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ipkêevish / ipkêevishrih- to be transformed (into an inanimate object)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2773 | revised Aug 03 2015
ipkêevish / ipkêevishrih- • V • to be transformed (into an inanimate object)
| Derivation: | ipkêev-ish |
| ipkêev--down |
Source: WB 660, p.348
- xâatik vaa pay'ôok nupkêevish. We'd better be transformed right here. [Reference: KS 14. Pack-baskets 010]
- naa vúra nani'iin'ávahkam nipkêevishriheesh. I am going to be transformed above my dam. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 274]
Sentence examples (7)
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kunípaanik koovúra yúruk ithyáruk kunipkêevishrihanik.
People used to say that they [the Salmon] were all transformed in the land across the sea.Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text -
xâatik nupkêevish.
Let's be transformed.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
vaa vúra káan asaxvuhpihnîich upkêevish asánaamkarak.
Old Man Turtle was transformed there at asánaamkarak.Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text -
kusrípan upkêevish.
He turned into a madrone tree.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
xás ikxuraráhaan poopkêevish páy nanu'ávahkam atayrámkaam
Then Evening Star was transformed into a big star in the sky.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
tá kunipkeevíshriihva.
They were transformed.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
kóovan vúra nupkêevishriheesh."
We will be transformed together."Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text