Ararahih'urípih
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iktav / iktam- to hold or carry in the hand; to carry (water)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2125 | revised Dec 07 2014

iktav / iktam- • V • to hold or carry in the hand; to carry (water)

Derivatives (21; show derivatives)

Source: WB 513, p.340

  • xás pa'aratanva'úpas úktaamti tíikan. And she held the pain-saliva in her hands. [Reference: WB T80.7]
  • kári xás pa'íshaha kuníktav. So they got the water. [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 045]

Sentence examples (7)

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  1. kúnish    kíri    sákriiv    kúnish    paníktaamsipreehaak    paxuun   
    sort.of    want    hard    sort.of    when.I.pick.it.up    the.acorn.soup   
    So that it's kind of solid when I pick it up, the acorn soup.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. hôoy    if    imvárak    xuun    íktaamsipreevish   
    where    truly    in.a.plate    acorn.soup    you.will.pick.it.up   
    You can't pick up acorn soup in a plate.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. víri    vaa    kumá'ii    pa'itíhaan    nuu    xás    nukyáviichvuti    aa    íshaha    káru    núktaamti   
    so    that    because.of    always    we    then    we.workee        water    also    we.carried   
    That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    pa'íshaha    kuníktav   
    then    then    the.water    they.carry   
    So they got the water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  5. vúra    kári    úktaamti    pa'úruh   
    Intensive    then    he.was.carrying.them    the.eggs   
    He was still carrying the eggs.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. xás    u'íkihvuti    poopvôonfuruk    maath    póoktaamtih   
    then    she.was.grunting    as.she.came.back.into.the.house    heavy    that.she.was.carrying   
    And (Bear) was grunting as she came in, as she was carrying a heavy load.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  7. xás    tíikan    uyuuhrámnih    xás    pa'arataanva'úpas    úktaamti    tíikan   
    then    hand    she.spit.into    then    the.pain-saliva    she.held    hand.   
    And she spat into her hands, and she held the pain-saliva in her hands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text