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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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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 textnuykáreesh 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 textkári 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 textxás kuníykar then they.killed.him Then they killed him. Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full textitnoopámahich 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 textiim 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 textxás 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 textniykáreesh 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
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playchôora 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 textta'ítam chími nuykan tá 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 textvaa kích upíti itroopatíshaamni tá 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 textvíri iim xás îin tá 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 textchavúra 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 textâanaxus uthítiimti táay tá 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 textxáy iykárap let.not they.kill.you Don't let them kill you." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás upiip chémi tá 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 texttóo ykar páachviiv he.had beat the.bird He killed the bird. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textpapihnîich mú'arama tá 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 textxás 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 textpavúra 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 textxás papihnîich úxrar mú'arama tá 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 textkúkuum 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 textxás itháan pakun'ípak xás úpeenvunaa pamutunvêech papuna'ípakahaak kuxúseesh tá 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 textii 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 textxás kári yuuxmachmahánach upiip yôotva ninívaasan tá 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 textyôotva 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 textúykar pirishkâarim he.killed grizzly He killed Grizzly Bear. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textpúyava 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 textpufíchtaay 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 textpúra fâat iykárat nothing they.killed.it They didn't kill anything. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full textchavúra 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 textxáyfaat 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textvaa 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 textvaa 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 textvíriva 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 textpúyava itráhyar tóo ykar you.see ten he.would beat He would kill ten. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full textpúyava koovúra tá kuniykáranaa you.see all PERF they.killed.them They killed them all. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full textpúyava kári tá kunpávyiihship taay tá 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 textpúyava 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 textpúyava 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 textpatóo skákavruk káan xás tá 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