Ararahih'urípih
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îikukam outdoors

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lexicon ID #1654 | revised Jun 26 2014

îikukam N • outdoors Variant: îikam.

  • xás káan ukyívish, îikukamkam súnunupninach. And he fell down there, outside the sweathouse door. [Reference: KT 136.34]


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  1. papanamnihimthatváram    uum    vaa    káan    ukyâasipreehiti    paGeorgia    mutasa'îikukam    xás    yúruk    paxánthiip    u'iihyírak    u'ípanhitih   
    The.Orleans.stick-game.field    3.SG    so    there    it.began    Georgia    outside.her.fence    then    downriver    where.the.black.oak    it.stands    it.ended   
    The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text