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ikvárish to buy, buy from
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2180 | revised Nov 04 2005
ikvárish • V • to buy, buy from
Source: WB 529, p.341
Note: Equiv. to ikvar (r/n). Final -ish is apparently NOT -ish(rih) 'down'.
- ihêeraha xás kunikvárishti pa'ávansa. Then they buy tobacco from the man. [Reference: TK 133.20]
- chímiva puxáy vúraxay kaneekvárishap. But nobody would buy them from me at all. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 049]
Sentence examples (4)
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chímiva púxay vúraxay kaneekvárishap.
But it turned out that I couldn't.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
kári xás pamukunaxvâa kich kaneekvárish.
Then they bought just the heads from me.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
vúra pu'ikvarishtihap.
People didn't buy (baskets) from her.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text -
púyava pootáyiithharati yíiv vúra tá kun'aramsípriin,
kúnikvárishtih,
xáat káru vikakêemich.
So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text