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sákriiv / sakriva- hard, firm, tight

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5264 | revised Oct 31 2014

sákriiv / sakriva- • ADJ • hard, firm, tight

Source: WB 1199, p.377

Note: Plural is sákriivsha (TK 48.30).

  • xás chavúra puyíthaxay sakriivhára. And in the end not a single one stuck fast. [Reference: WB T8.20]
  • iváxrah pa'uhípih, pusakríivhara. The tobacco stems are dry, they're not hard. [Reference: TK 48.29]

Sentence examples (12)


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  1. níxuti kíri kúnish sákriiv,
    I want to make it kinda solid.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. kúnish kíri sákriiv kúnish paníktaamsipreehaak, paxuun.
    So that it's kind of solid when I pick it up, the acorn soup.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. peheeraha'íppa uum vúra iváxra kúnish koovúra, pu'ássarhara, sákriiv.
    The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  4. peheeraháaptiik, pa'uh'íppi sákriivsha, puyâamahukich kupeeshpáttahitihara.
    The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  5. pamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara, sákriivsha pamúpsii, ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsii, xákaan u'ifshúrootihirak sákriivsha.
    The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  6. xás chavúra puyíthaxay sakriivhára.
    And finally not one (stuck) fast.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  7. xás vúra sákriiv.
    And it was fast.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  8. xás pa'avansáxiich upíshkaakrupuk, sákriiv vúra úkyav páchivchak.
    Then the boy jumped out again, he made the door tight.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  9. xás sákriv vúra tá kunvêehkurihva.
    And they were stuck in tight.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  10. púyava xás kári tá kuníthxup sákriiv vúra ikukatunvêechas múuk.
    Then they covered it tightly with little logs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

  11. víriva patóo thárish peekrívkir sákriiv ukyâati peethívthaaneen.
    When he put the stool down on the ground, he was making the world firm.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text