Ararahih'urípih
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mâaka in the other room

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lexicon ID #4140 | revised Jul 21 2014

mâaka • N • in the other room

Source: WB 953.18, p.365

  • mâaka kúuk tóoktaama, vaa káan pananítaat utháaniv. (Someone) took it in the other room, my mother was lying there. [Reference: WB files]
  • mâaka kich uvôonipaati ma'tîimich. He just moved back, into the back part of the sweathouse. [Reference: KT 122b.10]

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  1. xas   tá   ikxúrar   axmay   mâaka   ú-xak  
    then   PERF   evening   suddenly   in.other.room   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    And when evening came suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. mâaka   kích   u-vôonipaa-ti   ma'tîimich  
    in.other.room   only   3s(>3)-crawl.toward.back-DUR   back.corner.of.sweathouse  
    He (Grizzly Bear) only moved back against the wall in the back part of the sweathouse.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. mâaka   kích   u-vafnúuchripaa-ti   pirishkâarim  
    in.other.room   only   3s(>3)-shrug-DUR   grizzly  
    Grizzly Bear only shrugged back.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  4. mâaka   kúuk   tá   nú-ktaama   vaa   káan   pa-naní-taat   u-tháaniv   u-yíkihi-tih  
    in.other.room   to   PERF   1pl(>3)-carry.to.(in.hand)   so   there   the-1sPOSS-mother   3s(>3)-sit   3s(>3)-get.sick-DUR  
    We took it in the other room, my mother was lying there, she was sick.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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