Ararahih'urípih
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pámvaar / pámvara- to finish eating

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4523 | revised Oct 31 2014

pámvaar / pámvara- V • to finish eating

Source: WB 201.9, p.326

  • xás poopámvaar xás îim upikrîish. And when he finished eating, then he sat down outside. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 026]


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  1. xas   pa-kun-pámvaar   kun-'ivyíihrupuk  
    then   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-finish.eating   3pl(>3s)-go.outdoors.(pl.)  
    And when they got through eating they went out.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xas   pa-kun-pámvaar   kun-'ákunvan-va  
    then   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-finish.eating   3pl(>3s)-go.hunting-PL.ACT  
    And when they got through eating they went out to hunt.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. kun-pámvaar   kun-'ivyíihrupuk   ikmaháchraam      kun-'ásivan-va  
    3pl(>3s)-finish.eating   3pl(>3s)-go.outdoors.(pl.)   sweathouse   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.(somewhere).to.sleep-PL.ACT  
    When they got through eating, they went outdoors, they went to their sweathouse to sleep.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. kúkuum   mah'íitnihach      kun-'ákunvan-va   pa-   kun-pámvaar  
    again   early.morning   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.hunting-PL.ACT   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-finish.eating  
    And again in the early morning they went forth to hunt when they got through eating.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  5. púyava      kun-pámvaar   xás      kun-píshmaar   káru   ikmaháchraam   kúuk      kun-pávyiihma  
    you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-finish.eating   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-finish.drinking   also   sweathouse   to   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.back.to.(pl.)  
    So they finished eating, they finished their meal, and they went to the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  6. yáas   kun-pamvára-tih  
    only   3pl(>3s)-finish.eating-DUR  
    They had just finished eating.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text