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voonvánaach shirt
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6619 | revised Nov 19 2015
voonvánaach • N • shirt
Literally: 'little crawling-into'
| Derivation: | vôor-vara-ach |
| creep-in.through-DIM.(verbs) |
Derivative (1)
voonvánaachha "to put on a shirt"
Source: WB 1563.5, p.395; JPH ethno ?:280
Note: Because old-fashioned shirts were put on over the head.
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (2)
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naa tá ni-pásasip pa-nani-voonvánaach 1sg. PERF 1s(>3)-put.on.(clothing) the-1sPOSS-shirt I'm putting on my shirt. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpoorá-piit ni-kyâa-vish káru vúra nani-voonvánaach káru akvákir káru vúra nani-yukúkuh pants-new 1s(>3)-make-FUT also Intensive 1sPOSS-shirt also quiver also Intensive 1sPOSS-shoe(s) I'll make new pants and my shirt and a quiver and my shoes." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text