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ikyáviichva / ikyavîichvu- to work
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2353 | revised Dec 07 2014
ikyáviichva / ikyavîichvu- • V • to work
| Derivation: | ikyav-iichva |
| make-in.pretense |
Derivatives (3)
ikyavíchvaan "worker"
ikyáviichva "work, a job"
ikyáviichvih "to work for (someone)"
Source: WB 557.6, p.343
- chaka'îimich vúra tukyavîichvuti. He works slowly. [Reference: KV]
- puxichayâach ikyáviichvi! Work harder! [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 412]
Sentence examples (4)
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víri vaa kumá'ii pa'itíhaan nuu xás nukyáviichvuti aa--
íshaha káru núktaamti.
That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water.Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text -
vúra itíhaan panukyáviichvuti.
We were always working.Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text -
káru uum pa'asiktávaan atahári vúra kunikyáviichvutih,
ávaha kunikyáatih.
And the women were always working, they were gathering food.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
ta'ítam koovúra pakeemishatunvêechas kunikyáviichvunaa, yukún vaa káan kunpávyiihmeesh patupíshyaavpa.
So all the little wild animals worked, you see they were going to come back there when it was winter.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text