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ikxaréeyav spirit person; a god, such as inhabited the earth before the coming of humans
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2252 | revised Feb 03 2015
ikxaréeyav • N • spirit person; a god, such as inhabited the earth before the coming of humans
| Derivation: | ikxarée yav |
| ikxarée good |
Derivatives (9)
ikxaniyákuunich "sacred stones used in the ameekyaaraam salmon ceremony and in the Orleans world renewal (Kroeber & Gifford, 7, 37)"
ikxaréeya mukinínaasich "deer (word used in deer-hunting formulas)"
ikxaréeyav mukinínaasich "deer (word used in deer-hunting formulas)"
ikxariyâahiv "time of the gods or spirit-people"
ikxariyáhaam "a woman's name, Phoebe Maddux"
ikxariyákaam "firewood carrier, i.e. a cord for tying up a bundle of wood"
ikxariyátuuyship "Offield Mountain"
ikxariyeekmaháchraam "sacred sweathouse at Orleans"
ikxariya'áraar ""medicine man", the priest who officiates at the world-renewal ceremony (Kroeber and Gifford, p.7)"
Source: WB 540, p.342; TK 85.8-9, 85.22
Note: The plural is ikxaréeyavsa (TK 74.3). The alternant ikxariya- sometimes occurs in compounds.
- xás uxus, naa káru ikxaréeyav. Then he thought, "I too am an ikxareeyav." [Reference: How Fish Were Made 010]
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