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ikrívkir / ikrivkira- disk-seat (in old time); chair, seat, stool (in modern times)
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lexicon ID #2031 | revised Nov 12 2014
ikrívkir / ikrivkira- • N • disk-seat (in old time); chair, seat, stool (in modern times)
Literally: 'sitting-implement'
| Derivation: | ikrívkir-a | (= ikrii-kir-a) |
| sit.on-DEVERB | (= live-Instrumental-DEVERB) |
Source: WB 493.3, 340; Shivshaneen, 1996, (1.3, 1.5); JPH mat 15:786
Note: Locative is ikrivkírak.
- ikrivkírak á' takunthíivtak pa'uhípih. They lay the tobacco stem on a disk-seat. [Reference: TK 97.35]
- pávaa takunipvupákpaakmarahaak ikrívkirak,... When they finish cutting it up on a disk-seat,... [Reference: TK 95.18]
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (17)