Ararahih'urípih
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pakátkat to take a taste of (something)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4496 | revised Nov 08 2005

pakátkat • V • to take a taste of (something)

Source: WB 53.1, p.316

  • xás uxúti tîi kanpakatkâati. And he thought, "Let me have a taste!" [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 016]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. ée   aaf   kuna   u-pákat  
    oh!   excrement   in.addition   3s(>3)-take.a.taste  
    "Oh, it tastes like manure."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. hâari   tá   kun-pakátkat   pa-yaaf   pa-kári   kun-tákkiri-tih-at   kári   xás   tá   kun-piip   ihêeraha   vúra   kári   kyóo   úux   pa-yaaf  
    sometime   the   3pl(>3s)-take.a.taste   the-acorn.dough   NOMZ-then   3pl(>3s)-leach.(acorn.meal)-DUR-PAST   then   then   the   3pl(>3s)-say   tobacco   Intensive   then   as.much.as   bitter   the-acorn.dough  
    Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  3. xás   u-xú-ti   tîi   kan-pakatkâat-ih  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   let...   1s(>3)-take.a.taste-DUR  
    And he thought, "Let me taste it!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   u-pakatkát-aheen  
    then   then   3s(>3)-take.a.taste-ANT  
    So he tasted it.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. u-xú-ti   tîi   kan-pakatkâat-i   pa-patúmkir  
    3s(>3)-think-DUR   let...   1s(>3)-take.a.taste-IMPER   the-head-rest  
    And he thought, "Let me taste the pillows!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  6. 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

  7. chími   chîimich   vúra   kan-pakatkâa-tih  
    soon   little.bit   Intensive   1s(>3)-take.a.taste-DUR  
    Let me just taste a little."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  8. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-pakatkâat-i  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-take.a.taste-IMPER  
    Then he thought, "Let me taste them."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text