Ararahih'urípih
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yanéekva visible, audible

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7040 | revised Nov 14 2014

yanéekva • PCL • visible, audible

Derivation:  yána ik-va
visible must-INDEF

Source: WB 1657, p. 400

  • tishravará'iivreer yanéekva pamu'îin uthivnúruti. On top of Etna Mountain he heard his falls thundering. [Reference: WB T5.5]
  • púyava tutúraayva yítha, yanéekva tapurafátaak. Then one looked around, and he saw that she was not there. [Reference: WB T34.12]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. yanéekva   vúra   uum   taay   sú'  
    visible   Intensive   3.SG   much   inside  
    Behold there are lots underneath.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  2. yanéekva   pa-saamvároo   u-vúrunih-tih  
    visible   the-creek   3s(>3)-flow.downhill.from.here-DUR  
    There was a creek flowing down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. tishravará'iivreer   yanéekva   pa-mu-'îin   u-thivnúru-tih  
    Etna.Mountain   visible   the-3sPOSS-falls   3s(>3)-roar-DUR  
    On Etna Mountain he heard his falls thundering (at Katimin).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  4. púyava   t-u-túraayva   yítha   yanéekva   tá   púra fátaak  
    you.see   PERF-3s(>3)-look.around   one   visible   PERF   nowhere  
    Then one looked around, he saw that she was not there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text