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ikrii / ikriv- to live, sit, stay, be; to be at home
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1974 | revised Oct 31 2014
ikrii / ikriv- • V • to live, sit, stay, be; to be at home
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Source: WB 493, p.338
Note: When there is no suffix, the form -ikrii occurs, as in úkrii 'he lives'. Before -ara 'negative', vowel contraction may occur, e.g. pu'ikríiyara or pu'ikrêera, 'he doesn't live'.
- úkrii pa'asiktávaan. The woman was at home. [Reference: KS Crane 053]
- xás káruk vákuusrah tóokrii. Then it was "upriver month" (August). [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 015]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (149)