Ararahih'urípih
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ikxáyxay to chop up; to cultivate (earth)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2266 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikxáyxay • V • to chop up; to cultivate (earth)

Derivation:  ikxay-RED
chop-REDUP

Source: WB 546.1, p.342; TK 86.12

  • ukxáyxaayti pa'úhthaam. He's cultivating the garden. [Reference: WB files]
  • vúra pu'ikxáyxaaytihap, kunvítriipti vúra kich. They don't hoe it, they just weed it out. [Reference: TK 86.12]

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  1. pahûut pakunkupítihanik xáas vúra kúnish ikxáyxaytihaphanik
    How they would say that [the ground] was sort of cultivated
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  2. vaa vúra kich pumít kupítihaphat, pumít ikxáyxaytihaphat.
    The only thing they did not do was to work on the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text