Ararahih'urípih
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ikyâasip / ikyâasipriv- to begin, to start

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2341 | revised Nov 13 2014

ikyâasip / ikyâasipriv- • V • to begin, to start

Derivation:  ikyav-sip
make-up

Source: WB 557.4, p.343

Note: Long vowel is never shortened. Pl. action form is ikyaasíiprin(a) (WB files).

  • támit ukyâasipreet poopakúriihva. He was starting to sing. [Reference: KV]
  • xás kunikyáasip pa'íhukvunaa. And they started the flower-dancing. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 067]

Sentence examples (11)


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  1. xas kun'íkyâasip pa'íhukvunaa.
    Then they started to dance.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. yíth kúna tá nikyâasip, tuupichasyâach.
    I start another one, with smaller sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  3. puharíxay ipthíitheeshara, vaa vúra teekyâasip.
    You'll never finish it, you just start it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  4. fátaak vúra tá nipáchish, yítha kúna nikyâasip.
    I just throw it down somewhere, I start another one.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  5. xás tá kunikyáasip pavéevyiihship panámniik.
    Then they started to leave for Orleans.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. chími nupikyáasiiprin, xasík nupávyiihshipreevish."
    Let's get started, we're going to leave."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  7. xás kunpikyáasiiprinatih.
    They were getting ready (to go).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  8. papanamnihimthatváram uum vaa káan ukyâasipreehiti paGeorgia mutasa'îikukam, xás yúruk paxánthiip u'iihyírak u'ípanhitih.
    The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  9. púyava xás kári tá kunikyâasip.
    Then they began.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  10. imáan kúkuum vúra tóo kyâasip máh'iit.
    The morning of the next day, he started again.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

  11. yáas nukyâasiprivti pavik.
    Then we began the weaving.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text