Ararahih'urípih
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ákunva / ákunvu- to hunt

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #304 | revised Oct 31 2014

ákunva / ákunvu- • V • to hunt

Derivatives (6)
akúnvaan "hunter"
akunváapxaan "man's work cap"
ákunvar "to go hunting"
akunvarasímsiim "hunting knife"
akúnvoo "to hunt sometimes"
eeth'akúnvaan "a man's name"

Source: WB 75, p.317

  • kári xás káakum uumkun kun'ákunvuti púufich. And some of them are hunting deer. [Reference: KS 22. Maruk'áraar Gives Man Bread 005]

See kunih- 'to shoot'

Sentence examples (6)

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  1. vaa   vúra   vaa   itíhaan   vúra   vaa   u'-ákunvu-ti   káru  
    that   Intensive   that   always   Intensive   that   3s(>3)-hunt-DUR   also  
    He was always doing that, he was always hunting.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  2. xás   p-aaxíich   u-piip   má'ninay   kun-'ákunvu-naa-tih  
    then   the-child   3s(>3)-say   high.mountain.country   3pl(>3s)-hunt-PL-DUR  
    And the children said, "They're hunting in the mountains."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. pa-'ávansa   atahári   vúra   u-'ákunvu-tih  
    the-man   always   Intensive   3s(>3)-hunt-DUR  
    The man was always hunting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. káan   ník   pa-'ávansa   u-'ákunvu-ti   káru   u-'ahavishkâavu-tih  
    there   a.little   the-man   3s(>3)-hunt-DUR   also   3s(>3)-fish-DUR  
    The man would hunt and fish there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  5. pa-púufich   kun-'ákunvu-naa-ti   víri-va   ánav   tá   kun-íkyam   máh'iit  
    NOMZ-deer   3pl(>3s)-hunt-PL-DUR   so-so   medicine   PERF   3pl(>3s)-make   morning  
    When they hunted deer, they made medicine in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  6. pa-pi'êep   kun-kupa-'ákunvu-tih-anik   kun-'ákeekvu-tih  
    NOMZ-long.ago   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-hunt-DUR-ANC   3pl(>3s)-carry.long.objects-DUR  
    They carried bows when they hunted, long ago.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text