Ararahih'urípih
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ishkêesh river, the Klamath River

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3007 | revised Dec 19 2014

ishkêesh • N • river, the Klamath River

Derivation:  íshaha-kaam-ish  (= ish-aha-a-kaam-ish)
water-large-DIM  (= drink-ESS-DEVERB-large-DIM)

Derivative (1)
ishkéesh'aachip "placename, a fishery"

Source: WB 701, p. 350

Note: Locative is ishkêeshak.

  • hûut kích peeshkêesh. How is the river? [Reference: Richardson 1993:4]
  • víri úuth ishkêeshak tu'ahirímkaanva. There were trees falling across the river. [Reference: WB T3.81]

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (45)

  1. ishkêesh "river" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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  2. ishkêesh "river" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  3. pa'ishkêesh "the river" (spoken by )
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