Ararahih'urípih
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iykar / iykára- to beat; to kill; to catch (fish)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3580 | revised Oct 31 2014

iykar / iykára- V • to beat; to kill; to catch (fish)

Derivatives (3)
iykáraha "thing killed, that which is killed"
iykárapuh "what has been killed"
iykáravar "to finish killing"

Source: WB 823, p.357

  • táay uykárati pa'áama. He killed (caught) lots of salmon. [Reference: KS Crane 004]
  • káruma chímiheesh ithákuusra véenik mít paniykáranaat. And it will soon be a month ago that I killed them. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 052]


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  1. kári    xás    púufich    tóo    ykar   
    then    then    deer    he    beat   
    Then he killed a deer.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. nuykáreesh    pa'îin    púufich    i'êethiipvutihat   
    we.will.kill.him    because.he    deer    he.has.been.taking.it.from.you   
    We will kill the one who has been taking the deer from you."
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  3. kári    xás    uykár    papúufich   
    then    then    he.killed    the.deer   
    Then he (Pygmy Owl) killed a deer.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  4. xás    kuníykar   
    then    they.killed.him   
    Then they killed him.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  5. itnoopámahich    ník    kana'êeh    xás    váa    káru    vúra    pa'íshpuk    púvaxay    kana'êehap    káruma    chímiheesh    ithakûusrah    véenik    mit    paniykáranaat   
    five.each    a.little    they.gve.me    then    so    also    Intensive    the.money    not.yet    they.give.me    in.fact    soon.will    one.month    ago    near.past    that.I.killed.them   
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  6. iim    vúra    îin    punêekyáreeshara    atipimámvaan    achvúun    úpeeranik   
    2sg.    Intensive    TOPIC    you.will.not.kill.me    buzzard    hookbill.salmon    he.told.him   
    "You are not going to kill me?" said Buzzard to Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  7. xás    achvúun    uppiip    naa    îin    pukinîikyáreeshara    vaa    vúra    páy    kyôomahich    nuníshsheesh   
    then    hookbill.salmon    he.said    1sg.    TOPIC    I.shall.not.kill.you    so    Intensive    this    little.bit    I.shall.do.to.you   
    Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  8. niykáreesh    papúufich   
    I.am.going.to.kill.it    the.deer   
    I'm going to kill the deer.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  9. chôora    chími    nuykan   
    let's.go    soon    let.us.kill.him!   
    Let's go, let's kill him!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  10. ta'ítam    chími    nuykan        kinpiksháyvuunish   
    so    soon    let.us.kill.him!    PERF    he.is.deceiving.us   
    So let's kill him, he's deceiving us!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  11. vaa    kích    upíti    itroopatíshaamni        níykar    pa'ávansas   
    so    only    she.was.saying    nine    PERF    I.killed.them    the.men   
    She kept saying, "I killed nine men.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  12. víri    iim    xás    îin        néeykar   
    so    2sg.    then    TOPIC    PERF    you.killed.me   
    Then you killed me.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  13. chavúra    táay    tóo    ykar   
    finally    much    she.did    beat   
    Finally she killed a lot.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  14. âanaxus    uthítiimti    táay        kiníykar    áraaras   
    weasel    he.was.hearing    much    PERF    they.are.killing.them    people   
    Weasel heard that they were killing a lot of people.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  15. xáy    iykárap   
    let.not    they.kill.you   
    Don't let them kill you."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  16. xás    upiip    chémi    imáan    ník    niykáreesh   
    then    he.said    all.right    tomorrow    a.little    I.will.catch.it   
    And (Weasel) said, "All right, I'll kill it tomorrow."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  17. xás    úykar    pa'áama   
    then    he.killed.it    the.salmon   
    And he killed the salmon.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  18. xás    upiip    chémi        níykar    pa'áama   
    then    he.said    all.right    PERF    I.killed.it    the.salmon   
    And he said, "All right, I've killed the salmon."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  19. tóo    ykar    páachviiv   
    he.had    beat    the.bird   
    He killed the bird.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  20. papihnîich    mú'arama        kuníykar   
    the.old.man    his.child    PERF    they.killed.it   
    He killed the old man's child.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  21. xás    âanaxus    tóo    naa    pa'áraar    kuniykáranaati    âanaxus   
    then    weasel    he.had    go.uphill    the.people    they.were.killing.him    weasel   
    Then Weasel went upriver, the people were killing (i.e., trying to kill) Weasel.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  22. pavúra    ixusáhaak    kúnish    chí    kaneeykáreesh    vúra    ikpêehveesh    ík   
    when    you.think    sort.of    soon    they.are.going.to.kill.me    Intensive    you.will.shout    must   
    Whenever you think they are sort of about to kill you, you must shout.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  23. xás    papihnîich    úxrar    mú'arama        kuníykar   
    then    the.old.man    he.cried    his.child    PERF    they.killed.him   
    And the old man cried, his child had been killed.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  24. kúkuum    vúra    amvákaam    úykar   
    again    Intensive    big.salmon    he.caught.it   
    Again he caught a big salmon.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  25. xás    itháan    pakun'ípak    xás    úpeenvunaa    pamutunvêech    papuna'ípakahaak    kuxúseesh        neeykáraheen   
    then    once    when.they.returned    then    she.told.them    her.little.ones    if.I.don't.come.back    you.will.know.it    PERF    she.killed.me   
    And once when they returned, (Deer) told her little ones, "If I don't come back, you will know (lit., think) that she's killed me."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  26. ii    xas    u'aapúnmat    pamútaat    tóo    ykáraheen   
    oh!    then    he.knew    his.mother    she.had    killed.her   
    Oh, then he knew that she had killed his mother!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  27. xás    kári    yuuxmachmahánach    upiip    yôotva    ninívaasan        níykar   
    then    then    lizard.sp.    he.said    hurray!    my.enemy    PERF    I.killed.her   
    And Lizard said, "Hurray! I've killed my enemy!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  28. yôotva    nanívaasan    níykar   
    hurray!    my.enemy    I.killed.her   
    Hurray, I killed my enemy."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  29. úykar    pirishkâarim   
    he.killed    grizzly   
    He killed Grizzly Bear.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  30. púyava    vaa    ukupeeykárahanik    papirishkâarim   
    you.see    so    how.he.killed.her.once    the.grizzly.bear   
    So he killed Grizzly that way.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  31. pufíchtaay    kuniykáratih    itráhyar    mutúnviiv   
    lots.of.deer    they.were.killing.them    ten    his.children   
    His ten sons were killing lots of deer.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  32. púra fâat    iykárat   
    nothing    they.killed.it   
    They didn't kill anything.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  33. chavúra    kuníykar    pa'ávansa   
    finally    they.killed.him    the.man   
    Finally they killed the man.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  34. xáyfaat    ík    kúykar    pa'ápsuun    pa'ôok    kumáhaak   
    don't!    must    you.all.kill.them    the.snakes    when.here    you.see.them   
    You mustn't kill the snakes when you see them here."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  35. kári    xás    chámuxich    úykar   
    then    then    sucker    he.caught.it   
    And he caught a sucker.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  36. xás    vaa    káan    kuníkriihva    táay    kuníykar    pa'áama   
    then    so    there    they.fished.(with.a.set-net)    much    they.caught.them    the.salmon   
    And they fished there, they caught a lot of fish.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  37. vaa    púufich    kunkupeeykárahiti    pa'áraar    kuntátapvutih   
    so    deer    they.killed.them.that.way    the.Indians    they.trapped.them   
    The Indians killed deer that way, they trapped them.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  38. vaa    kunkupeeykárahiti    papúufich   
    so    they.killed.them.that.way    the.deer   
    They killed the deer that way.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  39. víriva    pa'áama    kunkupeeykárahitih   
    so    the.salmon    they.caught.them.that.way   
    They caught the salmon that way.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  40. púyava    itráhyar    tóo    ykar   
    you.see    ten    he.would    beat   
    He would kill ten.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  41. púyava    koovúra        kuniykáranaa   
    you.see    all    PERF    they.killed.them   
    They killed them all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  42. púyava    kári        kunpávyiihship    taay        kuníykar    papúufich   
    you.see    then    PERF    they.went.back.home    much    PERF    they.killed.them    the.deer   
    Then they went back home, they had killed lots of deer.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  43. púyava    pa'îim    ikrêen    púyava    tóo    ykar    pavírusar   
    you.see    the.one.outdoors    who.stays    you.see    he.has    beat    the.bear   
    And the one who stayed outside killed the bear.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  44. púyava    íshyaav    kunkupeeykárahitih   
    you.see    winter    they.are.killing.it.that.way   
    They killed it that way in the winter.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  45. patóo    skákavruk    káan    xás        kuníykar   
    when    jump.down.over    there    then    PERF    they.killed.it   
    When (an elk) jumped down over a bank (and disabled itself), then (the dogs) killed it there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text