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xákaan with (one other person)
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lexicon ID #6757 | revised Jan 27 2016
xákaan • POSTP • with (one other person)
Derivation: | áxak-aan |
two-Agentive |
Derivative (1)
ipxákaanpa "to go with (one person), to go together, to accompany"
Source: WB 1586, p.396
Note: Used as a postposition in the sense 'with (one other)', with plural pronoun in agreement, as in the above example (kana- 'they ... me').
- nanu'áka xákaan tanu'áhoo. We went with our father. [Reference: WB files]
- xás upiip, xánkiit ík îin kanapátumkarukeesh, xanpuchíniishveenach xákaan. She said, "Bullhead and Hummingbird together must come and suck (doctor) me." [Reference: Chipmunk & Hummingbird 011]
Sentence examples (14)
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Tá kun-ithvíripunih mu-chíshiih xákaan PERF 3pl(>3s)-run.away.downhill.(two.people) 3sPOSS-dog with.(one.person) They're running down, the dog too. Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playta'ítam tá nu-p-imnîish nani-típah xákaan so PERF 1pl(>3)-ITER-cook 1sPOSS-brother with.(one.person) So we cooked, my brother and I. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás u-pêer pa-'avansáxiich imáankam sáruk astíip pa-mí-chaas xákaan ík ku-yâaram-eesh ikxúrar then 3s(>3)-say.to the-boy next.day downhill shore the-2sPOSS-younger.brother with.(one.person) must 2pl(>3)-(two.people).go-FUT evening And she told the boy, "Tomorrow evening you and your younger brother must go down to the river-bank. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás pa-mú-chaas xákaan sáruk kun-ithvírip-fak then the-3sPOSS-younger.brother with.(one.person) downhill 3pl(>3s)-(two).run-from.uphill And he and his younger brother ran downhill. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textith'aran-ihrôoha xákaan kun-'ásim-tih stranger-wife with.(one.person) 3pl(>3s)-go.to.bed-DUR He was sleeping with another's wife. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textikxunanáhaanich kun-'íin mu-keechíkyav xákaan evening.star 3pl(>3s)-(two).be 3sPOSS-sweetheart with.(one.person) Evening Star lived with his sweetheart. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textyukún vaa xákaan u-'iifshípree-nik pa-mu-tákasar you.see that with.(one.person) 3s(>3)-grow.up-ANC the-3sPOSS-shinny.tossel You see, he had grown up with that tossel. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textta'ítam u-'îimasar-aheen asaxêevar v-eekxaréeyav xákaan so 3s(>3)-grapple.with-ANT mossy 3sPOSS-spirit.person with.(one.person) So he grappled with Baldy Peak Spirit. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textvíri akâay vúra xákaan kun-vúunv-eesh so who Intensive with.(one.person) 3pl(>3s)-wrestle-FUT Who will wrestle with him?" Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textta'ítam u-xús-anik p-eekpihan-tâapas tîi xákaan nú-vuunv-i so 3s(>3)-think-ANC the-strong-most let... with.(one.person) 1pl(>3)-wrestle-IMPER So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textyícheech vúra kích kári mu-hrôoha xákaan alone Intensive only then 3sPOSS-wife with.(one.person) Only one man and his wife were still (there). Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full textpúya-va xákaan vúra pa-tá kun-xús kíri nu-tâat-sip and.so-so with.(one.person) Intensive NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-think I.wish 1pl(>3)-handle.with.implement-up Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpúya-va xás hâari xákaan vúra tá kun-ithyívish and.so-so then sometime with.(one.person) Intensive PERF 3pl(>3s)-fall.down.(two) Sometimes both of them fell down. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textxás uum kun-chúuphi-ti pa-'ávansa xákaan then 3.SG 3pl(>3s)-speak-DUR the-man with.(one.person) She and the man are talking. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text