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vik to weave (esp. basketry; more specifically, to twine with two strands)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6545 | revised Jan 19 2016
vik • V • to weave (esp. basketry; more specifically, to twine with two strands)
Derivatives (19; show derivatives)
Source: WB 1545, p.394
Note: Cf. árav 'to twine with three strands'. [chk] - 2nd ref field
- urípih uvíikti. He's weaving a net. [Reference: KV]
- tanixúripha panyúraramuuk, tanivik. I stripe it vertically with bear lily, I twine with two strands. [Reference: ??]
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chími talk about your weaving fâatva peevíikti payêem soon talk about your weaving something that.you.are.weaving.it now Come on, talk about your weaving, whatever you're weaving now. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playnaa vúra payêem pufâat náviiktihara 1sg. Intensive now nothing I.am.not.weaving.it I'm not weaving anything right now. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playno páy kích uum kunipíti uvíiktih no this only 3.SG 3pl(>3s) you.are.weaving.it People always say you're weaving. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playfâat kích ivíiktih what only you.are.weaving.it [To Madeline:] What are you weaving? Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playíp vúra nik nixútihat kíri nivik ítam pâanpay tá na'ûuriha PAST Intensive a.little I.thought I.wish I.weave earlier.today after.while PERF I.get.lazy I'm always thinking I'll weave, then I get lazy. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playítam xás nifíkrip chími nivíkeesh earlier.today then I.sorted soon I.will.weave I used to sort them when I was gonna weave. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playpavíkahar kêechasahiruva I couldn't do that the.weavers too.big.ones I couldn't do that If the “weavers” (the sticks you weave with) are too big, I couldn't do that. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | PlayMy mother used to tell me, pafâat ixuti kíri nivik ipthíithi otherwise you never will My mother used to tell me, something you.are.thinking want I.weave finish.it otherwise you never will My mother used to tell me, whatever you want to weave, finish it, otherwise you never will. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playvaa kôok panivíikti arareemváram so kind what.I.weave plate.basket That's the only kind I weave, the Indian plate. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playvíri manâa vaa yav pavaa ivíiktihaak so maybe so good pavaa that.you.weave Well, it's good that you weave that. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playvíri manâa hôoy if áta ishêeyti kumá'ii peevíikti so maybe no.way maybe you.don't.know.how because.of you're.weaving Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playpaxiitíchas kich uumkun vúra táv kun'ikyâatihanik kunvíiktihanik peethríhar aanmûuk aksanváhich kár axpaheekníkinach káru tiv'axnukuxnúkuhich xás vaa yúpin tá kunpúuhkhin the.little.children only they Intensive visor they.were.making.it.long.ago they.were.weaving.it.long.ago the.flower with.string flower.sp. also plant.sp. also bluebell.(dimin.) then that forehead PERF they.put.on.a.headband Only the children used to make a vizor, weaving the flowers with string, shooting stars, and white lilies, and bluebells, and they put it around their foreheads. Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full textnaa vúra nixúti yáv panivíiktih 1sg. Intensive I.am.thinking good that.I.am.weaving I hope I weave well. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás pasárum víri vaa pa'ásip kunvíiktih then the.roots.of.Jeffrey.pine so so the.baskets they.are.weaving.them And they weave the baskets of pine roots. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textpamukun'ápxaan tá kunvíikvunaa their.caps PERF they.weaved They were weaving their caps. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full textxánpuut káru xánthiip itheekxarámva vúra pákunvik maul.oak.acorn also black.oak night.after.night Intensive they.weaved Maul Oak and Black Oak wove day and night. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full textxás xunyêep upíip naa yáas áachip kóo nivíiktih then tan.oak.tree she.said 1sg. only middle as.much.as I.am.weaving And Tan Oak said, "I've just woven it half-way." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full textxás upíip pûu vaa vúra níthxuuneesh káruma nik áachip kóo tuvíkahitih then she.said no so Intensive I.will.wear.it.on.my.head in.fact a.little middle as.much.as it.is.woven And she said, "No, I'll wear it this way, (though) the fact is that it's only woven half-way. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full textxás upíip uumkun itheekxarámva kunvíiktih then she.said they night.after.night they.were.weaving And she said, "They wove day and night. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full textkoovúra kunvíikvunaa yíthuk chí kunívyiihmeesh all they.weave elsewhere soon they.will.go They were all weaving, they were about to go to a different place. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full textmáh'iit payáan tusúpaahiti vaa kári kunvíiktih morning when.recently it.had.become.day so then they.are.weaving In the morning, when it is just dawn, they are weaving. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textyánava tá vúra háriva tá kunpirukûurishriheen tá kunipvíkaheen visible PERF Intensive sometime PERF they.sat.down.again PERF they.wove.again He saw they had sat down again sometime, they were weaving again. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textkári xás pamukústaan upéer chími árus vîiki then then his.sister he.told soon seed.basket weave! And he told his sister, "Weave seed-baskets! Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textáxak ík peevíkeesh two must you.will.weave You must weave two (of them)." Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textta'ítam uvíkaheen so she.wove So she wove them. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textkári xás asiktâan kinipéer chími shipnúkaam kiikvîiki then then woman they.were.told soon big.storage.basket you.weave And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textkári xás kunvik then then they.wove So they wove. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textvúra táayva kunvíkroon icháaniich Intensive several they.wove.around at.one.time They wove several strands at one time. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textvíri vaa kinípeeranik hûutva kóo ithívthaaneen uthaanêehaak xáyfaat ik kúkuum vúra vaa kukupeepvíkaha so so they.told.them somehow as.much.as land it.exists don't! must again Intensive so you.must.not.weave.that.way (But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textkári xás upiip ivíkeesh ík átimnam then then it.said you.will.weave.it must pack-basket And it said, "You must weave a burden basket. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textpúyava kári xás ta'ítam uvíkaheen you.see then I.wish so she.wove And so then she wove. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textta'ítam uum káru uvíkaheen káru úkyav payáfus so 3.SG also she.wove also she.made.them the.dresses So she too wove and made the dresses. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textxás vúra uum vikakêemich then Intensive 3.SG bad.weaver And she was a poor weaver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textpúyava pootáyiithharati yíiv vúra tá kun'aramsípriin kúnikvárishtih xáat káru vikakêemich you.see when.she.lashed.the.base.of.a.basket far Intensive PERF they.came.from they.buy.from.her may also bad.weaver So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textkári xás kunpiip uum mâasuum uvíiktih pahípriik then then they.said 3.SG up.creek she.is.weaving peppernut.tree.grove And people said, "She's weaving in the pepperwood grove, up the creek. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full textvaa káan uvikankôotih so there she.always.goes.there.to.weave She always goes there to weave." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full textyánava káan uvíiktih visible there she.was.weaving He saw her weaving there. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full textxás urípi kunvik then net they.wove.them And they wove nets. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full textxás pamukun'ápxaan uum uvíkahiti pasárum mûuk káru papanyúrar káru peekritápkir káru patíiptiip then their.hat 3.SG it.was.woven the.Jeffrey.pine.root with.(by.means.of) also the.beargrass also the.five-finger.fern also the.chain.fern And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the five-finger fern and the chain fern. Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text