Ararahih'urípih
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áaka / áaku- to hit (with an implement); to chop (with an ax)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #17 | revised Oct 31 2014

áaka / áaku- • V • to hit (with an implement); to chop (with an ax)

Literally: 'to hit on'

Derivation:  áak-ka
hit.(with.implement)-to

Derivatives (4)
akooná'anamahach "hatchet"
akôor "axe, hatchet (not used before coming of whites)"
akoorákaam "axe (as opposed to hatchet)"
imshaxvuh'ákoor "gum axe"

Source: WB 49.1, p.316

  • pâanpay vúra tátaay yithumásva kun'áakuti, koovúra takun'ákoo. Pretty soon lots of them were taking turns hitting it (a tree), they all hit it. [Reference: KT 156.32]

See aak 'to hit' See -ku 'on'

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. kári xás pihnêefich akôor úkyav imshaxvuh'ákoor.
    Then Coyote made an axe, a (pine) gum axe.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. kári xás pihnêefich axvâak u'áaka pa'akôora mûuk.
    Then Coyote struck him on the head with the axe.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  3. ikchúrahaha
    refers to the backbone of a deer from which the ribs have been cut
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text