Ararahih'urípih
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máhyaan / mahyáana- to put in, to stuff in

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4195 | revised Oct 31 2014

máhyaan / mahyáana- • V • to put in, to stuff in

Derivatives (2)
ithkamáhyaanaram "white everlasting flower"
sikihmáhyaanaram "spoon basket"

Source: WB 961, p.366

  • púyava máruk xás áhup sú' takunmáhyaan, túr takuníkyav. Uphill they put the wood in them, they make a basket-load. [Reference: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 011]
  • payváheem uum vúra thuxrivpûuvishak takunmáhyaanati pakíshap. Nowadays they put the bundles in a gunny sack. [Reference: TK 89.2]

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  1. xás   ahup'ásip-ak   sú'   ni-máhyaan  
    then   box-Locative   inside   1s(>3)-put.in  
    I put them in a big wooden box.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. xás   pihnêefich   vúra   uum   sípnu-kaam   t-óo   thárish   pa-káan   u-máhyaan-eesh  
    then   coyote   Intensive   3.SG   storage.basket-large   PERF-3s(>3)   put.down   NOMZ-there   3s(>3)-put.in-FUT  
    And Coyote put a big storage basket down where they were to put it in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. púyava   máruk   xás   áhup   sú'   tá   kun-máhyaan   túr   tá   kun-íkyav  
    you.see   uphill   then   wood   inside   PERF   3pl(>3s)-put.in   packbasket.load   PERF   3pl(>3s)-make  
    Uphill they put wood in them, they make a basket-load.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  4. xás   yánava   pa-'átimnav-ak   u-máhyaan-ahi-ti   táhpuus  
    then   visible   the-pack-basket-Locative   3s(>3)-put.in-ESS-DUR   young.fir.tree  
    And he saw fir branches sticking in the burden basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  5. xás   asíp-kaam   t-u-máhyaan   pa-'éekoons  
    then   bowl-large   PERF-3s(>3)-put.in   the-acorns  
    And they put the acorns in a big soup-basket.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  6. xás   sipnúukan   kun-máhyaana-tih   afrúus   kun-fíkriip-tih  
    then   storage.basket.in   3pl(>3s)-put.in-DUR   mildewed.acorns   3pl(>3s)-pick.out-DUR  
    And they put them in a storage basket, they separated out the mildewed acorns.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  7. afrúus   ásip   kun-máhyaana-tih  
    mildewed.acorns   bowl   3pl(>3s)-put.in-DUR  
    They put the mildewed acorns in a bowl-basket.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  8. púyava   xás   ásip-ak   t-u-máhyaan  
    you.see   then   bowl-Locative   PERF-3s(>3)-put.in  
    Then he put them in a bowl-basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text