Ararahih'urípih
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pínaa (pl.) to come

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lexicon ID #4942 | revised Nov 08 2005

pínaa V • (pl.) to come

  • xasík kupínaavish. Then you (pl.) must come back. [Reference: WB files]
  • xás kunpínaa, vaa kích vúra pakunipíti, sishanayâamach toosíinvar. And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned." [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 046]


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  1. xás   kun-pínaa   vaa   kích   vúra   pa-kun-ipí-tih   sishanayâamach   t-óo   síinvar  
    then   3pl(>3s)-come.(pl.)   that   only   Intensive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-say-DUR   pretty.one.having.a.penis   PERF-3s(>3)   drown  
    And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  2. xasík   vaa   ík   vúra   kóo   káan   ku-'íin-eesh   p-aaxvâahar   t-óo   msípishri-haak   xasík   ku-pínaa-vish  
    then.(future)   so   must   Intensive   as.much.as   there   2pl(>3)-(two).be-FUT   NOMZ-ptich-wood   PERF-3s(>3)   cool.down-when   then.(future)   2pl(>3)-come.(pl.)-FUT  
    You must stay there until the pitch-wood is extinguished, then you will come back."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text