Ararahih'urípih
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ithváaykam front

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3292 | revised Feb 12 2015

ithváaykam • N • front

Literally: 'chest-side'

Derivation:  ithvaay-kam
chest-side

Source: WB 775.2, p.354

  • ávansa uum vúra vâaram uhyásuroovish ithváaykam. A man will have something long sticking off in front. [Reference: WB files]
  • xás ithváaykam pachivchaksurúraam vúra ipshûunkinich pakáan kunvôonkurihvuti. And at the front (of the sweathouse) there was a door, just low, where they crawled in. [Reference: WB T76.4]

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  1. peheerahásaan    xúus    kunish    ithváaykamkam    kôomahich    vúra    u'áxvuh?ha?hitihach    peheerahasanvásihkamkam   
    the.tobacco.leaf    smooth    sort.of    outside.of.the.chest    little.bit    Intensive    it.is.hairy    outside.of.the.underside.of.the.tobacco.leaf   
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  2. hûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    víri    yaas'araréethvaaykam    nivúrayvutiheesh   
    somehow    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    in.front.of.rich.people    I.will.be.going.around   
    As long as Mankind exists, we will be around in front of rich people.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  3. víri    vaa    yaas'araréethvaaykam    uvúrayvutiheesh   
    so    so    in.front.of.rich.people    they.will.be.going.around   
    They will be around in front of rich people.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    upiip    púya    payêem    ík    vôohara    mûuk    ivúreesh    papay'ôok    tu'íhithunahaak    nunúthvaaykam   
    then    then    he.says    and.so    now    must    digging.stick    with.(by.means.of)    you.will.jab.him    when.here    when.he.danced.around    in.front.of.us   
    And (one) said, "Say, this time we must jab him with a digging stick when he dances around here in front of us."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  5. xás    ithváaykam    pachivchaksurúraam    vúra    ipshûunkinich    pakáan    kunvóonkurihvutih   
    then    front    the.door    Intensive    low    there    they.crawl.into   
    And in front, there was a low door, where they went in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text