Ararahih'urípih
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vákay worm, angleworm

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6416 | revised Sep 10 2010

vákay • N • worm, angleworm

Derivatives (4)
ahyupanachvákay "glow-worm"
amvavákay "salmon worm, larval stage of salmon beetle"
avahvákay "type of worm that blows on threads"
itharipvákay "Douglas fir worm"

Source: WB 1518, p.393; Shivshaneen, 1996, (3.5)

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  1. payváhiim   váa   káan   vúra   su'   ú-krii   vákay   payváhiim   vakay-'ámtaapkunish   yúxnaam   su'   ú-krii  
    nowadays   so   there   Intensive   inside   3s(>3)-live   worm   nowadays   worm-gray   sand   inside   3s(>3)-live  
    Now she lives in there, she's a bug now, a gray bug, lives in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. kachakâach   mu-'ápuroon   ku-máh-eesh   hôoyva   ípaha-k   u-tákararihva   sú'   vákay   ú-krii  
    bluejay   3sPOSS-magic.charm   2pl(>3)-see-FUT   somewhere   tree-LOC   3s(>3)-be.hanging   inside   worm   3s(>3)-live  
    You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  3. vákay   kích   kun-ikrítuv  
    worm   only   3pl(>3s)-be.piled  
    Only worms lay there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text