Ararahih'urípih
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áakvar / áakvara- to put into

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #29 | revised Oct 31 2014

áakvar / áakvara- • V • to put into

Derivation:  ak-vara
do.with.hands-in.through

Derivatives (2)
tikakvánaach "ring (for one's finger)"
tikakváraar "glove"

  • pamútiik tu'áakvar. He put his finger into it. [Reference: KV]
  • xás apmáan tu'áakvar, xás taay vúra xúnxun tóokyav. And she put her hands in her mouth, and she made a lot of phlegm. [Reference: WB T80.4]

See ak- 'to do with hands' See -var(a) 'in through'

Sentence examples (3)

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  1. iim   púfaat   mi-tikakvánaach  
    2sg.   nothing   2sPOSS-ring  
    You don't have a ring.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. púfaat   mu-tikakvánaach  
    nothing   3sPOSS-ring  
    She doesn't have a ring.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. xás   apmáan   t-u-'áakvar   xás   taay   vúra   xúnxun   t-óo   kyav  
    then   mouth   PERF-3s(>3)-put.into   then   much   Intensive   phlegm   PERF-3s(>3)   make  
    Then she put her hands in her mouth, and she made a lot of phlegm.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text