Ararahih'urípih
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ikyáviichva / ikyavîichvu- to work

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2353 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyáviichva / ikyavîichvu- • V • to work

Derivation:  ikyav-iichva
make-in.pretense

Derivatives (3)
ikyavíchvaan "worker"
ikyáviichva "work, a job"
ikyáviichvih "to work for (someone)"

Source: WB 557.6, p.343

  • chaka'îimich vúra tukyavîichvuti. He works slowly. [Reference: KV]
  • puxichayâach ikyáviichvi! Work harder! [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 412]

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  1. 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

  2. vúra    itíhaan    panukyáviichvuti   
    Intensive    always    we.were.working   
    We were always working.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  3. káru    uum    pa'asiktávaan    atahári    vúra    kunikyáviichvutih    ávaha    kunikyáatih   
    also    3.SG    the.women    always    Intensive    they.were.working    food    they.were.gathering   
    And the women were always working, they were gathering food.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. ta'ítam    koovúra    pakeemishatunvêechas    kunikyáviichvunaa    yukún    vaa    káan    kunpávyiihmeesh    patupíshyaavpa   
    so    all    the.little.wild.animals    they.work    you.see    that    there    they.go.back.to    when.it.is.winter   
    So all the little wild animals worked, you see they were going to come back there when it was winter.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text