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fátaak somewhere ; anywhere
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1291 | revised Jun 26 2014
fátaak • PRON • somewhere ; anywhere
Derivation: | fâat-ak |
what-Locative |
Derivative (1)
fátaakva "somewhere"
Source: WB 350.1, p. 333
- xás kunipêer, xáy fátaak i'ûupva paxavin'ávan. And they told her, "Don't dig the xávin root anywhere." [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 007]
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fátaak xás tá nikyívish somewhere then PERF I.fall.down I fell down somewhere. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textfátaak vúra tá nipáchish yítha kúna nikyâasip somewhere Intensive PERF I.throw.it.down one in.addition I.start.it I just throw it down somewhere, I start another one. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playhâari axmáy'ik vúra fátaak tá kunmah vaa vúra taay pátayiith xás sú' patá kun'ûupvakurih sometime suddenly Intensive somewhere PERF they.see that Intensive much the.brodiaea then inside that.has they.dig.into.it.for.roots Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full textakvaat fátaak ukyívunih raccoon somewhere he.fell.downwards The raccoon fell out of the tree. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playfátaak nivâarameesh somewhere I.am.going.to.go I'm going somewhere. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkoovúra mímyaahti vaa ikupítiheesh fátaak á' ikûuntakoovish all your.life so you.will.be.doing somewhere above you.will.sit.on.it All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textkári xás kunipêer mímyaahti hûutva kóo mímyaahti vúra iim fátaak asasúruk vaa káan i'ifchíkinkutiheesh then then they.say your.life somehow as.much.as your.life Intensive 2sg. somewhere under.a.rock so there you.will.be.stuck.onto.it And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textkúkuum fátaak tá kunmáh ikxaréeyav tu'íifship again somewhere PERF they.saw spirit.person he.had.grown.up Again somewhere they would see that a spirit had grown up. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textfátaak kúna tóo sriv somewhere in.addition he.has target-shooting They did target-shooting someplace. Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full textvúra fátaak xás yáv u'íihya Intensive somewhere then good it.stands Some places (the trees) are good Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text