Ararahih'urípih
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yána indicates that an action is visible

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7037 | revised Nov 15 2005

yána • PCL • indicates that an action is visible

Derivatives (7)
yakun "you see"
yakúnva "so that"
yánava "visible; indicates that an action is visible, often translatable as 'he saw that', 'voilà', 'behold', 'you see'"
yanavéekva "visible"
yanéekva "visible, audible"
yukun "you see..."
yanavéek "visible "

Source: WB 1657, p.400; cf. 437

  • xás pakunivyíhish, yána káan ishkêesh uvúunti. And when they went down, they saw a river flowing. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 039]
  • kári xás umah, yána ôok páy kun'íhukvunaati. And he saw it, he saw that they were flower-dancing right here. [Reference: WB T5.71]

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  1. kári   xás   u-mah   yána   ôok   páy   kun-'íhuk-vunaa-tih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-see   visible   here   this   3pl(>3s)-do.flower.dance-PL-DUR  
    And he saw it, he saw they were flower-dancing right here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   pihnêefich   ikrívraam   u-mah   yána   u-'íikra  
    then   then   coyote   house   3s(>3)-see   visible   3s(>3)-stand.(house)  
    Then Coyote saw a house, he saw it standing.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  3. víri   p-oo-tâat-sip   pa-mu-tákasar   yá   káruk   ithivthaneen'ípan   ú-kuuyva  
    so   NOMZ-3s(>3)-handle.with.implement-up   the-3sPOSS-shinny.tossel   visible   upriver   at.end.of.world   3s(>3)-strike  
    When he tossed his tossel, he saw it landed at the upriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  4. yá   yúruk   ithivthaneen'ípan   kúna   ú-kuuyva   pa-tákasar  
    visible   downriver   at.end.of.world   in.addition   3s(>3)-strike   the-shinny.tossel  
    He saw the tossel land in turn at the downriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   u-thítiv   y-óo   chrívchav   pá-'aas   pa-'úkraam   pa-kun-páathkuri   pa-mu-típah  
    then   then   3s(>3)-hear   visible-3s(>3)   splash   the-water   the-lake   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-throw.into   the-3sPOSS-brother  
    Then he heard it, he saw the water splash in the lake, when (the giant) threw his brother in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  6. yána   vúra   kêech   t-u-'uh  
    visible   Intensive   big   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)  
    He saw that it had risen high.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text