Ararahih'urípih
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sáanva clothing

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5230 | revised Nov 09 2005

sáanva • N • clothing

Literally: 'carrying'

Derivative (1)
surukámsaanva "underwear"

Source: WB 1211, p.378; JPH mat ?:732

  • pamúsaanva furaxmúrax. Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 073]

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  1. kiik-pishnakaríshuk-va   pa-mikún-saanva  
    2pl(>3)-take.off.(clothing)-PL.ACT   the-2plPOSS-clothing  
    You guys take off your clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  2. pa-nani-sáanva   ni-pithxáh-eesh  
    the-1sPOSS-clothing   1s(>3)-wash-FUT  
    I am going to wash my clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  3. tá   ni-pikyâar   pa-nani-pithxa   pa-nani-sáanva  
    PERF   1s(>3)-finish   NOMZ-1sPOSS-wash   the-1sPOSS-clothing  
    I finished washing my clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  4. vaa   pa-naní-taat   uum   t-u-píthxah   pa-nanú-saanva   koovúra   vúra  
    so   the-1sPOSS-mother   3.SG   PERF-3s(>3)-wash   the-1plPOSS-clothing   all   Intensive  
    My mother washed all our clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  5. t-u-píthxah   pa-koovúra   pa-nanú-saanva   koovúra  
    PERF-3s(>3)-wash   the-all   the-1plPOSS-clothing   all  
    She washed them all, all our clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  6. xás   u-pixivshúroo   pa-mú-saanva  
    then   3s(>3)-rip.off.(pl.)   the-3sPOSS-clothing  
    And he ripped off his clothes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   yíth   kan-píkyav   pa-naní-shaanva  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   other   1s(>3)-repair   the-1sPOSS-clothing  
    And he thought, "Let me get a different suit of clothes."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  8. kári   xás   u-pititítit   pa-mú-saanva   xás   sáruk   u-xyáfak-oo  
    then   then   3s(>3)-tear.up   the-3sPOSS-clothing   then   downhill   3s(>3)-throw.(pl.).down.from.uphill-PL.ACT  
    So he tore up his clothes, and he threw them downhill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  9. kári   xás   u-p-ífik   pa-mú-saanva  
    then   then   3s(>3)-ITER-pick.up   the-3sPOSS-clothing  
    And he picked up his clothes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  10. vúra   furax-múrax   pa-mú-saanva  
    Intensive   woodpecker.head-nothing.but   the-3sPOSS-clothing  
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  11. vúra   furax-múrax   pa-mú-saanva  
    Intensive   woodpecker.head-nothing.but   the-3sPOSS-clothing  
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text