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uknamxánahich name of a pond just upriver from Camp Creek; Long Lake

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6219 | revised Nov 17 2015

uknamxánahich • N • name of a pond just upriver from Camp Creek; Long Lake

Literally: 'little long pond'

Derivation:  úkraam-xárah-ich
lake-long-DIM

Source: WB 1483.1, p.391

  • xás vaa káan úkraam ukyav, uknamxánahich, pakári uvitîichvutiheesh. Then there she made the lake, "long pond", the place he was going to play canoeing. [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 035]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. púyava   ôok   tá   kun-ivyíhuk   uknamxánahich  
    you.see   here   PERF   3pl(>3s)-come.(pl.)   placename  
    So they came here to uknamxánahich.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. kun-xus   uknamxánahich   chími   nu-'íhukan-v-eesh  
    3pl(>3s)-think   placename   soon   1pl(>3)-go.flower-dancing-PL.ACT-FUT  
    They thought, "We'll go flower-dance at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  3. kun-'íhukan-v-eesh   uknamxánahich  
    3pl(>3s)-go.flower-dancing-PL.ACT-FUT   placename  
    They were going to flower-dance at 'uknamxanahich.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  4. kári   xás   kun-píip   chími   nu-pákmuuvan-v-i   uknamxánahich  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   1pl(>3)-go.spend.night-PL.ACT-IMPER   placename  
    And they said, "Let's spend the night away from home, at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   yítha   u-piip   naa   uknamxánahich   ni-p-ikvêeshrih-eesh  
    then   then   one   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   placename   1s(>3)-ITER-spend.night-FUT  
    Then one said, "I will camp at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. púyava   uknamxánahich   tá   kun-p-ípasma   kári   xás   kun-ipêer   chími   túraayv-i  
    you.see   placename   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-bring.(person)   then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   look.around-IMPER  
    Then they brought him to uknamxánahich, and they told him, "Look around!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. xás   úuth   u-piytúykaan-va   pá-yuux   uknamxánahich   mú-'uuthkam   víri   vaa   kumá'ii   pa-kêech   u-sirishkíra-hi-tih  
    then   out.to.water   3s(>3)-kick.into.river-PL.ACT   the-dirt   placename   3sPOSS-seaward   so   so   because.of   the-big   3s(>3)-river.bar-DENOM-DUR  
    And he kicked the dirt out in the river, out from uknamxánahich, that's why there's a big bar (there).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  8. chí   kun-ívyiihshipree-vish   uknamxánahich   káan   chí   kun-'íhuk-vunaa-vish  
    soon   3pl(>3s)-go.away.(pl.)-FUT   placename   there   soon   3pl(>3s)-do.flower.dance-PL-FUT  
    They were going to leave for 'uknamxánahich, they were going to have a flower dance there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text