Ararahih'urípih
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ikyav / ikyava- making, kind, custom

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lexicon ID #2357 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyav / ikyava- • N • making, kind, custom

Derivation:  ikyav-a
make-DEVERB

Derivatives (2)
ikyáakaam "difficult"
kuyrak'íkyav "three deals! (hollered when there are only two counters left, in Indian cards)"

  • ishpukéekyav tóothvoonha. He was eager for the making of money. [Reference: WB files]
  • vúra vaa pamukun'ikyâahanik vúra pufâat ikmaháchraam ávaha thêera. It is their old custom that they don't put any food in a sweathouse. [Reference: TK 93.39]
  • xeehvas'íkyav, tuvúyaahiti. A pipe sack in the making, it's been cut out. [Reference: TK xxxiii.14]

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. man    kunyáavhiti    táay    pamukuníkyav   
    why...    they.were.in.a.hurry    much    their.doing   
    They were in a hurry, they had a lot to do.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. man'áta    pakéevniikich    uum    pufâat    múkyav   
    maybe    the.old.woman    3.SG    nothing    her.doing   
    Maybe an old woman, she had nothing to do.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. vaa    vúra    múkyav    all the time   
    so    Intensive    her.job    ?   
    That's her job, all the time.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. iim    káru    vúra    vaa    míkyav   
    2sg.    also    Intensive    so    your.custom   
    That's your way of doing it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. pakoovúra    pananuppírish    puyíththaxay    vúra    kúnish    vaa    kumeekyâahara    peheeraha'íppa    vúra    chishihpurith'íppa    kích    vaa    kúnish    kuméekyav    pa'apxantîich    îin    tá    kinippêer   
    that.of.all    our.plant    not.a.single.one    Intensive    sort.of    that    it.is.not.the.kind.of.make    the.tobacco.plant    Intensive    black.nightshade.plant    only    that    sort.of    kind.of.make    the.white.man    TOPIC    PERF    he.said.to.us   
    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text

  6. iheeraha'uhishíkyav   
    tobacco.seeds.that.are.being.fixed   
    tobacco seeds that they are fixing
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  7. pihnêefich    uum    ishpukéekyav    tóo    thvoonha   
    coyote    3.SG    money-making    he.had    be.eager.(to.do)   
    Coyote wanted to make money.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text