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ikxúrik to mark; to decorate; to write
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2304 | revised Aug 22 2005
ikxúrik • V • to mark; to decorate; to write
Derivatives (23; show derivatives)
Source: WB 555, p.343; TK 35.1, 104.11, 117.26, 163.2
- úuhyan nikxúrikti. I'm writing words. [Reference: KV]
- vaa vúra kich kunkupeekxúrikahiti peeheerasípnuuk. That's the way they make the design on a tobacco basket. [Reference: TK 104.11]
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pa'ikxúrikar iyúunkuriheesh pay'ôok the.pencil you.will.put.it right.here You are gonna put the pencil there. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkiikxúrikeeshap yâamachich I.will.mark.you.all pretty.(dimin.) I'll paint you pretty. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textpamikun'axvâa kiikxúrikeeshap yâamachich your.heads I.will.mark.you.all pretty.(dimin.) I'll paint your heads pretty." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás ukxúrikvunaa then he.marked.them So he painted them. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textminík kiikxúrikeeshap yâamach kiikyâavishap of.course I.will.mark.you.guys pretty I.will.make.you.guys I'll paint you, I'll make you pretty!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkoovúra paniníshaanva ishpúk kamikxúrikarahiti káru fúrax all my.clothes dentalium.shells let.it.be.decorated.with.it also woodpecker.head Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textkunikxúrikarati panyúrar káru ikritápkir káru tíiptiip they.were.decorated.with beargrass also maidenhair.fern also Woodwardia.fern They were decorated with bear-lily leaves and five-finger fern and chain fern. Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full textxás asayátha mûuk pakunikxúriktih then sharp.stone with.(by.means.of) they.marked.it And they made the design with a sharp stone. Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full textpa'amkír káan utháaniv xás ukxúrikahiti ávahkam ípaha the.table there it.is.sitting then it.is.marked over tree The table is sitting there, and a tree is drawn on top. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text