Ararahih'urípih
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ífik to pick up (from the ground, as acorns)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1468 | revised Nov 03 2005

ífik • V • to pick up (from the ground, as acorns)

Derivatives (5)
ífikar "to go gather"
ífikaraha "to be many people picking"
ifíkfip "to finish picking up"
ifíkpiithva "to pick up here and there, haphazardly"
ífikram "acorn picking basket"

Source: WB 405, p.335

Note: The term is applied especially to the harvesting of acorns; but also to picking up flints (KS 33.006).

  • paxuntápan poo'ífiktih, káru pa'athithxuntápan umkáanvutih. She was picking up acorns, and she was gathering hazelnuts. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 308]
  • kári xás upífik pamúsaanva, xás upiptákith, áhup upvêehruprih. And then (Coyote) picked up his clothes, and he mended them, he stuck twigs through them. [Reference: WB T5.14]

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  1. táay    vúra    paxuntápan    ífikeesh   
    much    Intensive    the.acorn    you.will.pick.it.up   
    You will pick up a lot of acorns.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  2. táay    vúra    ífikeesh    paxuntápan   
    much    Intensive    you.will.pick.up    the.acorn   
    Pick up lots of acorns.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  3. xás    upífik    koovúra    pamusanveeshxaxáxax   
    then    he.picked.them.up.again    all    his.torn-up.clothes   
    And he picked up his torn-up clothes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    upífik    pamúsaanva   
    then    then    he.picked.it.back.up    his.clothing   
    And he picked up his clothes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  5. xás    pa'aantunvêech    kun'ivitshurooti    víri    vaa    u'ífiktih   
    then    the.little.strings    they.picked.them.off    so    so    he.was.picking.up   
    And when they picked off the little strings, he was picking them up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam    kunífikaheen    paxuntápan    pa'asiktávaansa   
    so    they.gathered    the.acorn    the.women   
    Then the women gathered the acorns.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    pihnêefich    u'ífik   
    then    then    coyote    he.picks.up   
    And Coyote picked up a stick.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  8. paxuntápan    kunífiktih    kúuk    tóo    kvíripma    xás    koovúra    tu'ífik    píshiip   
    when.acorns    they.were.picking.it.up    to.there    she.had    run.to    then    all    she.had.picked.it.up    first   
    When they picked acorns, she would run there, and she would pick them all first.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  9. kári    xás    patá    kunpíkyaar    pakuntáxraati    kári    xás    asmáax    tîi    kan'ífiki    pataxratêep   
    then    then    when    they.finished    that.they.were.attaching.arrowheads    then    then    towhee    let...    let.me.pick.it.up!    the.scraps   
    And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps".
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  10. xás    pakunikyáavunaati    kun'ífikvunaatih   
    then    when.they.gathered    they.were.picking.up   
    And when the women gathered (food), they picked up (acorns).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  11. yáas    tá    kun'ífikvanaa    máh'iit   
    then    PERF    they.gathered.acorns    morning   
    Then they gathered acorns in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  12. pa'asiktávaansas    uum    kun'ífikvunaa    xuntápan   
    the.women    3.SG    they.gathered.them    acorn   
    The women gathered acorns.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  13. káakum    pa'éekoons    táay    vúra    tá    kun'ífik    xás    itahara'átimnam    kóo    tóo    píishha   
    some    the.acorns    much    Intensive    PERF    they.gathered.them    then    ten.baskets    as.much.as    he.had    soak.acorns   
    Some people gathered a lot of acorns, and put as many as ten baskets to soak.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  14. paxuntápan    uum    kun'ífiktih    ípahak    kun'íiftih   
    the.acorns    3.SG    they.were.picking.them    on.trees    they.were.growing   
    They picked the acorns, they grew on trees.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  15. púyava    xás    kun'ífiktih   
    you.see    then    they.were.picking.them   
    Then they picked them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  16. káruma    tá    kun'ífikvunaa    paxuntápan   
    in.fact    PERF    they.picked.them.up    the.acorns   
    (Or) the case would be that they were gathering acorns.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

  17. axyaráva    tá    kun'ífik    átimnam   
    all.full    PERF    they.picked.it.up    pack-basket   
    They picked the burden baskets full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text