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ithvaay chest, breast, heart
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lexicon ID #3291 | revised Nov 07 2005
ithvaay • N • chest, breast, heart
Derivatives (4)
ithváaykam "front"
ithváy'aaxkunishich "name for a dog with a red chest"
ithvayfúrax "type of salamander, "waterdog""
ivíthvaaykam "(in) front of the house"
Source: WB 775, p.354; JPH ani 06:505
- hínupay pamúthvaay tumátruk. That was his heart that popped. [Reference: ???]
- vaa káan kúniihki mufithíhkaam mupîimich, vaa káan pamúthvaay utháaniv. Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 068]
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vaa uum vúra hitíhaan arar-éethvaay-vari vaa kóo vâaram-as--hi-tih that 3.SG Intensive always human-chest-toward so as.much.as long-PL-DENOM-DUR But most of the time they come up to a person's chest. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textmú-thvaay t-óo kúha 3sPOSS-chest PERF-3s(>3) be.sick His chest hurts. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás kun-ipêer vaa káan kúniihk-i mu-fithíhkaam mu-pîimich vaa káan pa-mú-thvaay u-tháaniv then 3pl(>3s)-say.to so there shoot.at-IMPER 3sPOSS-big.toe 3sPOSS-next.to so there the-3sPOSS-chest 3s(>3)-sit And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textkáruma tá púfaat pa-mú-thvaay in.fact PERF nothing the-3sPOSS-chest The fact was, his heart was gone. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xasík vúra mú-thvaay u-pmáh-eesh then then.(future) Intensive 3sPOSS-chest 3s(>3)-see.again-FUT And he was going to find his heart again. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xasík pa-mú-thvaay u-pmáh-eesh then then.(future) the-3sPOSS-chest 3s(>3)-see.again-FUT And he was going to find his heart again. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xás ithváay u-'aktararíshriih-va then then chest 3s(>3)-press.down.with.hands-PL.ACT Then he pressed his hands on their chests. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text