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itnoopámahich five each
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lexicon ID #3398 | revised Feb 17 2015
itnoopámahich • NUM • five each
| Derivation: | itrôop-vah-ich |
| five-Distributive-DIM |
- itráhyar takunpíktaakrihva xákararih itnoopámahich toosaam. Ten divided by two is five. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 402]
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itnoopámahich ník kana-'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa-'íshpuk púva-xay kana-'êeh-ap káruma chími-heesh itha-kûusrah véenik mit pa-ni-ykára-naa-t five.each a.little 3pl>1s-give then so also Intensive the-dentalium.shells not.yet-not 3pl>1s-give-INV in.fact soon-FUT one-sun ago near.past NOMZ-1s(>3)-beat-PL-PAST They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text