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aneekyávaan Karuk traditional doctor who treats by means of sweating and herbs
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #382 | revised Sep 17 2014
aneekyávaan • N • Karuk traditional doctor who treats by means of sweating and herbs
Literally: 'medicine-maker'
| Derivation: | ánav ikyávaan êem | (= ánav ikyav-aan êem) |
| medicine maker doctor | (= medicine make-Agentive doctor) |
Derivatives (2)
aneekyavániik "hospital"
aneekyavan'ikrívraam "hospital"
Source: WB95.2, p.318
See ánav 'medicine' See ikyávaan 'maker' See êem 'traditional sucking doctor'
Sentence examples (3)
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pananichishíh'anamahach itháan káruk nu'ípasroovat,
káan úkrii chishih'aneekyáavaan.
Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text -
pa'aneekyávaan uum pírish pa'óohruuvtih káru hâari pirish'éepuum.
The sweating doctor used plants and sometimes plant roots.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text -
xás pa'aneekyávaan vúra kúnish ikxaréeyav.
And the doctor was kind of (like) an ikxaréeyav.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text