Ararahih'urípih
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váasan enemy; Used in the plural form, vaasáras.

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6401 | revised Nov 11 2005

váasan • N • 1 enemy • 2 Used in the plural form, vaasáras. (lexicon ID #7590)

Source: WB 1527, p.393

Note: The plural is vaasáras.

  • xás takunváasanha. Then they become enemies. [Reference: WB G143.36]
  • pahûut mít kunkupeehêerahitihat pamukúnvaasan takunmáhaak... How they used to smoke when they say their enemy... [Reference: TK 257.11]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. púya-va   tá   kun-ixvíphuunish   xás   tá   kun-váasan-ha  
    and.so-so   PERF   3pl(>3s)-get.angry.at   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-enemy-DENOM  
    Then they got angry at him and became his enemies.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  2. xás   kári   yuuxmachmahánach   u-piip   yôotva   niní-vaasan   tá   ní-ykar  
    then   then   lizard.sp.   3s(>3)-say   hurray!   1sPOSS-enemy   PERF   1s(>3)-beat  
    And Lizard said, "Hurray! I've killed my enemy!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  3. yôotva   naní-vaasan   ní-ykar  
    hurray!   1sPOSS-enemy   1s(>3)-beat  
    Hurray, I killed my enemy."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text