Ararahih'urípih
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íikra (house, basketload) to stand, to be standing

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1653 | revised Dec 19 2007

íikra • V • (house, basketload) to stand, to be standing

Source: WB 478, p.338

Note: Functions as durative verb.

  • xás a'ikrêen poo'uum, yánava îim tu'íikra pamu'arus'átiv. Then when A'ikreen gets there, there outside is standing her pack-basket load. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 017]
  • víri vaa ník kári nimáheesh peekrívraam káan vúra u'iikráhaak. Then I'll see if the house is still standing there. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 037]

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  1. yánava    káan    ikmaháchraam    u'íikra   
    visible    there    sweathouse    it.is.standing   
    Behold he saw a sweathouse standing there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. yánava    káan    ikmaháchraam    u'íikra   
    visible    there    sweathouse    it.stood   
    He saw a sweathouse standing there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. xás    yánava    káan    ikmaháchraam    u'íikra   
    then    visible    there    sweathouse    it.stood   
    And he saw a sweathouse standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. yánava    káan    ikmaháchraam    u'íikra   
    visible    there    sweathouse    it.stood   
    He saw a sweathouse standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    pihnêefich    ikrívraam    umah    yána    u'íikra   
    then    then    coyote    house    he.saw.it    visible    it.stood   
    Then Coyote saw a house, he saw it standing.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. xás    káan    yánava    ikmaháchraam    u'íikra   
    then    there    visible    sweathouse    it.stood   
    And there he saw a sweathouse standing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. víri    payêem    panipimúsarahaak    víri    vaa    ník    kári    nimáheesh    peekrívraam    káan    vúra    u'iikráhaak   
    so    now    when.I.visit    so    that    a.little    then    I.will.see    if.the.house    there    Intensive    when.it.is.standing   
    Now when I go back to see (my father), then I'll see if the house is standing there."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text