Ararahih'urípih
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imkáanva / imkáanvu- to gather (food growing on plants, such as berries or greens); not applied to acorns, which are picked up from the ground

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2431 | revised Dec 16 2014

imkáanva / imkáanvu- • V • to gather (food growing on plants, such as berries or greens); not applied to acorns, which are picked up from the ground

Derivation:  im-kaanva  (= im-kar-va)
im--into.water  (= im--into.water-PL.ACT)

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 576, p.344

Note: [chk] - go back to the story and get a clearer free translation. Does that green refer to something that is fresh, or is it referring to a specific plant, or what?

  • thúkinkunish vúra kári vári poomkáanvuti. He was picking berries green. [Reference: 9_1_pahûut poomkáanvuti vírusur 003]

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. imkánvaan  
    woman's.name  
    woman's name; Phoebe Maddux
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  2. yakún   táay   vúra   íp   ú-mkaanv-at  
    you.see   much   Intensive   PAST   3s(>3)-gather-PAST  
    You see, she gathered a lot.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  3. hôoyva   má'   p-oo-mkaanvúrayvu-tih  
    somewhere   uphill   NOMZ-3s(>3)-gather.here.and.there-DUR  
    She was gathering food (from bushes, such as berries) somewhere in the mountains.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  4. púyava   uum   kúmateech   pa-t-óo   kxuraraha   púyava   kári   vírusur   t-u-vâaram   t-óo   mkaanv-ar   ikxáram  
    you.see   3.SG   later.in.day   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   become.evening   you.see   then   bear   PERF-3s(>3)-go   PERF-3s(>3)   gather-go.to   night  
    Then later, when it was evening, Bear went off, she went to gather food in the evening.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  5. xás   púyava   kuma-máh'iit   xás   kúkuum   t-u-'ípak   vúra   uum   taay   p-oo-'átivu-tih   p-óo-mkaanvu-ti   pa-kóo   kuma-'ávaha  
    then   you.see   3sPOSS-morning   then   again   PERF-3s(>3)-come.back   Intensive   3.SG   much   NOMZ-3s(>3)-carry.in.a.burden.basket-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-gather-DUR   the-all   3sPOSS-food  
    And one morning she came back again, she was carrying a lot in her burden basket, since she had gathered all kinds of food.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  6. vaa   kumá'ii   pa-vaa   u-kupí-tih   ikxáram   xás   p-óo-mkaanvu-tih  
    that   because.of   NOMZ-that   3s(>3)-do-DUR   night   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-gather-DUR  
    That's why she did that, she gathered food in the evening.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  7. púyava   hínu páy   uum   vírusur   víri   vaa   kumá'ii   pá-taay   ú-mkaanvu-tih  
    you.see   surprise   3.SG   bear   so   that   because.of   NOMZ-much   3s(>3)-gather-DUR  
    So there she was a bear, that's why she gathered (so) much.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  8. u-piip   athithxuntápan   nú-mkaanvu-tih  
    3s(>3)-say   hazelnut   1pl(>3)-gather-DUR  
    She said, "We're gathering hazelnuts.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  9. payôok   ávansa   vuraakír-ak   u-vôoruraa-tih   ú-mkaanvu-tih  
    right.here   man   ladder-Locative   3s(>3)-crawl.up-DUR   3s(>3)-gather-DUR  
    Here a man is climbing on a ladder, he is picking apples.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text