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-ar / -ara- Instrumental; Agentive
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lexicon ID #504 | revised Oct 31 2014
-ar / -ara- • SUFF • Instrumental; Agentive
Derivatives (201; show derivatives)
Derivatives (201; hide derivatives)
aachíchhar "happy"
áahar "seed beater"
ahup'iyvôor "woodpile"
aknupunúpar "guitar"
akooná'anamahach "hatchet"
akôor "axe, hatchet (not used before coming of whites)"
akoorákaam "axe (as opposed to hatchet)"
aktápurar "rag to protect hand"
aktumtôor "guitar"
apmantáchuchhar "talkative person"
apsihíthyurar "leg-dragger; this is what the meadowlark calls."
apvuyíchyuunanach "a type of hawk, perh. sharp-shinned hawk"
apvuyíthyurar "Cooper hawk"
arankúrihvar "sinker"
araraxúskaamhar "bow"
araréeptoorar "census taker"
arara'ifchikinkôor "a flower, baby-blue-eyes"
arara'iftakankôor "a plant"
asátiikar "name of man, Phoebe's cousin"
asaxuskútrahar "rain coat"
asayaayâahar "stuttering rock, a rock near , having the power to cure stutterers"
aseemthaavráthar "stone war club, "slave killer""
áthipar "wringer"
ávar "to eat with"
avithxúpar "cradle hood, a woven conical openwork basket attached to the head of a cradle to shield the baby's head"
chamnúpanach "woodpecker"
chimchîikar "a plant, the horsetail or common scouring rush"
chimchîikar "woman's name"
chimchikaratunvêech "a plant, the horsetail"
chimchikara'asiktávaan "leafy species of horsetail"
chishihíknaapkar "horseshoe"
chivchákar "door (of living house); doorknob"
fíiphihar "arrow-straightener"
furax'imthátapkar "board for mounting woodpecker scalps"
ichxúunanach "a type of clover, perhaps thimble clover"
ichyununupnîihvanach "needle"
ífar "to be raised with"
ifunihataxishxíshar "hairbrush"
íhukar "flower dance song"
ikchakishríhar "bait; hellgramite"
ikchúrar "pestle (for tobacco), handstone, pounding stone"
ikfuyfôor "a whistle (a musical instrument)"
iknáapkar "horseshoe"
iknachnáchar "pecking stone, used to peck steatite trays"
iknaknákar "hammer"
iknámanach "a freshwater shellfish, the hornshell or california Hornsnail"
iknamanáhiich "a type of freshwater mollusk"
iknátar "rock to crack acorns with"
ikníkar "maul (for driving wedges)"
ikôor "stone pipe-bowl"
ikoorá'as "rock in the river near Katimin"
ikrávar "pestle (for grinding acorns)"
ikreemyahváraar "musical instrument of any kind, including flute, violin, piano; phonograph, radio"
ikríhar "to fish with"
ikríkar "to add on (as a room to a house)"
ikrúkuvar "to jab with"
ikrúpar "to sew with"
ikrupkáanvar "fork"
ikrupkúrihvar "awl (used not for basketry, but for sewing buckskin etc.)"
ikshúpanach "index finger"
iktaatíhan "umbrella"
iktaatíhar "umbrella"
iktáatikar "a prop, e.g. to hold up a house"
iktíinar "cane"
ikvárar "to use to buy; to pay"
ikxákar "a flail"
ikxáripar "adze; adze blade"
ikxúrikar "to decorate with, to write with"
ikxúrikar "pen, pencil"
ikxurika'uhyanaváraar "telegram"
ikyâar "tool"
ikyâar "to make (something) up, to put (something) together"
ikyâar "to make (something) with (something)"
ikyâarahiroov "to make with (something) around (a basket)"
ikyaaréeshiip "the best one made"
ikyamíichvar "toy"
ikyutríhar "a plow"
imákananach "flashy(?)"
imníshar "to cook with"
imtháatvar "shinny stick"
imthaavráthar "stone war club, "slave killer""
imthanuvnôor "drum"
ipchimákananach "handkerchief"
ipchimakananáchkaam "bandanna"
ipchimakananách'aax "bandanna"
ipkîihpa "to lock a door"
ipkîihpar "key"
ipkîihpar "key"
iptasinsírar "clothesbrush, lint brush"
iptaxatíhar "comb (originally made of pine-needles)"
iptheemshípar "fan"
ipthimyâar "whetstone"
ipuntátakanach "mosquito larva, "wiggler""
íripar "pick-axe"
íshavnihanach "plumbob"
ishipkáanvar "gill-net"
ishkoonayaachkúnihar "arrow without foreshaft or feathers, used by boys"
ishpukapathxúrar "western ringneck snake, "money snake""
ishpukasuprávar "scales for weighing gold"
ishrâatar "reins"
ishríikar "bowstring, tumpline (for packbasket, etc.). (Fritz & Sylvester)"
íshuvar "tool made of mussel shell, for scraping ápkaas to make string"
ishváraha "(pl.) to drink"
ishvarahíram "placename (location not known)"
ishxâar "fishing pole"
íthar "a drill; an auger; a gimlet"
ithxúpar "a cover"
itkáanvar "fish-spear"
itkanvara'áhup "spear shaft"
ixakaxákar "gold-cradle"
íxupar "(pl.) to cover with"
iyúnanach "red fox"
iyúnanach "man's name"
iyuunvárayvar "mush stirrer (old name for )"
iyvôor "to pile (wood)"
iyvôor "woodpile"
kahthuxriv'ishkúruhar "name of a spirit person"
kifuchákar "plug for tobacco pouch"
kîihar "key"
kíshapar "tie-string"
kíshaparariv "to tie up with"
kuníhar "wooden-tipped arrow"
kunihareekxúrikar "larkspur"
kupháraha "to happen"
kutnahaná'anamahach "jacket"
kutráhar "coat"
kutraxaráxuus "raincoat"
piptharíshriihar "thong for wrapping man's hair"
síchakvutvar "belt"
simsim'ávar "table knife"
sipkúnihar "a type of arrow, without foreshaft"
sishaf'íknaapkar "wood duck"
sishanayâamach "pretty one having a penis, a name given to Coyote"
suprávar "measuring basket"
suvaxráhar "drying rack"
táavar "drawknife, used only for graining a hide, usually made of an elk rib"
táchakar "scissors"
tachakúniihvar "round bone or stick used in combing hair, with aptírih beneath and tachakúniihvar on top"
tákasar "'tossel' or double-ball used in shinny"
tákikar "dipnet used for steelhead and smaller trout"
takníhar "wheel "
tanukyáanar "shovel"
taramnîihvar "dipnet for salmon"
taruprávar "buckskin lace (e.g. for a baby cradle)"
tasansárar "soup-scraping stick (for acorn soup)"
tásarariv "to fence in"
tásirar "brush for acorn flour"
táthipar "carding-stick for flattening maidenhair fern stems"
tatkunuhpíithvar "fisher (mammal)"
tatnákar "trap"
tatnakararîimva "trap"
tatnákarariv "to be trapped"
tatnákarariv "steel trap"
tátuyshurar "broom"
taxishxíshar "to scrape with"
taxrátar "flaking instrument, made of horn with a handle"
taxváharariv "to seal up with"
taxvúkar "hook"
têetar "scythe"
thankôor "warming stone, "Indian hot water bottle""
thantápar "sifter, sifting basket (O'Neale, p. 38) "
tharampúkar "spatula, soup-stirrer"
thîivakar "drying rack (in a house)"
thiivrîihvar "wall board in an Indian house"
thimyâar "to polish with"
thimyúrishrihar "fire-drill, Indian matches; (modern) match"
thivtápar "war-dance song"
thivtáparaha "(plural) to sing war-dance songs"
thivxíshar "plane"
thivyíripar "beeswax"
tikakváraar "glove"
tintíinhar "bell"
tishravaréeyunanach "kit fox, "black fox""
uhipih'íkchurar "tobacco stem pestle"
uhtatváraar "tobacco tonging inserter, i.e. sticks used in sweathouse to light pipes"
uhyanaváraar "telephone"
vánakaar "turtleneck sweater"
víkar "to weave with"
víkar "mesh measurer (used in weaving nets)"
vimchúkar "pincher"
vimtapkeekxúrikar "paint cup, a stone cup used in painting a bow or the like"
vuhapithxáhar "toothbrush"
vúpar "to string beads with"
vúxichar "saw"
xahavikeekyâar "crocheting needle"
xanachyuhikôorak "a placename, east of úynaam"
xanvápar "a sling"
xavishxúskaamhar "arrowwood bow"
xúnihanach "woman's name, Mary Sneaden"
xúrihar "woman's name"
xuskáamhar "bow (for shooting arrows); gun"
xuskamhaná'anamahach "pistol"
xuskamhareekxúrikar "painted bow"
yaayâahar "man's name"
yayáhar "man's name"
yeenipharáthiinka "(adolescent boy) to have the voice change"
yêeriphar "menstruating for the first time; menstrual girl"
yíkihar "sick"
yuhipthárishrihar "short-tailed weasel"
imshaxvuh'ákoor "gum axe"
apmanthivxúyxoor "napkin"
aachíchhar "happy"
áahar "seed beater"
ahup'iyvôor "woodpile"
aknupunúpar "guitar"
akooná'anamahach "hatchet"
akôor "axe, hatchet (not used before coming of whites)"
akoorákaam "axe (as opposed to hatchet)"
aktápurar "rag to protect hand"
aktumtôor "guitar"
apmantáchuchhar "talkative person"
apsihíthyurar "leg-dragger; this is what the meadowlark calls."
apvuyíchyuunanach "a type of hawk, perh. sharp-shinned hawk"
apvuyíthyurar "Cooper hawk"
arankúrihvar "sinker"
araraxúskaamhar "bow"
araréeptoorar "census taker"
arara'ifchikinkôor "a flower, baby-blue-eyes"
arara'iftakankôor "a plant"
asátiikar "name of man, Phoebe's cousin"
asaxuskútrahar "rain coat"
asayaayâahar "stuttering rock, a rock near , having the power to cure stutterers"
aseemthaavráthar "stone war club, "slave killer""
áthipar "wringer"
ávar "to eat with"
avithxúpar "cradle hood, a woven conical openwork basket attached to the head of a cradle to shield the baby's head"
chamnúpanach "woodpecker"
chimchîikar "a plant, the horsetail or common scouring rush"
chimchîikar "woman's name"
chimchikaratunvêech "a plant, the horsetail"
chimchikara'asiktávaan "leafy species of horsetail"
chishihíknaapkar "horseshoe"
chivchákar "door (of living house); doorknob"
fíiphihar "arrow-straightener"
furax'imthátapkar "board for mounting woodpecker scalps"
ichxúunanach "a type of clover, perhaps thimble clover"
ichyununupnîihvanach "needle"
ífar "to be raised with"
ifunihataxishxíshar "hairbrush"
íhukar "flower dance song"
ikchakishríhar "bait; hellgramite"
ikchúrar "pestle (for tobacco), handstone, pounding stone"
ikfuyfôor "a whistle (a musical instrument)"
iknáapkar "horseshoe"
iknachnáchar "pecking stone, used to peck steatite trays"
iknaknákar "hammer"
iknámanach "a freshwater shellfish, the hornshell or california Hornsnail"
iknamanáhiich "a type of freshwater mollusk"
iknátar "rock to crack acorns with"
ikníkar "maul (for driving wedges)"
ikôor "stone pipe-bowl"
ikoorá'as "rock in the river near Katimin"
ikrávar "pestle (for grinding acorns)"
ikreemyahváraar "musical instrument of any kind, including flute, violin, piano; phonograph, radio"
ikríhar "to fish with"
ikríkar "to add on (as a room to a house)"
ikrúkuvar "to jab with"
ikrúpar "to sew with"
ikrupkáanvar "fork"
ikrupkúrihvar "awl (used not for basketry, but for sewing buckskin etc.)"
ikshúpanach "index finger"
iktaatíhan "umbrella"
iktaatíhar "umbrella"
iktáatikar "a prop, e.g. to hold up a house"
iktíinar "cane"
ikvárar "to use to buy; to pay"
ikxákar "a flail"
ikxáripar "adze; adze blade"
ikxúrikar "to decorate with, to write with"
ikxúrikar "pen, pencil"
ikxurika'uhyanaváraar "telegram"
ikyâar "tool"
ikyâar "to make (something) up, to put (something) together"
ikyâar "to make (something) with (something)"
ikyâarahiroov "to make with (something) around (a basket)"
ikyaaréeshiip "the best one made"
ikyamíichvar "toy"
ikyutríhar "a plow"
imákananach "flashy(?)"
imníshar "to cook with"
imtháatvar "shinny stick"
imthaavráthar "stone war club, "slave killer""
imthanuvnôor "drum"
ipchimákananach "handkerchief"
ipchimakananáchkaam "bandanna"
ipchimakananách'aax "bandanna"
ipkîihpa "to lock a door"
ipkîihpar "key"
ipkîihpar "key"
iptasinsírar "clothesbrush, lint brush"
iptaxatíhar "comb (originally made of pine-needles)"
iptheemshípar "fan"
ipthimyâar "whetstone"
ipuntátakanach "mosquito larva, "wiggler""
íripar "pick-axe"
íshavnihanach "plumbob"
ishipkáanvar "gill-net"
ishkoonayaachkúnihar "arrow without foreshaft or feathers, used by boys"
ishpukapathxúrar "western ringneck snake, "money snake""
ishpukasuprávar "scales for weighing gold"
ishrâatar "reins"
ishríikar "bowstring, tumpline (for packbasket, etc.). (Fritz & Sylvester)"
íshuvar "tool made of mussel shell, for scraping ápkaas to make string"
ishváraha "(pl.) to drink"
ishvarahíram "placename (location not known)"
ishxâar "fishing pole"
íthar "a drill; an auger; a gimlet"
ithxúpar "a cover"
itkáanvar "fish-spear"
itkanvara'áhup "spear shaft"
ixakaxákar "gold-cradle"
íxupar "(pl.) to cover with"
iyúnanach "red fox"
iyúnanach "man's name"
iyuunvárayvar "mush stirrer (old name for )"
iyvôor "to pile (wood)"
iyvôor "woodpile"
kahthuxriv'ishkúruhar "name of a spirit person"
kifuchákar "plug for tobacco pouch"
kîihar "key"
kíshapar "tie-string"
kíshaparariv "to tie up with"
kuníhar "wooden-tipped arrow"
kunihareekxúrikar "larkspur"
kupháraha "to happen"
kutnahaná'anamahach "jacket"
kutráhar "coat"
kutraxaráxuus "raincoat"
piptharíshriihar "thong for wrapping man's hair"
síchakvutvar "belt"
simsim'ávar "table knife"
sipkúnihar "a type of arrow, without foreshaft"
sishaf'íknaapkar "wood duck"
sishanayâamach "pretty one having a penis, a name given to Coyote"
suprávar "measuring basket"
suvaxráhar "drying rack"
táavar "drawknife, used only for graining a hide, usually made of an elk rib"
táchakar "scissors"
tachakúniihvar "round bone or stick used in combing hair, with aptírih beneath and tachakúniihvar on top"
tákasar "'tossel' or double-ball used in shinny"
tákikar "dipnet used for steelhead and smaller trout"
takníhar "wheel "
tanukyáanar "shovel"
taramnîihvar "dipnet for salmon"
taruprávar "buckskin lace (e.g. for a baby cradle)"
tasansárar "soup-scraping stick (for acorn soup)"
tásarariv "to fence in"
tásirar "brush for acorn flour"
táthipar "carding-stick for flattening maidenhair fern stems"
tatkunuhpíithvar "fisher (mammal)"
tatnákar "trap"
tatnakararîimva "trap"
tatnákarariv "to be trapped"
tatnákarariv "steel trap"
tátuyshurar "broom"
taxishxíshar "to scrape with"
taxrátar "flaking instrument, made of horn with a handle"
taxváharariv "to seal up with"
taxvúkar "hook"
têetar "scythe"
thankôor "warming stone, "Indian hot water bottle""
thantápar "sifter, sifting basket (O'Neale, p. 38) "
tharampúkar "spatula, soup-stirrer"
thîivakar "drying rack (in a house)"
thiivrîihvar "wall board in an Indian house"
thimyâar "to polish with"
thimyúrishrihar "fire-drill, Indian matches; (modern) match"
thivtápar "war-dance song"
thivtáparaha "(plural) to sing war-dance songs"
thivxíshar "plane"
thivyíripar "beeswax"
tikakváraar "glove"
tintíinhar "bell"
tishravaréeyunanach "kit fox, "black fox""
uhipih'íkchurar "tobacco stem pestle"
uhtatváraar "tobacco tonging inserter, i.e. sticks used in sweathouse to light pipes"
uhyanaváraar "telephone"
vánakaar "turtleneck sweater"
víkar "to weave with"
víkar "mesh measurer (used in weaving nets)"
vimchúkar "pincher"
vimtapkeekxúrikar "paint cup, a stone cup used in painting a bow or the like"
vuhapithxáhar "toothbrush"
vúpar "to string beads with"
vúxichar "saw"
xahavikeekyâar "crocheting needle"
xanachyuhikôorak "a placename, east of úynaam"
xanvápar "a sling"
xavishxúskaamhar "arrowwood bow"
xúnihanach "woman's name, Mary Sneaden"
xúrihar "woman's name"
xuskáamhar "bow (for shooting arrows); gun"
xuskamhaná'anamahach "pistol"
xuskamhareekxúrikar "painted bow"
yaayâahar "man's name"
yayáhar "man's name"
yeenipharáthiinka "(adolescent boy) to have the voice change"
yêeriphar "menstruating for the first time; menstrual girl"
yíkihar "sick"
yuhipthárishrihar "short-tailed weasel"
imshaxvuh'ákoor "gum axe"
apmanthivxúyxoor "napkin"
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