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ásivar / ásivan to go (somewhere) to sleep
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lexicon ID #681 | revised Oct 31 2014
ásivar / ásivan • V • to go (somewhere) to sleep
- ikmaháchraam takun'ásivanva. They went to the sweathouse to sleep. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 050]
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kun-pámvaar kun-'ivyíihrupuk ikmaháchraam tá kun-'ásivan-va 3pl(>3s)-finish.eating 3pl(>3s)-go.outdoors.(pl.) sweathouse PERF 3pl(>3s)-go.(somewhere).to.sleep-PL.ACT When they got through eating, they went outdoors, they went to their sweathouse to sleep. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text