Ararahih'urípih
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íhuk to do the flower dance (puberty dance)

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lexicon ID #1593 | revised Apr 20 2014

íhuk • V • to do the flower dance (puberty dance)

Derivation:  ih-uk
dance-to.here

Derivatives (6)
íhuk "flower dance, girl's puberty ceremony"
íhukar "to go flower-dancing"
íhukar "flower dance song"
ihukûum "do the flower dance"
íhukvunaa "flower-dance"
íhukvunaa "to have a flower dance"

Source: WB 416.1, p.336

  • mí'aramah tuyêeripha, káan xás kun'íhukti. Your child is having her first menses, they're having a puberty dance there. [Reference: KT 129.32]
  • xás payêeripharas kunpiip, nuu chími nu'íhukeesh. And the pubescent girls said, "Let's do the flower dance!" [Reference: KT 145.3]

Sentence examples (4)

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  1. aayâach    kun'ixviphûunishti    íp    pa'úthvoonhitihat    va'íhuk    tá    kun'ithyúruvarak    pamútraax    kich    kun'áaphutih   
    it.was.because    they.were.angry.at.him    PAST    that.he.had.been.eager.to    its.flower.dance    PERF    they.dragged.him.down    the.his.arms    only    they.were.carrying.(two.objects)   
    That was because they were mad at him because he had wanted to dance. They they dragged him down, they were just carrying him (by) the arms".
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. púyava    káan    xás    tá    kun'íhukvunaa   
    you.see    there    then    PERF    they.flower-danced   
    Then they flower-danced there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    umah    yána    ôok    páy    kun'íhukvunaatih   
    then    then    he.saw.it    visible    here    this    they.were.flower-dancing   
    And he saw it, he saw they were flower-dancing right here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  4. chí    kunívyiihshipreevish    uknamxánahich    káan    chí    kun'íhukvunaavish   
    soon    they.were.going.to.leave    placename    there    soon    they.were.going.to.have.a.flower.dance   
    They were going to leave for 'uknamxánahich, they were going to have a flower dance there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text