Ararahih'urípih
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íku- / íkhu to point in a (certain) direction; to be a ridge

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1798 | revised Nov 07 2014

íku- / íkhu • V • to point in a (certain) direction; to be a ridge

Derivatives (33; show derivatives)

Source: WB 520, p.341

Note: Bound stem, occuring with directional suffixes.

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  1. káan xás ikhúripaak ni'árihripaa.
    Then I went along the ridge.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. xás úkfuukraanik ikurâak.
    Then he climbed up slope.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. peheeraha'íppa mupikyutunváramuu, káru koovúra pamúthvuy
    "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  4. yáan vúr u'íkkyusunutihach peheerahappírish.
    The tobacco is just starting to come up.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  5. mupikutunváramuu
    its joints
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  6. ikutunváramuu
    joint in a stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  7. vâaramas pamu'ikutunváramuu.
    The sections between its joints are long.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  8. kári xás upiip, " chími ikúrinishrihi itháriip."
    And he said, "Fall down, fir tree!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  9. tóo kúrinishrih.
    (One) fell down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  10. chavúra umáh yánava ithyáruk ukúripaahiti itháriip.
    Finally he saw it, he saw a fir tree lying fallen out across-stream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. xás pakéevniikich upíip " sáruk áama úkuroovuti.
    And the old woman said, "Downhill a salmon is lying, head upstream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  12. " yée naa apsunxára káan úkuroovutih."
    "Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  13. kári xás áak úkuukirih.
    And he stuck a stick in the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  14. kári xás máruk ikuraa'ípan u'ikrîish.
    And she sat down uphill on the end of a ridge.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

  15. káruk yíiv ikhurôok tu'árihroov.
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text