Ararahih'urípih
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astaah duck

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #700 | revised Nov 07 2014

astaah • N • duck

Derivatives (5)
astahtatáktaakar "golden-eye duck"
astah'únuhich "ring-necked duck"
astahvôonanach "coot, "mudhen""
astahvôorar "coot, "mudhen""
yuraskan'ástaah "a kind of duck, the grebe"

Source: WB 165, p.323; JPH ani 06:630

  • púyava káruk kahyúras kun'áraarahiti paastaah. Well, the ducks lived upriver at Klamath Lakes. [Reference: WB T2.1]

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  1. uknîi   púyava   káruk   kahyúras   kun-'áraarahi-ti   p-aastaah  
    once.upon.a.time   you.see   upriver   Klamath.Lakes   3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR   the-duck  
    Once upon a time... The ducks lived upriver at Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. koovúra   kum-áastaa   káru   áxvaay  
    all   3sPOSS-duck   also   crane  
    There were all kinds of ducks and cranes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   púyava   úum-pan   mah'íitnihach   tá   kun-pávyiihship   kúkuum   pa-astaah  
    then   then   you.see   3.SG-Emphatic   early.morning   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.away.again.(pl.)   again   the-duck  
    And then they, the ducks, left again in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  4. yánava   astaah  
    visible   duck  
    He saw they were ducks.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text