Ararahih'urípih
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má'ninay high mountain country

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4211 | revised Jul 22 2014

má'ninay • N • high mountain country

Source: WB 953.20, p.365

  • má'ninay vúra úkrii. He used to live around in the mountains trapping. [Reference: ??]

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  1. xás   pa-káan   u-'úum   yánava   vúra   áh-taay   má'ninay   ú-mkuufhi-naa-tih   u-'iinvú-naa-tih  
    then   NOMZ-there   3s(>3)-arrive   visible   Intensive   fire-much   high.mountain.country   3s(>3)-give.off.smoke-PL-DUR   3s(>3)-burn-PL-DUR  
    And when he got there, he saw lots of fire in the mountains, there was lots of smoke, there were forest fires.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  2. xás   p-aaxíich   u-piip   má'ninay   kun-'ákunvu-naa-tih  
    then   the-child   3s(>3)-say   high.mountain.country   3pl(>3s)-hunt-PL-DUR  
    And the children said, "They're hunting in the mountains."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. xás   pa-ka'-má'ninay   pá-'aah   koovúra   ú-msiip-vunaa  
    then   the-upriver-high.mountain.country   the-fire   all   3s(>3)-cool.off-PL  
    Then all the fire went out in the upriver mountains.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text