Ararahih'urípih
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yíkihar / yikihara- sick

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7094 | revised Feb 13 2016

yíkihar / yikihara- • ADJ • sick

Derivation:  yíkiha-ar-a  (= yiki-ha-ar-a)
get.sick-INST-DEVERB  (= yiki-DENOM-INST-DEVERB)

Source: WB 1675.1, p.401

Note: Plural yíkiharas (JPH "Dictionary" 78).

  • hâari aax toosáansur payíkihar káru hâari thúkin. Sometimes (the doctor) took blood off the sick person, and sometimes bile. [Reference: WB T80.11]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. vúra    kumakâarim    payíkihar   
    Intensive    worse    the.sick   
    The sick person just got worse.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  2. hâari    aax    tóo    sáansur    payíkihar    káru    hâari    thúkin   
    sometime    blood    she.had    take.off    the.sick    also    sometime    bile   
    Sometimes she took blood off of the sick person, and sometimes bile.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  3. xás    vaa    payíkihar    musúrukam    tóo    thríish   
    then    so    the.sick    his.underneath    he.did    set.(liquid).down   
    Then he set them down underneath the sick person.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text