Ararahih'urípih
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ikyav / ikyava- making, kind, custom

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lexicon ID #2357 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyav / ikyava- • N • making, kind, custom

Derivation:  ikyav-a
make-DEVERB

Derivatives (2)
ikyáakaam "difficult"
kuyrak'íkyav "three deals! (hollered when there are only two counters left, in Indian cards)"

  • ishpukéekyav tóothvoonha. He was eager for the making of money. [Reference: WB files]
  • vúra vaa pamukun'ikyâahanik vúra pufâat ikmaháchraam ávaha thêera. It is their old custom that they don't put any food in a sweathouse. [Reference: TK 93.39]
  • xeehvas'íkyav, tuvúyaahiti. A pipe sack in the making, it's been cut out. [Reference: TK xxxiii.14]

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. man kunyáavhiti, táay pamukuníkyav.
    They were in a hurry, they had a lot to do.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. man'áta pakéevniikich, uum pufâat múkyav.
    Maybe an old woman, she had nothing to do.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. vaa vúra múkyav, all the time.
    That's her job, all the time.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. iim káru vúra vaa míkyav.
    That's your way of doing it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. pakoovúra pananuppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kumeekyâahara peheeraha'íppa, vúra chishihpurith'íppa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav, pa'apxantîich îin tá kinippêer
    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text

  6. iheeraha'uhishíkyav
    tobacco seeds that they are fixing
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  7. pihnêefich uum ishpukéekyav tóo thvoonha.
    Coyote wanted to make money.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text