Ararahih'urípih
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yíkiha / yíkihi- to get (seriously) sick

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7091 | revised Feb 13 2016

yíkiha / yíkihi- • V • to get (seriously) sick

Derivation:  yiki-ha
yiki-DENOM

Derivatives (4)
yíkiha "sickness"
yikíhaan "sickly person"
yíkihar "sick"
yikiheekrívraam "hospital"

Source: WB 1675, p.400

  • niyíkihat íp káru. I got sick too. [Reference: KV]
  • vaa káan pananítaat utháaniv, uyíkihiti. My mother was lying there, she was sick. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 004]

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  1. uknîi ataháreesh vúra uyíkihiti uum vúra mahnûuvanach.
    uknîi. Chipmunk was sick all the time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. tá niyíkiheesh.
    I'm going to get sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  3. tá niyíkiha.
    I'm sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  4. ipít kúnish niyíkiheen.
    Yesterday I was sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  5. ipít kúnish niyíkihatih.
    Yesterday I was sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  6. naa vúra nayíkihitih.
    I am sick.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  7. iim húm iyíkihitih?
    Are you sick?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  8. naa nayíkihitih.
    I am sick.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  9. tá nayíkiha
    I am sick.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  10. vúra uum púxich tá nayíkiha.
    I got really sick.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  11. mâaka kúuk tá núktaama, vaa káan pananítaat utháaniv, uyíkihitih.
    We took it in the other room, my mother was lying there, she was sick.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. pakunxútih " kíri nu'áapunma ' hûut kumá’ii pakunyíkihiti' " púyava kári xás kunpíkav xánkiit.
    When they thought, "Let's find out why they are sick," then they summoned Bullhead.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  13. mahnûuvanach tuyíkiha.
    Chipmunk was sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  14. púyava kúkuum axmáy tuyíkiha mahnûuvanach.
    Then Chipmunk suddenly got sick again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  15. mahnûuvanach uum vúra káan tuyíkiha.
    Chipmunk was really sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  16. yee kári xás vúra púxay vúraxay xay vura hûut-heesh, vúra puxích tuyíkiha.
    Oh, nothing can be done, she's really sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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