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-'anamahach little, small
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lexicon ID #375 | revised Apr 23 2024
-'anamahach • ADJ • little, small Variant: -'anamahich.
Derivation: | -'aramah-ach |
-child-DIM |
Derivatives (28; show derivatives)
Source: WB 129.1, p.320
Note: Occurs in combination after a noun. The sequence -ana- behaves morphophonemically like a long vowel (G383). The suppletive plural is -tunvêech(as), 1398.1. The corresponding free forms are singular nîinamich, plural tûupichas.
See -'áramah2 'child' See -ach1 'diminutive (nouns)'
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kári xás ni-'ûufak pa-taskaná-'anamahich kaan ni-'íipma then to.there be.downhill.slope-bring.downhill the-pole-little there 1s(>3)-return I took my little pole and climbed down. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textpirísh-'anammahach plant-little little leaf Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full texteepúm-'anamahach root-little rootlet Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textpa-nani-chishíh-'anamahach itháan káruk nu-'ípasroov-at káan ú-krii chishih-'aneekyáavaan the-1sPOSS-dog-little once upriver 1pl(>3)-take.(someone).upriver-PAST there 3s(>3)-life dog-doctor Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textKúkuum again Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full textkâarim u-kyáa-ti pee-hnohá-'anamahach bad 3s(>3)-make-flicker the-wife-little She treated the little wife badly. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás pa-'avansaxích-'anamahach t-óo kfuuyshur puxích vúra then the-boy-little PERF-3s(>3) be.tired very.much Intensive Then the little boy got very tired. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full texthínupa akvíish-ich hôoyva pufích-'anamahach t-óo p-êeth-uk surprise wildcat-DIM somewhere deer-little PERF-3s(>3) ITER-carry-to.here There Wildcat had brought a little deer from somewhere. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textyánava sít-'anamahach axicheekyamíichvar visible mouse-little toy She saw it was a little mouse, a children's toy. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full textpa-chishíi u-hyári amkír-ak a' u-'áam-ti asíp-'anamahach-ak the-dog 3s(>3)-stand table-Locative above 3s(>3)-eat-DUR bowl-little-Locative The dog is standing on top of the table, he is eating from a small bowl. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáan tishrám-kaam xás ú-hthaamhi-tih káru ipahá-'anamahach káan u-'íihya there valley-large then 3s(>3)-plant-DUR also tree-little there 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás ipahá-'anamahach káan u-'íihya then tree-little there 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) A little tree is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text