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iik / íiku- to hit (as with one's hand, or with a rock held in the hand)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1647 | revised Oct 31 2014
iik / íiku- • V • to hit (as with one's hand, or with a rock held in the hand)
Derivatives (4)
íkoo "to hit (several times)"
ikôor "stone pipe-bowl"
ikoorá'as "rock in the river near Katimin"
xanachyuhikôorak "a placename, east of úynaam"
Source: WB 521, p.341
- ta'ítam yítha pamusvírik mûuk mâaka u'iik, thivrihvasúruk. So one struck with her elbow on the uphill side (of the house), under a wall-board. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 020]
Sentence examples (6)
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ni'íikat
I hit him.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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ni'íikeesh.
I'm going to hit him.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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xáyfaat ná'iik!
Don't hit me.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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ta'ítam yítha pamusvírik mûuk mâaka u'iik, thivrihvasúruk.
So one struck with her elbow on the uphill side (of the house), under a wall-board.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
púyava patá ni'iik,
xás tá ni'asímchak.
When I struck, I closed my eyes.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text -
xás kuyrákyaan tu'iik.
And he struck three times.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text