Ararahih'urípih
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pikvas / pikvasa- plume (worn on one's head for ceremonies)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4891 | revised Oct 31 2014

pikvas / pikvasa- • N • plume (worn on one's head for ceremonies)

Source: WB 1132.1, p. 373

Note: Equiv. to pikvah 'to wear a plume'.

  • xás vaa káan pamupíkvas uhyákurih. And he stuck his headdress-feather in there. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 008]

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  1. xás    vaa    káan    pamupíkvas    uhyákurih   
    then    so    there    his.headdress-feather    he.stuck.it.in   
    And he stuck his headdress-feather in there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  2. xás    upêer    pamukîit    peemáhaak    nanipíkvas    tóo    kyívunih    tá    ni'iv   
    then    he.told.her    his.grandmother    if.you.see    my.headdress-feather    it.has    fall.downward    PERF    I.died   
    And he told his grandmother, "When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  3. vúra    uum    hitíhaan    kumasúpaa    póomuusti    pápikvas   
    Intensive    3.SG    always    its.day    that.she.looked.at.it    the.headdress-feather   
    She looked at the headdress-feather every day (while he was gone).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  4. xás    vúra    ii    xáas    vúra    ukyívuni    pamupíkvas    tóo    xus    ii    tu'iv   
    then    Intensive    oh!    almost    Intensive    it.fell.downward    the.headdress-feather    she.had    think    oh!    he.had.died   
    Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  5. 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