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pikvas / pikvasa- plume (worn on one's head for ceremonies)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4891 | revised Oct 31 2014
pikvas / pikvasa- • N • plume (worn on one's head for ceremonies)
Source: WB 1132.1, p. 373
Note: Equiv. to pikvah 'to wear a plume'.
- xás vaa káan pamupíkvas uhyákurih. And he stuck his headdress-feather in there. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 008]
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xás vaa káan pamupíkvas uhyákurih.
And he stuck his headdress-feather in there.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
xás upêer pamukîit "
peemáhaak '
nanipíkvas tóo kyívunih,'
tá ni'iv."
And he told his grandmother, "When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead."Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
vúra uum hitíhaan kumasúpaa póomuusti pápikvas.
She looked at the headdress-feather every day (while he was gone).Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
xás vúra ii!
xáas vúra ukyívuni pamupíkvas,
tóo xus, "
ii!
tu'iv."
Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!"Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
víri pakéevniikich úmuusti pamupíkvas.
The old woman (his grandmother) was looking at his headdress-feather.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text