Ararahih'urípih
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-túnviiv children

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6132 | revised Nov 17 2014

-túnviiv N • children Variant: -túnviivshas.

Derivatives (24; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1398, p.387

Note: Bound form, used with possessive prefixes, e.g. nanitúnviiv(shas) 'my children'.

  • chúukchuuk itráhyar mutúnviivhanik, koovúra ávansas. Fishhawk had ten children, all were boys. [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 004]
  • chavúra kóo hitíhaan kuméekxaram nanitúnviivshas vaa páy ôok kun'írunaatiheesh. Finally, every evening, my children will pass by here. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 080]


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  1. uknîi   kaan   kun-'áraarahi-ti   itráhyar   mu-'túnviiv   avansa-múrax  
    once.upon.a.time   there   3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR   ten   3sPOSS-children   man-nothing.but  
    Uknii. They lived there. His ten children were just boys.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. pa-hûutva   kóo   yaas'ára   u-'íin-ahaak   vaa   vúra   kóo   itíhan   kum-éekxaram   nani-túnviiv   vaa   pay'ôok   kun-'írunaa-tih-eesh  
    NOMZ-somehow   as.much.as   rich.person   3s(>3)-exist-when   so   Intensive   as.much.as   always   3sPOSS-night   1sPOSS-children   so   right.here   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-DUR-FUT  
    As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. hûut   kích   pa-mi-túnviiv  
    how   only   the-2sPOSS-children  
    How are your children?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
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  4. yánava   apsunxarah-túnviiv  
    visible   long.snake-children  
    He saw it was baby long-snakes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  5. pa-mu-túnviiv   ú-peen-vunaa   ôok   vúra   kíik-'iin-i  
    the-3sPOSS-children   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   here   Intensive   2pl(>3)-(two).be-IMPER  
    She told her children, "You stay here.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  6. pa-mu-túnviiv   ú-peen-vunaa   t-u-'ifuyâach-ha  
    the-3sPOSS-children   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   PERF-3s(>3)-that's.right-DENOM  
    She told her children, "It's really true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  7. pa-mu-hrôoha   káru   pa-mu-túnviiv   pa-t-u-vuhvúhi-naa-haak   yaas'arará-'uuthkam   kun-chivít-ahi-tih  
    the-3sPOSS-wife   also   the-3sPOSS-children   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-do.jump.dance-PL-when   humankind-seaward   3pl(>3s)-line.up-ESS-DUR  
    (But) his wife and his children, when there is a deerskin dance, are lined up in front of rich people.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  8. xás   táay   pa-mukun-túnviiv  
    then   much   the-3plPOSS-children  
    And they had many children.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  9. kári   xás   ta'ítam   u-'ákih-vunaa-heen   pa-mu-túnviiv  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-give.(things).to-PL-ANT   the-3sPOSS-children  
    Then she gave it to her children.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  10. kári   xás   u-píip   hári   t-i-'áhachaku-naa   pa-mi-túnviiv  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   sometime   PERF-2s(>3)-withhold.from-PL   the-2sPOSS-children  
    Then (his wife) said, "You held out on your children at various times.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  11. kúna   naa   naa   káru   pa-nini-túnviiv   páy nanusúruk   kúuk      nu-pávyiihma  
    in.addition   1sg.   1sg.   also   the-1sPOSS-children   underground   to   PERF   1pl(>3)-go.back.to.(pl.)  
    But I, I and my children, we are going underground.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  12. káru   pa-yítha   uum   áxak   mu-túnviiv   avansáxiitich-as  
    also   the-one   3.SG   two   3sPOSS-children   boy-PL  
    And the other had two children, they were little boys.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  13. pufích-taay   kun-iykára-tih   itráhyar   mu-túnviiv  
    deer-much   3pl(>3s)-beat-DUR   ten   3sPOSS-children  
    His ten sons were killing lots of deer.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  14. xás   u-xús   kíri   kin-píychaak   pa-mu-túnviiv  
    then   3s(>3)-think   I.wish   3pl>3pl-inflict.bad.luck   the-3sPOSS-children  
    And he wished that his children would have bad luck.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  15. kári   xás   ta'ítam   u-pakxuuyvávath-vunaa   pa-mu-túnviiv  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-rub.medicine.on-PL   the-3sPOSS-children  
    Then he rubbed it on his children.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  16. iknûumin veekxaréeyav   itráhyar   mu-túnviiv-hanik   ávans-as   káru   yítha   asiktávaan  
    Burrill.Peak.spirit   ten   3sPOSS-children-ANC   man-PL   also   one   woman  
    Burrill Peak Spirit had ten children, (nine) men and one woman.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text