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áaka / áaku- to hit (with an implement); to chop (with an ax)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #17 | revised Oct 31 2014
áaka / áaku- • V • to hit (with an implement); to chop (with an ax)
Literally: 'to hit on'
| Derivation: | áak-ka |
| hit.(with.implement)-to |
Derivatives (4)
akooná'anamahach "hatchet"
akôor "axe, hatchet (not used before coming of whites)"
akoorákaam "axe (as opposed to hatchet)"
imshaxvuh'ákoor "gum axe"
Source: WB 49.1, p.316
- pâanpay vúra tátaay yithumásva kun'áakuti, koovúra takun'ákoo. Pretty soon lots of them were taking turns hitting it (a tree), they all hit it. [Reference: KT 156.32]
See aak 'to hit' See -ku 'on'
Sentence examples (5)
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kári xás pihnêefich akôor ú-kyav imshaxvuh-'ákoor then then coyote axe 3s(>3)-make gum-axe Then Coyote made an axe, a (pine) gum axe. Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full textkári xás pihnêefich axvâa-k u-'áaka pa-'akôora mûuk then then coyote head-LOC 3s(>3)-hit.(with.implement) the-axe with.(by.means.of) Then Coyote struck him on the head with the axe. Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full textikchúrahaha deer.backbone refers to the backbone of a deer from which the ribs have been cut Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text