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ikvíit-ha / ikvíit-hi- to sleep; to fall asleep; to be sleepy
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2189 | revised Oct 31 2014
ikvíit-ha / ikvíit-hi- • V • to sleep; to fall asleep; to be sleepy
Derivatives (6)
ikvíit-har "asleep"
ikviit-hívath "to put to sleep"
ikvít-haan "sleepyhead"
ikvit-hayâaha "to have a good dream"
ikvit-híshur "to put oneself to sleep"
ikvit-hûunish "to dream about"
Source: WB 534, p.341; TK 70.14
Note: Probably contains suffix -ha 'denominative' (G622.1); cf. pikvíitanpa 'to go back (somewhere) to sleep'.
- xáy íkviit-ha. Watch out you don't fall asleep. [Reference: KV]
- xás xára xás kunpiip, naa nixúti ník tóokviit-ha. And after a long while, they said, "I think he's asleep." [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 036]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (38)