikveeshríhraam "campground"

Source: WB 531.3, p.341

  • káan íp ukvêeshrihat. She stayed there all night. [Reference: KV]
  • kúna vúra áxakiich ík vúra kukvêeshriheesh. But you must stay only two nights. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 083]

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  1. xas    pishyávpiish    vaa    kaan    nikvêeshrihar   
    then    autumn    so    there    I.went.to.camp   
    The next autumn I went back and camped there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  2. xás    masúruk    saamváruk    nikvêesh   
    then    up.a.creek    at.the.creek    I.camp   
    I made camp up the creek.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. sáruk    ikveeshríhraam    ni'íipma    víri    kúna    vúra    chimi    ukxáramheesh   
    downhill    campground    I.return.to    so    so    but    soon    it.will.be.night   
    I got back to the camping place just as it was getting dark.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. vaa    káan    íp    nikvêeshrihat    peekrívraamak   
    that    there    PAST    I.stayed.the.night    at.the.house   
    I stayed the night at that house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  5. chími    man    xâatik    fúum    ôok    nupikvêesh   
    soon    why...    it's.better    don't    here    we.camp.again   
    Well, let's not camp here."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    kuníthvuy    pa'úkraam    yítha    káru    uum    upítih    vaa    kuma'úkraam    nipikvêeshriheesh   
    then    then    they.were.named    the.lakes    one    also    3.SG    he.was.saying    that    its.pond    I.will.camp   
    And they named the ponds, and (each) one said, "I will camp at that pond."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    yítha    upiip    naa    uknamxánahich    nipikvêeshriheesh   
    then    then    one    he.said    1sg.    placename    I.will.camp   
    Then one said, "I will camp at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  8. xás    upíip    pakéevriik    uum    vúra    má'    tóo    kvéesh   
    then    she.said    the.old.woman    3.SG    Intensive    uphill    she.is    spend.night   
    And the old woman said, "She's spending the night in the mountains.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  9. ithéekxaram    vúra    hôoyva    kunikvéesh   
    all.night    Intensive    somewhere    they.spent.the.night   
    They spent the whole night somewhere.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  10. ayu'âach    pa'ifápiit    tée    p    xákaan    kunikvéeshrihat   
    it.was.because    the.young.woman    PERF    PAST    both    they.spent.the.night   
    It is because he spent the night with the girl.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  11. kunikvêeshri    pa'apxantínihich   
    they.camped    the.white.men   
    The white men were camped.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  12. yuhsahním'anamahach    yítha    tá    kunikvêesh   
    placename    one    PERF    they.spent.the.night   
    They spent one night at yuhsahním'anamahach.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text