Ararahih'urípih
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ikrîish / ikrîishrih- to sit down

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1978 | revised Dec 03 2014

ikrîish / ikrîishrih- • V • to sit down

Derivation:  ikriv-ish  (= ikrii-a-ish)
living-down  (= live-DEVERB-down)

Derivative (1)
tapaspikrîish "name of a man at Eyese"

Source: WB 493.1, p.340; JPH mat 15:785

Note: Final syllable of ikrîish is never pronounced with glottalization.

  • chími âachip kanikrîishrihi. Let me sit down in the middle! [Reference: TK 68.12]
  • xás poopámvaar xás îim upikrîish. And when he finished eating, then he sat down outside. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 026]

Sentence examples (30)

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  1. chími ôok pay ikrîishrihi!
    Sit down right here!
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. kári xás kachakâach âapun upikrîish.
    Then Bluejay sat down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  3. kári xás kachakâach âapun u'piiri uum tupikrîish.
    But Bluejay was still sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  4. pay'ôok ikrîish!
    Sit down!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  5. vaa káan tóo krîishrih.
    He's sitting down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  6. payôok ikrîish!
    Sit down here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  7. hãã, vaa káan nikrîishriheesh.
    Yes, I'll sit down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  8. naa payôok nikrîishrih.
    I'm already sitting down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  9. koovúra kiikrîishrih!
    Sit down everyone!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  10. xás úpeenvunaa peekvípaansa, " pay'ôok ikrîish."
    And he told the runners, "Sit here."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  11. xás xanchíifich píshiip astíip ukrîish.
    And Frog sat down in first place, on the river bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  12. xás asáxvu tuyship'ípanich ukrîish.
    And Turtle sat down on a mountain-top.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  13. ta'ítam ukrîishriheen.
    So he sat down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  14. yôoram ukrîish.
    He sat down in the back of the house.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  15. ta'ítam ukrîishriheen.
    Then he cooked (the salmon).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  16. kári xás yôoram upikrîish.
    And he sat down in the rear of the house.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  17. kári xás kachakâach káan ukrîish.
    And Blue Jay sat down there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  18. 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

  19. takús upiip, " naa píshiich niikrîishriheesh."
    Pelican said, "I'll sit down first."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

  20. kári xás ukrîish.
    And he sat down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

  21. kári xás púyava " kúkuum peekxariya'áraar chí kamikrîish."
    And so (the gods thought) "Let the priest take office (lit., sit down) again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  22. i'kúkam tupikrîish.
    She sat down outdoors.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  23. púyava kúkuum vúra imáan ikxúrar tupikrîish.
    So again the next day she sat down outdoors in the evening.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  24. kári xás kúkuum imáan i'kúkam tupikrîish.
    And again the next day she sat down outside.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  25. xás iinâak upikrîish.
    And he sat down inside.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  26. kári xás mukmaháchraam tárupak káan upikrîish.
    And he sat down there at his sweathouse, in the hatchway.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  27. ta'ítam ukrîishriheen.
    So he sat down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  28. xás máh'iit peekxariya'áraar káan tóo krîish.
    And in the morning the priest sat down there.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  29. kári xás upikrîish, upihéer, sahíshyuuxach.
    Then Rabbit sat back down and smoked.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  30. kári xás upikrîish, xás upihéer.
    Then she sat back down and took a smoke.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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