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-kar / -kara- into water, across water
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3744 | revised Oct 31 2014
-kar / -kara- • SUFF • into water, across water
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ahavíshkaanva "to fish with a type of large dip-net; to hunt or fish (in general)"
ahavishkánvaan "hunter; fisherman; "story word" for panther"
ahirímkaanva "(trees) to lie across a stream"
apsunmunukich'ímkaanva "mountain hemp, dogbane"
apsunxara'ímkaanva "plant sp., green dock; or perhaps tibinagua"
árihkar "to jump into water"
asánaamkarak "Stony Flat, a placename near Ike's Falls"
asaxvanishich'ímkaanva "type of sedge"
asaxvarish'ímkaanva "a type of sedge"
axthay'ímkaanva "a plant, perhaps fleabane"
éethkaanva "to shuffle 'cards' or sticks used in Indian gambling"
fathkáanva "to wade across"
ihtáakanva "(several) to swim out across"
ihyívkaanva "to shout acrossriver"
ihyívkaanva "plant sp., the cow parsnip or Durango root; Oregon grape root"
íimkar "to drown"
íkakar "(pl.) to jump on a bridge"
ikakríhkaanva "to freeze over"
ikfúutkar "to push out into water"
ikpúuhkar "to swim hence across-river"
ikrupkáanvar "fork"
ikshúupkar "to point across"
ikyíimkar "to fall into the river"
imkáanva "to gather (food growing on plants, such as berries or greens); not applied to acorns, which are picked up from the ground"
imkáanva "edible greens; specifically, the gum plant, "sunflower" "
imkáanvurayva "to gather (food) here and there"
imkánvaan "a woman's name, Phoebe Maddux"
imkanvaaxvâah "plant sp., the fiddleneck, rancher's fireweed"
imkanvá'uux "plant sp."
imkanviráthuuf "Merrill Creek"
inhíikar "to tie across; to be tied across"
ipkaar "to go back across"
ipkáar "loop"
ipkar "to go back acrossriver"
ipxíipkar "to fly back across (water)"
ishipkáanvar "gill-net"
íshipkar "to run across (trans. or intrans.)"
ishkáakar "to jump into water"
ishpukéemkaanva "plant sp."
itkáanva "to spear fish"
itkáanvar "fish-spear"
itkaar "the common merganser, a fish-eating species of duck"
itkanvara'áhup "spear shaft"
itkar "to look into the river; to look across-river"
itkaratiháyav "man's name, Johnny Pepper"
ixyakâanva "to throw (pl. objects) into the water"
-kaanva "into water, across water (pl. action)"
kunihkáanva "to shoot across"
síinkar "to swallow"
sinkanánaamich "base of the throat"
thafípkaanva "to eat all up"
thivrúuhkar "to float out into (water)"
vúpakar "to cut across"
xanchifich'ímkaanva "a type of plant, "poor man's weather-glass""
xanpuchinishveenach'ímkaanva "a plant, a type of monkey-flower; also yellow violet"
xaptíifkar "to kick over into the river"
xaptuykáanva "to kick into the river"
xapuxrahimkanváram "placename"
yumaaraxanpuchinishveenach'ímkaanva "plant sp."
a'ikneechhan'ímkaanva "thistle"
Note: Combines with -va 'pl. action' to form -kaanva (a/u).
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