Ararahih'urípih
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yíkiha / yíkihi- to get (seriously) sick

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7091 | revised Feb 13 2016

yíkiha / yíkihi- • V • to get (seriously) sick

Derivation:  yiki-ha
yiki-DENOM

Derivatives (4)
yíkiha "sickness"
yikíhaan "sickly person"
yíkihar "sick"
yikiheekrívraam "hospital"

Source: WB 1675, p.400

  • niyíkihat íp káru. I got sick too. [Reference: KV]
  • vaa káan pananítaat utháaniv, uyíkihiti. My mother was lying there, she was sick. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 004]

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  1. uknîi    ataháreesh    vúra    uyíkihiti    uum    vúra    mahnûuvanach   
    once.upon.a.time    always    Intensive    he.was.sick    3.SG    Intensive    chipmunk   
    uknîi. Chipmunk was sick all the time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. tá    niyíkiheesh   
    PERF    I.will.be.sick   
    I'm going to get sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  3. tá    niyíkiha   
    PERF    I.get.sick   
    I'm sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  4. ipít    kúnish    niyíkiheen   
    yesterday    sort.of    I.was.sick   
    Yesterday I was sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  5. ipít    kúnish    niyíkihatih   
    yesterday    sort.of    I.was.feeling.sick   
    Yesterday I was sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  6. naa    vúra    nayíkihitih   
    1sg.    Intensive    I.am.getting.sick   
    I am sick.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  7. iim    húm    iyíkihitih   
    2sg.    or    you.are.getting.sick   
    Are you sick?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  8. naa    nayíkihitih   
    1sg.    I.am.sick   
    I am sick.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  9. tá    nayíkiha   
    PERF    I.get.sick   
    I am sick.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  10. vúra    uum    púxich    tá    nayíkiha   
    Intensive    3.SG    very.much    PERF    I.got.sick   
    I got really sick.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  11. mâaka    kúuk    tá    núktaama    vaa    káan    pananítaat    utháaniv    uyíkihitih   
    in.other.room    to    PERF    we.took.it    so    there    my.mother    she.was.lying    she.was.sick   
    We took it in the other room, my mother was lying there, she was sick.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. pakunxútih    kíri    nu'áapunma    hûut    kumá’ii    pakunyíkihiti    púyava    kári    xás    kunpíkav    xánkiit   
    when.they.think    I.wish    1pl(>3)    how    because.of    when.they.get.sick    you.see    then    then    they.get    bullhead   
    When they thought, "Let's find out why they are sick," then they summoned Bullhead.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  13. mahnûuvanach    tuyíkiha   
    chipmunk    she.was.sick   
    Chipmunk was sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  14. púyava    kúkuum    axmáy    tuyíkiha    mahnûuvanach   
    you.see    again    suddenly    she.got.sick    chipmunk   
    Then Chipmunk suddenly got sick again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  15. mahnûuvanach    uum    vúra    káan    tuyíkiha   
    chipmunk    3.SG    Intensive    there    she.had.gotten.sick   
    Chipmunk was really sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  16. yee    kári    xás    vúra    púxay    vúraxay    xay    vura    hûut-heesh    vúra    puxích    tuyíkiha   
    well    then    then    Intensive    not.yet    really.not    not    Intensive    will.be.somehow    Intensive    very.much    she.had.gotten.sick   
    Oh, nothing can be done, she's really sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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