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ikxúraraha / ikxúrarahi- to become evening
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2298 | revised Dec 11 2014
ikxúraraha / ikxúrarahi- • V • to become evening
| Derivation: | ikxúrar-ha |
| evening-DENOM |
Derivatives (2)
ikxunanáhaanich "evening star (dimin.)"
ikxuraráhaan "evening star"
Note: Cf. -ha (a/i) 'denom.' (G622).
- púyava pateekxúrarahaak, yiimúsic vúra tookpêehva patu'ípak. So when it became evening, he would shout from a ways off when he came home. [Reference: WB T24.4]
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yáan vúra úkxurarahitih.
It was just evening.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
púyava uum kúmateech patóo kxuraraha púyava kári vírusur tuvâaram
,
tóo mkaanvar ikxáram
.
Then later, when it was evening, Bear went off, she went to gather food in the evening.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text -
xás uxus, "
hôoy áta kuniyaarámootih,
patóo kxurarahaak."
And he thought, "I wonder where they always go when evening comes?"Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text