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sôomva / sôomvu- (woman) to offer herself in marriage
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5450 | revised Jun 30 2015
sôomva / sôomvu- • V • (woman) to offer herself in marriage
Derivation: | sôom-va |
sôom-PL.ACT |
Derivatives (2)
sôomva "marriage-load (carried by a woman who offers herself in marriage)"
sôomvaan "woman who offers herself in marriage"
Source: WB 1246, p.380
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yakún sôomvaan chími u-'ípasuk-eesh you.see woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage soon 3s(>3)-bring.person.back-FUT He's going to bring home a new wife." Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full textkári xás siit u-piip aaníhich chími u-'ípak-eesh sôomvaan u-'ípasuk-eesh then then mouse 3s(>3)-say my.older.brother soon 3s(>3)-come.back-FUT woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage 3s(>3)-bring.person.back-FUT Then Mouse said, "Big brother is going to come back, he's going to bring home a new wife." Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full textkári xás siit u-piip naa íp ni-pasúpiichv-at pa-sôomvaan t-i-'ípasuk then then mouse 3s(>3)-say 1sg. PAST 1s(>3)-reveal-PAST NOMZ-woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage PERF-2s(>3)-bring.person.back Then Mouse said, "I revealed that you were bringing home a new wife. Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full textxás kári pa-'asiktávaan kun-xus tîi vaa káan nu-sôomv-an then then the-woman 3pl(>3s)-think let... so there 1pl(>3)-offer.herself.in.marriage-go.to And the women thought, "Let's go offer ourselves in marriage there!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text