Ararahih'urípih
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pikníihva / pikníihvu- to sweat oneself (in a sweathouse):

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lexicon ID #4860 | revised Oct 31 2014

pikníihva / pikníihvu- • V • to sweat oneself (in a sweathouse):

Source: WB 1122, p.373

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  1. xás    yanava    káan    ára    upíkniihvutih    upakurîihvutih   
    then    visible    there    person    he.was.sweating.himself    he.was.singing.songs   
    And he saw a person was sweating himself there, he was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. xás    pamu'aaníhich    upêer    chôora    nupíkniihvan    ikmaháchraam   
    then    his.older.brother    he.told.him    let's.go    let's.go.sweat.ourselves    sweathouse   
    And he told his older brother (i.e., the Bear's son), "Let's go sweat ourselves in the sweathouse!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  3. xás    patá    kunpíkniihvahaak    pá'aah    tá    kuníkyav    vaa    kuníhruuvti    tahpus'áptiik   
    then    when    when.they.sweat.themselves    the.fire    PERF    they.make    so    they.use    fir.boughs   
    And when they sweated themselves, they made the fire, they used fir boughs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text