Ararahih'urípih
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a'iknêechhan peregrine falcon

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7274 | revised Feb 21 2016

a'iknêechhan • N • peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus.

Literally: 'one that lives above (dim.)'

Derivation:  a' ikrii-ach-han
above live-DIM.(verbs)-PTCL

Derivative (1)
a'ikneechhan'ímkaanva "thistle"

Source: WB 1.4, p.313; JPH ethno ?:???

Note: Dimin. of a'ikrêen.

  • uum a'iknêechhan káru ikxaréeyavhanik. Peregrine Falcoln was a spirit person too. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 001]
  • púyava póopvaavruk a'iknêechhan tishravará'iivreen uxus, hûut áta u'íinati panani'îin. And when Falcon looked down from Etna Mountain, he thought, ""I wonder what's wrong with my falls?" [Reference: WB T27.18]

See ikriv 'to live'

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  1. á 'iknêechhan    pirishkâarim    muhrôoha   
    falcon    grizzly    his.wife   
    Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  2. á 'iknêechhan    pamu'îin    ukyâanik   
    falcon    his.falls    he.made.it   
    Duck Hawk made his falls (there).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  3. káruma    á 'iknêechhan    u'ípahootih   
    in.fact    falcon    he.was.going.back   
    The fact was, Duck Hawk was coming back.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  4. káru    á'iknêechhan    á'uuyichak    ukrii   
    also    falcon    at.Sugarloaf    he.lives   
    And Duck Hawk lives in Sugarloaf.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  5. vaa    ukúphaanik    á 'iknêechhan   
    so    he.did.it    falcon   
    Duck Hawk did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  6. á'iknêechhan    muhrôoha    pirishkâarim   
    falcon    his.wife    grizzly   
    Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    uum    vúra    hárivaheesh    á'iknêechhan    hôoyva    tuvâaram    sinmôovishar   
    then    then    3.SG    Intensive    would.be.sometimes    falcon    somewhere    he.went    absent.a.long.time   
    So it would be sometimes, Duck Hawk went off somewhere, he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  8. púyava    póopvaavruk    á'iknêechhan    tishravará'iivreen    uxus    hûut    áta    u'íinati    panani'íin   
    you.see    when.he.went.down.again    falcon    Etna.Mountain    he.thought    how    maybe    it.has.something.wrong    my.falls   
    So when Duck Hawk looked down over Etna Mountain, he thought, "I wonder what's wrong with my falls?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text