Ararahih'urípih
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amvaan eater

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #357 | revised Feb 12 2014

amvaan N • eater

Derivation av-va-aan
eat-PL.ACT-Agentive

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 201.5, p.326


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  1. víri   vaa   mu-'íffuth   pirishkyâarim   ta   'íp   uum   máruk   kúkkuum   kári   vaa   kun-kúpha-'anik   p-eekxaréeyav   atipimámvaan   achvúun   xákkaan   kun-váthth-êen'nik  
    so   so   3sPOSS-afterward   grizzly   PERF   PAST   3.SG   uphill   again   then   so   3pl(>3s)-do-ANC   the-spirit.person   buzzard   hookbill.salmon   both   3pl(>3s)-fight-ANC  
    Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  2. iim   vúra   îin   pu-n-êekyár-eesh-ara   atipimámvaan   achvúun   ú-peer-anik  
    2sg.   Intensive   TOPIC   NEG-2s/3s>1s-beat-FUT-NEG   buzzard   hookbill.salmon   3s(>3)-say.to-ANC  
    "You are not going to kill me?" said Buzzard to Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  3. xás   u-'êechip   xás   ahíram-ak   ú-yuunkuri   pa-mu-xváa   achvúun   atipimámvaan   mu-xvâa   u-kimfíruraa-nik  
    then   3s(>3)-pick.up   then   fireplace-Locative   3s(>3)-put.(long.object).in.fire   the-3sPOSS-head   hookbill.salmon   buzzard   3sPOSS-head   3s(>3)-burn.off.(hair)-ANC  
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  4. viri   ta   xánnahishich   koovúra   kun-íkmuum   achvúun   atipimámvaan   kun-koohímmach'va  
    so   PERF   little.while   all   3pl(>3s)-pitch.onto   hookbill.salmon   buzzard   3pl(>3s)-pity  
    Then they all pitched on to Hookbill, they felt sorry for Buzzard.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  5. xás   araramvanyupsítanach   u-xus   xáyfaat   vaa   ni-piip   t-óo   piip   ípah-ak   kích   pa-ni-máah-ti   -'aax  
    then   horsefly   3s(>3)-think   don't!   so   1s(>3)-say   PERF-3s(>3)   say   tree-Locative   only   NOMZ-1s(>3)-see-DUR   the-blood  
    and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  6. víri   vaa   p-ee-píkyaar-ahaak   víri   vaa   i-máh-eesh   vaa   káan   asa-'ípan   ú-krii   atipimáamvaan  
    so   so   NOMZ-2s(>3)-finish-when   so   so   2s(>3)-see-FUT   so   there   rock-end   3s(>3)-live   buzzard  
    When you finish, you will see a buzzard sit there on top of a rock.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  7. kári   xás   kun-mah   pa-'atipimáamvaan  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-see   the-buzzard  
    And they saw the buzzard.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  8. vúra   vaa   kun-'áharamu-ti   pa-'atipimáamvaan  
    Intensive   so   3pl(>3s)-follow-DUR   the-buzzard  
    They were following the buzzard that way.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  9. vaa   vúra   pa-'atipimaamvan-'îin   kin-p-ôonvuuk  
    so   Intensive   the-buzzard-TOPIC   3pl>3pl-ITER-bring.(people)  
    The buzzard brought them back.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text