Ararahih'urípih
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fatavéenaan busybody; priest in world-renewal ceremony (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 7)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1295 | revised Mar 29 2014

fatavéenaan • N • busybody; priest in world-renewal ceremony (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 7)

Literally: 'something-doer'

Derivation:  fâat vêen-aan
what pray-Agentive

Derivatives (2)
fataveenanvíkapuh "medicine man's quiver"
fatavéeraaripux "without a priest (or medicine man, in the pikyávish)"

Source: WB 350.4, p.333

Sentence examples (6)

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  1. fatavéenaan   kun-íkyav  
    priest.in.world-renewal   3pl(>3s)-make  
    They made a priest.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  2. xás   kári   koovúra   tá   kun-páatvu-naa   xás   páah-ak   tá   kun-víitkar   ithyáruk   pa-fatavéenaan  
    then   then   all   PERF   3pl(>3s)-bathe-PL   then   boat-Locative   PERF   3pl(>3s)-row.across   across   the-priest.in.world-renewal  
    And everybody bathed, and they rowed the priest across-river in a boat.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  3. pa-fatavéenaan   p-oo-'ípak-ahaak   ikxúrar   t-óo   p-víishrih   xás   vúra   pa-'áraar   tá   kun-'íran-va  
    the-priest.in.world-renewal   NOMZ-3s(>3)-come.back-when   evening   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-come.down   then   Intensive   the-human   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.to.pikyavish-PL.ACT  
    When the priest returned, evening was falling, and the people were coming to celebrate the world renewal.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   kúkuum   fatavéenaan   t-u-vâaram   asaxêevar   kúuk   t-u-'uum  
    then   then   again   priest.in.world-renewal   PERF-3s(>3)-go   mossy   to   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    And the priest went off again, he went to Baldy Peak.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  5. pa-fatavéenaan   yáas   u-'ípak   ikxúrar  
    the-priest.in.world-renewal   then   3s(>3)-come.back   evening  
    Then in the evening the priest returned.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  6. imáankam   t-óo   pvâaram   pa-fatavéenaan  
    next.day   PERF-3s(>3)   go.back   the-priest.in.world-renewal  
    The next day, the priest went home.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text