Ararahih'urípih
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ikrívraam house; living-house (as distinguished from a sweathouse)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2032 | revised Jul 13 2015

ikrívraam • N • house; living-house (as distinguished from a sweathouse)

Literally: 'living-place'

Derivation:  ikrii-raam
live-place

Derivatives (12; show derivatives)

Source: WB 493.4, p.340; JPH mat 07:294

  • kúna vúra pamukrívraam vaa vúra umúsahiti panunukrívraam. But his house looks just like our house. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 013]

See arareekrívraam 'Indian house'

Short recordings (7) | Sentence examples (45)

  1. chishihikrívraam "doghouse" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  2. iinâak mukrívraam "inside his house" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  3. ikrívraam "house" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  4. ikrívraam aváhkam "housetop" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  5. peekrivrám'aaxkunish "the red house" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  6. peekrívraam "the house" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  7. vásihkam ikrívraam "behind the house" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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