Ararahih'urípih
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ikvátar / ikvátan- to go get sweathouse wood

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2183 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikvátar / ikvátan- • V • to go get sweathouse wood

Derivation:  ikvat-ar
carry.on.shoulder-go.to

  • yítha vúra máh'iit tóokfuuksip ikmaháchraam, tookvátar. One person gets up early in the morning in the sweathouse, he goes and gets sweathouse wood. [Reference: TK 200.3]

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  1. uum    vúra    itíhaan    kumamáh'iit    tóo    kvátar    itukuk'afishríhan   
    3.SG    Intensive    always    its.morning    he.had    go.get.sweathouse.wood    itúkuk.young.man   
    The young man of itúkuk went gathering sweathouse wood every morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  2. imáankam    kumamáh'iit    kúkuum    vúra    ukvátar   
    next.day    its.morning    again    Intensive    he.gathered.sweathouse.wood   
    The next morning he rowed across again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  3. xás    uxus    tîi    kanpikvátan    pananípaah   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.go.to.carry.it.back.on.my.shoulder!    my.boat   
    And he thought, "Let me go get my boat!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  4. xás    mah'íitnihach    uum    vúrava    ukvatankôotih   
    then    early.morning    3.SG    just    he.always.was.going.to.gather.sweathouse.wood   
    So he always went early in the morning to gather sweathouse wood.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text