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íkamish son-in-law (dimin.)
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lexicon ID #1745 | revised Nov 04 2005
íkamish • N • son-in-law (dimin.)
Source: WB 440, p.337
Note: Cf. -ish 'dimin.' (G621.10).
- vaa kích upíti pakéevniikich, yôotva tu'iv, panani'íkam. The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, he's dead, my son-in-law." [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 2:018]
Sentence examples (4)
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iinâak vaa kích uthítiimti poopakurîihvuti "
yôotva tu'iiv'íiv,
íkamish tu'iiv'íiv."
Inside he just heard her singing, "Hurray, he's dead, son-in-law is dead!"Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
pa'ávansa káan tu'uumáhaak tóo piip
" íkamish chími nuthtîiti.
When a man arrived there, she said "Son-in-law, let's gamble!"Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text -
púyava kúkuum yítha tu'uum,
kúkuum vúra vaa tóo pêer
" íkamish chími nuthtîiti."
So again one would arrive, again she would say, "Son in law, let's gamble!"Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text -
kári xás upiip
" íkamish chími nuthtîiti."
And she said, "Son-in-law, let's gamble."Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text