Ararahih'urípih
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íhukar / íhukan- to go flower-dancing

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lexicon ID #1594 | revised Oct 31 2014

íhukar / íhukan- • V • to go flower-dancing

Derivation:  íhuk-ar  (= ih-uk-ar)
do.flower.dance-go.to  (= dance-to.here-go.to)

  • u'íhukaranik. He went flower-dancing long ago. [Reference: KM 24.35]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. xás pihnêefich panámniik u'íhukaranik, uum masuh'árahanik pihnêefich.
    Then Coyote went to attend a flower dance at Orleans, he was a Salmon River person, Coyote was.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. kunxus, " uknamxánahich chími nu'íhukanveesh."
    They thought, "We'll go flower-dance at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  3. kun'íhukanveesh uknamxánahich.
    They were going to flower-dance at 'uknamxanahich.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  4. xás pa'á' kunívyiihma xás kunpíip " kun'íhukarahitih."
    And when they got up, then they said, "They're having a flower-dance."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text