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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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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 textiim 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 textxás 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 textviri 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 textxás araramvanyupsítanach u-xus xáyfaat vaa ni-piip t-óo piip ípah-ak kích pa-ni-máah-ti pá-'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 textvíri 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 textkári 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 textvúra 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 textvaa 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