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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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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 textxasík 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