tikupaksta’âri’ - My head is hurting/ I have a headache.

ti - positive statement marker

ku - I [tiku has been described as meaning, “something is happening to me”]

paks - head [head by itself is paksu’. The ‘u’ is dropped when using it in a sentence]

ta’âri - hurting [-ra’âri’ and -ta’âri’ mean the same thing]

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