Ararahih'urípih
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têenva earring

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5833 | revised Dec 18 2014

têenva • N • earring

Derivation:  têenva-a
wear.earrings-DEVERB

Source: WB 1369, p.385; JPH mat ?:741

  • kári pamutêenva tóosyuunkiv. Then she pulled off her earrings. [Reference: WB 19: The Perils of Weasel 2:005]

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  1. Kayla   mu-têenva   yâamachich   káru  
    Kayla   3sPOSS-earring   pretty.(dimin.)   also  
    Kayla has earrings, pretty ones, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. Kayla   mu-têenva   káru   yâamachich  
    Kayla   3sPOSS-earring   also   pretty.(dimin.)  
    Kayla's earrings are pretty, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. púya-va   pa-tó-o   xus   tá   kana-chífich   kári   pa-mu-têenva   tó-o   syuunkiv  
    and.so-so   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   think   PERF   2pl>1s-beat   then   the-3sPOSS-earring   PERF-3s(>3)   pull.out  
    And when she thought, "I've been beaten," then she pulled off her earrings.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   pa-mu-têenva   ú-syuunkiv  
    then   then   the-3sPOSS-earring   3s(>3)-pull.out  
    And she pulled off her earring.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text