Ararahih'urípih
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amáyav good-tasting

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #332 | revised Oct 01 2014

amáyav • ADJ • good-tasting

Derivation:  amaa-yav  (= av-a yav)
taste good  (= eat-DEVERB good)

Derivatives (3)
kusripish'amáyav "near Camp Creek"
tapas'amáyav "very delicious"
upva'amáyav "a plant, Gairdner's yampah"

Source: WB201.1.2, p.325

Note: Plural amayêepsha.

  • íf páy paxúun amáyav. Say, this is really delicious acorn soup. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 018]

See yav 'good'

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (14)

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  1. amayáa-'ishar  
    good-tasting-extremely  
    It tastes good.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. sára   amáyav  
    bread   good-tasting  
    This bread tastes good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  3. amáyav   pa-sára  
    good-tasting   the-bread  
    The bread tastes good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  4. pa-mu-sára   uum   amáyav  
    the-3sPOSS-bread   3.SG   good-tasting  
    His bread tastes good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  5. uum   hûut   amáyav  
    3.SG   how   good-tasting  
    It tasted really good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  6. hãã   vaa   amáyav   pa-táay   ni-'áv-at  
    yes   that   good-tasting   NOMZ-much   1s(>3)-eat-PAST  
    Yes, what I ate was good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  7. amayaa-'íshara  
    good-tasting-extremely  
    It was very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás   p-oo-pakátkat   amayaa-'íshara  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-take.a.taste   good-tasting-extremely  
    And when he tasted them, they were very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. yánava   vúra   táay   pá-xaath   t-óo   mtupíshriih-va   xás   vúra   amáyav   kunish  
    visible   Intensive   much   the-grasshopper   PERF-3s(>3)   be.cooked-PL.ACT   then   Intensive   good-tasting   sort.of  
    He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. yee   amayaa-'íshara  
    well   good-tasting-extremely  
    "My, it's delicious!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  11. xás   kun-piip   yée   naa   íf   páy   pa-xúun   amáyav  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   well   1sg.   truly   this   the-acorn.soup   good-tasting  
    And they said, "Say, this is really delicious acorn soup!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  12. kuyrak-hárinay   xás   amáyav   pá-piish  
    three-year   then   good-tasting   the-soaked.acorns  
    In three years, then the soaked acorns were good-tasting.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  13. púyava   pa-t-u-'amayâa-haak   xás   kári   tá   kun-kôoha  
    you.see   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-good-tasting-when   then   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-stop  
    When (the flour) was good-tasting, then they stopped.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  14. púyava   pa-t-u-'amayâa-haak   xás   kári   tá   kun-'av  
    you.see   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-good-tasting-when   then   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-eat  
    And when they became good-tasting, then they ate them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text