Ararahih'urípih
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kéevniikich old woman (dimin.)

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lexicon ID #3804 | revised Mar 19 2015

kéevniikich N • old woman (dimin.)

Derivation kéevriik-ich
old.woman-DIM

Derivative (1)
kéevniikichha "(woman) to become old "

Source: WB 871, p.360

Note: Dimin. of kéevriik.

  • xás vaa koovúra papihnîichichas káru pakéevniikichas xára xás kun'ávanik. But all the old men and the old women, they used to eat late. [Reference: TK 74.30]
  • xás pakéevniikich upiip, oo! puyávhara papihnêefich, táay ukupavêenahiti papihnêefich. And the old woman said, "Oh, Coyote's no good, he does lots of mischief!" [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 030]


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  1. pakéevniikas    kunfíkriiptih    xás    pukunmaahtih   
    the.old.women    they.are.sorting    then    they.cannot.see   
    The old women sorted, they couldn't see.
    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. pananítaat    káru    tukéevniikichha   
    my.mother    also    she.is.an.old.woman   
    My mother is old too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  4. náa    vúra    kúnish    kéevniikich   
    1sg.    Intensive    sort.of    old.woman.(dimin.)   
    I am sort of an old woman.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  5. xás    pakéevniikich    upiip    oo!    puyávhara    papihnêefich    táay    ukupavêenahiti    papihnêefich   
    then    the.old.woman    she.says    oh!    he.is.no.good    Coyote    much    he.does.mischief    Coyote   
    And the old woman said, "Oh, Coyote's no good, he does lots of mischief!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  6. xás    u'uum    pakéevniikich    mukrívraam   
    then    he.arrived    the.old.woman    her.house   
    So he arrived at the old woman's house.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  7. xás    pakéevniikich    upíip    víri    naa    chími    vôonfuruki   
    then    the.old.woman    she.said    so    1sg.    soon    come.in!   
    And the old woman said, "Well, come in.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  8. vaa    kích    upíti    pakéevniikich    yôotva    tu'iv    panani'íkam   
    so    only    she.was.saying    the.old.woman    hurray!    he.has.died    my.son-in-law   
    The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, he's dead, my son-in-law."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  9. pakéevniikich    uxúti    pookreemyáhahaak    uthivtífuniheesh   
    the.old.woman    she.was.thinking    when.it.blows    it.will.blow.him.down   
    The old woman thought, "When the wind blows, it will blow him down.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  10. xás    pakéevniikich    upíip    sáruk    áama    úkuroovuti   
    then    the.old.woman    she.said    downhill    salmon    it.is.lying.with.its.head.upstream   
    And the old woman said, "Downhill a salmon is lying, head upstream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  11. vaa    kích    upítih    pakéevniikich    yôotva    tu'ív    panani'íkam   
    so    only    she.was.saying    the.old.woman    hurray!    he.has.died    my.son-in-law   
    The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, my son-in-law is dead!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  12. pakéevniikich    u'árihrupuk   
    the.old.woman    she.jumped.out   
    The old woman jumped out.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  13. yáan    vúra    usúpaahitih    pakéevniikich    úhyiv   
    recently    Intensive    it.became.day    the.old.woman    she.shouted   
    It was just dawn, (and) the old woman shouted.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  14. xás    u'árihish    pakéevniikich   
    then    she.sang    the.old.woman   
    And the old woman sang.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  15. kéevniikich    vúra    uum    utapkûuputi    póothtiitih   
    old.woman.(dimin.)    Intensive    3.SG    she.liked    that.she.gamble   
    An old woman liked to gamble.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  16. kári    xás    pakéevniikich    tu'árihish    tupakúriihva    âanaxus    itvaratvárah   
    then    then    the.old.woman    she.sang    she.sang    weasel    itvaratvárah   
    Then the old woman sang, she sang "âanaxus itvaratvárah."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  17. kári    xás    âanaxus    uum    káru    tupakúriihva    kéevniikich    tiiptíip'aahrishuk    
    then    then    weasel    3.SG    also    he.sang    old.woman.(dimin.)    tiiptíip'aahrishuk    
    And Weasel sang, too, "kéevniikich tiiptíip'aahrishuk."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  18. púyava    pakéevniikich        kunchífich   
    you.see    the.old.woman    PERF    she.was.beaten   
    Then the old woman was beaten.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  19. kári    xás    upíip    pakéevniikich    chôora    nanikinínaasich    iktûunihi   
    then    then    she.said    the.old.woman    let's.go    my.pet    bring.down   
    Then the old woman said, "Let's go, bring down my pet.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  20. kári    xás    úkvip    pakéevniikich   
    then    then    she.ran    the.old.woman   
    And then the old woman ran.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  21. víri    pakéevniikich    úmuusti    pamupíkvas   
    so    the.old.woman    she.was.looking.at.it    his.headdress-feather   
    The old woman (his grandmother) was looking at his headdress-feather.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  22. víriva    yítha    usáam    kéevniikich    káru    axiich   
    so    one    she.remained    old.woman.(dimin.)    also    child   
    (Finally) one old woman and a child were left.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  23. víri    kún    pakéevniikich    úkrii    káru    patapriha'ifápiit   
    so    meaning.unknown    the.old.woman    she.lived    also    patapríhak.young.woman   
    There lived the old woman, and the young woman of patapríhak.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  24. xás    vúra        kunvîiha    pakeevnikich'íin   
    then    Intensive    PERF    she.disliked.him    the.old.woman   
    But the old woman disliked him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  25. vúra        kunvîiha    pakeevnikich'íin   
    Intensive    PERF    she.disliked.him    the.old.woman   
    The old woman disliked him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  26. yee    víri    kún    káan    xás    kun'iin    pakéevniikich    káru    pa'ifápiit   
    well    so    meaning.unknown    there    then    they.were    the.old.woman    also    the.young.woman   
    Well, there they were, the old woman and the girl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  27. xás    pakéevniikich    upiip    kóku    yáxa    hûut    tu'iin    panunukrívraam   
    then    the.old.woman    he.said    oh-oh!    look!    how    it.has.something.wrong.with.it    our.house   
    And the old woman said, "Oh-oh, look, what's wrong with our house?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  28. xás    póomuustih    pakéevniikich    vúra    tupíkshar    káru    pa'ifápiit    vúra    tupíkshar   
    then    as.he.was.looking.at.them    the.old.woman    Intensive    she.had.melted    also    the.young.woman    Intensive    she.had.melted   
    And as he watched, the old woman just melted, and the girl just melted.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  29. kári    xás    yánava    áxak    kaan    kéevniikichas   
    then    then    visible    two    there    old.women   
    And they saw two old women there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  30. pa'ára    papivankôotihan    kéevniikich   
    the.person    the.one.going.to.look.for.him    old.woman.(dimin.)   
    The person who was going to look for him was an old woman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text