Ararahih'urípih
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ikriv a living, a livelihood

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2025 | revised Dec 03 2014

ikriv • N • a living, a livelihood

Derivation:  ikrii-a
live-DEVERB

Derivatives (7)
ikrii "life"
ikrîish "to sit down"
ikríivka "to hold on to"
ikríivrihva "(tree) to hang over (a cliff)"
ikríivshav "(moon) to be in first quarter"
tapaspikrîish "name of a man at Eyese"
timshúkriih "bat (animal)"

  • mukun'íkriv kunikyâaheen. They used to make a living for themselves. [Reference: WB files]

Sentence examples (36)

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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 vúra ip pa'aapúnmuti vaa vúra kich vaa kuméekrii.
    We only knew that kind of living.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  6. hãã, vaa vúra kich i'aapúnmuti vaa kuméekrii.
    Yes, you only knew that kind of living.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  7. 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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  8. payôok ikrîish!
    Sit down here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. koovúra kiikrîishrih!
    Sit down everyone!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  12. pananichishíh'anamahach itháan káruk nu'ípasroovat, káan úkrii chishih'aneekyáavaan.
    Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

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

  17. 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

  18. uum vúra vaa âanaxus úkriivkuti pa'ípaha.
    Weasel held on to the tree.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

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

  20. 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

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

  22. 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

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

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

  25. 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

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

  27. 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

  28. 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

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

  30. kári xás vaa kunkúupha, mukuníkriv kunikyâaheen.
    And they did this, they made their living.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  31. 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

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

  33. patá kunkôohaak iinâak véekrii xás vaa káan tá kunvôonupuk.
    When they were finished staying inside, then they crawled out there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  34. 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

  35. 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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  36. 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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