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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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ikshah to laugh; (horse) to neigh
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2079 | revised Dec 02 2014
ikshah • V • to laugh; (horse) to neigh
Derivatives (2)
iksháahvar "to laugh into"
iksháhunish "to laugh at"
Source: WB 503, p.340
Note: Idiom: iksháh u'ahvákir 'he died of laughing' (WB files).
- imâahak sú' tanéekshah. I'm laughing to myself (inwardly). [Reference: KV]
Sentence examples (17)
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xás púraan tá kun'êe pa'áhup,
kuníkshaahtih:
"if yâamachich pa'áhup!"
They handed the wood to each other, they were laughing: "What nice wood!"Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
xáyfaat íkshah.
Don't laugh.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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naa níkshaatih.
I am laughing.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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naa tá níkshah.
I am laughing.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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níkshaahtih.
I am laughing.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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naa níkshaahti.
I am laughing.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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nipíkshaahtih.
I am laughing at myself.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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naa níkshaahti vaa.
I am laughing at myself.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim téekshah.
You are laughing.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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íp poovôonfuruk uksáahtih.
When she came in the house she was laughing.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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îikam paaxíitichas kunihmárathunanaatih,
xás vúra vaa káan kuniksháahtih.
The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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víri kún siit kích uksahárahitih.
There only mice were squeaking.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
víri pooksahárahitih,
kuntákaamtih,
pa'asiktávaan,
pakâanimich,
poo'ûupvutih.
So they laughed, they ridiculed her, the woman, the poor one, as she dug roots.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
ta'ítam uksáheen pamaruk'áraar,
uxus, "
íf nîinamich paxákaan nuvúunveesh."
And the giant laughed, he thought, "He's really small for us to wrestle together!"Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
yítha pa'apurúvaan úksah.
And a certain devil (accompanying the first one) laughed.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text -
kári xás vúra iksháh u'ahvákir.
And he died laughing.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text -
imáan umáh,
utháaniv,
vúra kári úksaahtih,
káruma tu'ívaheen.
The next day (the first devil) saw him, he was lying (there), he was still laughing; the fact was, he had died.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text