Ararahih'urípih
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îikam outdoors; door leading out of living house

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1649 | revised Oct 31 2014

îikam N • outdoors; door leading out of living house

Derivatives (2)
íikamkam "on the outside of a house, on the 'outside side' of a house"
iv'îikam "outside the house"

Source: WB 394.1, p.334; JPH ethno ?:190

Note: Equivalent to i'kúkam, îim.

  • xás patéekxurar axmáy áhkaam kuníkyav îikam. And when it became evening, suddenly (people) made a big fire outdoors. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 046]

See îim ''


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  1. îikam "outside" (spoken by Sonny Davis)
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  2. îikam "outdoors" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  3. îikam "outside" (spoken by )
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