Ararahih'urípih
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akvaat raccoon

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #310 | revised Nov 07 2014

akvaat • N • raccoon Procyon lotor.

Derivatives (3)
akvatîiv "placename above Teneyck Creek"
akvatkêem "Indian name of Mrs. Elizabeth Hickox's mother's husband, as a boy"
akvat'ávaha "plant sp., the popcorn flower"

Source: WB 78, p.317; JPH ani 06:656

Note: Cf. by-name vith'áfishaan, lit. 'cunt-toucher'.

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  1. hôoy   pa-'akvaat  
    where   the-raccoon  
    Where is the raccoon?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  2. akvaat   uum   ípah-ak  
    raccoon   arrive   tree-Locative  
    The raccoon's in a tree.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  3. akvaat   t-óo   kyívunih  
    raccoon   PERF-3s(>3)   fall.downward  
    The raccoon fell down.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  4. akvaat   fátaak   u-kyívunih  
    raccoon   somewhere   3s(>3)-fall.downward  
    The raccoon fell out of the tree.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  5. pa-'akvaat   iinâak   t-u-'uum  
    the-raccoon   indoors   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    The raccoon came inside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  6. pusihich-'ávah   t-u-'av   pa-'akvaat  
    cat.(dimin.)-food   PERF-3s(>3)-eat   the-raccoon  
    The raccoon ate the catfood.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  7. pa-'akvaat   iinâak   t-u-'uum   xás   vaa   pa-pusihich-'ávah   t-u-'av  
    the-raccoon   indoors   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive   then   so   the-cat.(dimin.)-food   PERF-3s(>3)-eat  
    The raccoon came inside and ate the cat food.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  8. yáxa   pa-'akvaat  
    look!   the-raccoon  
    Look, the raccoon!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  9. akvaat   húm   i-víshtaan-tih  
    raccoon   or   2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    Do you like (to eat) raccoon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  10. yánava   itráhyar   akváat   kun-'irukûuntakoo  
    visible   ten   raccoon   3pl(>3s)-sit.on.(pl.)  
    He saw ten raccoons sitting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás   p-aakváat   sáruk   u-skákunih  
    then   the-raccoon   downhill   3s(>3)-jump.downhill.from.here  
    And the raccoon jumped downhlll.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. kári   xás   káan   u-máh   akvaat   ípaha   kun-'irukûuntakoo  
    then   then   there   3s(>3)-see   raccoon   tree   3pl(>3s)-sit.on.(pl.)  
    And there he saw raccoons, they were sitting in a tree.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text