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Where is your__?

kiru - where

ra - question marker [like the English “?”]

s - you/your

ku - to be sitting [all body parts either sit or hang]

ta - to be hanging [all body parts either sit or hang]

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Here is my __.

tî - positive statement marker

rit - I have it/ my

ku - to be sitting [all body parts either sit or hang]

ta - to be hanging [all body parts either sit or hang]

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Vocabulary

pak - head [the “u” in paksu’ is dropped with using it in a sentence}

kîrik - eye [the “u” in kîrîku’ is dropped when using it in a sentence]

pîhâkawi - shoulder [the “u” in pîhâkawi’u’ is dropped when in a sentence]

pâ - general knee area [pâkîsu’ is the knee cap area]

as - foot [the “u” in asu’ is dropped when using it in a sentence]

iks - hand [the “u” in iksu’ is dropped when using it in a sentence]

âka - mouth [Southand dialect] [the “u” in âka’u’ is dropped in a sentence]

hâka -mouth [Skidi dialect] [the “u” in hâka’u’ is dropped in a sentence]

čûs - nose [the “u” in čûsu’ is dropped when using it in a sentence]

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tî - positive statement marker

rit - I have it

paks - head [the “u” in paksu’ is dropped when using it in a sentence]

ku - to be sitting [all body parts either “sit” or “hang”]

kîrik - eye [the “u” in kîrîku’ is dropped when using in a sentence]

ta - to be hanging [all body parts either “sit” or “hang”]

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kiru - where

râ - question marker, like the English “?”

s - you/your

paks - head [the “u” in paksu’ is dropped when using in a sentence]

ku - location marker indicating “sitting.”

Literal translation - Where is your head sitting?

kîrik - eye [the “u” in kîrîku’ is dropped when using in a sentence]

ta - location marker indicating “hanging.”

Literal translation - Where is your eye hanging?

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I was visiting Atira (my mother), and we had fun playing the Kirikêru Game.

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kirikîru’ - What is it? (Asking what an object, activity, etc., is) / What’s this? [Skidi dialect]

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kirikêru’ - What is it? (Asking what an object, activity, etc., is) / What’s this? [Southband dialect]

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âka’â! - exclamation of surprise

tikura’â - it pains me

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ti - positive statement marker

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

pâ- [pâkîsu’ is the stand alone word for kneecap area. pâ- means general knee area, but it cannot be used alone, it must be used in a phrase, as in today’s phrase.]

ra’âri’ - hurting/ aching

rara’âri’ - [the additional -ra- changes the noun to a plural]

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ti - positive statement marker

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

as - foot [foot by itself is asu’. The ‘u’ is dropped when using it in a sentence and the short ‘u’ in tiku changes to a long ‘û’ sound.]

ta’âri’ - hurting/ aching

tara’âri’ - [the -ra- changes the noun to a plural]

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ti - positive statement marker

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

kirik - eye [eye by itself is kirîku’. The ‘u’ is dropped when using it in a sentence and the long ‘â’ sound changes to a short ‘a’ sound.] [c = ‘ts’ sound]

ta’âri’ - hurting/ aching

tara’âri’ - [the -ra- changes the noun to a plural]

Nora Pratt says, "Tikukiriktara'âri'

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