Ararahih'urípih
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imkáanva / imkáanvu- to gather (food growing on plants, such as berries or greens); not applied to acorns, which are picked up from the ground

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2431 | revised Dec 16 2014

imkáanva / imkáanvu- • V • to gather (food growing on plants, such as berries or greens); not applied to acorns, which are picked up from the ground

Derivation:  im-kaanva  (= im-kar-va)
im--into.water  (= im--into.water-PL.ACT)

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 576, p.344

Note: [chk] - go back to the story and get a clearer free translation. Does that green refer to something that is fresh, or is it referring to a specific plant, or what?

  • thúkinkunish vúra kári vári poomkáanvuti. He was picking berries green. [Reference: 9_1_pahûut poomkáanvuti vírusur 003]

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. imkánvaan   
    woman's.name   
    woman's name; Phoebe Maddux
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  2. yakún    táay    vúra    íp    úmkaanvat   
    you.see    much    Intensive    PAST    she.gathered   
    You see, she gathered a lot.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  3. hôoyva    má'    poomkaanvúrayvutih   
    somewhere    uphill    she.was.gathering.from.bushes.here.and.there   
    She was gathering food (from bushes, such as berries) somewhere in the mountains.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  4. púyava    uum    kúmateech    patóo    kxuraraha    púyava    kári    vírusur    tuvâaram    tóo    mkaanvar    ikxáram   
    you.see    3.SG    later.in.day    when.it    become.evening    you.see    then    bear    she.went.away    she    went.to.gather.from.plants    night   
    Then later, when it was evening, Bear went off, she went to gather food in the evening.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  5. xás    púyava    kumamáh'iit    xás    kúkuum    tu'ípak    vúra    uum    taay    poo'átivutih    póomkaanvuti    pakóo    kuma'ávaha   
    then    you.see    some.morning    then    again    she.came.back    Intensive    3.SG    much    that.she.was.carrying.in.her.burden.basket    since.she.was.gathering.from.plants    all    kinds.of.food   
    And one morning she came back again, she was carrying a lot in her burden basket, since she had gathered all kinds of food.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  6. vaa    kumá'ii    pavaa    ukupítih    ikxáram    xás    póomkaanvutih   
    that    because.of    that    she.was.doing    night    then    that.she.was.gathering.from.plants   
    That's why she did that, she gathered food in the evening.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  7. púyava    hínu páy    uum    vírusur    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    pátaay    úmkaanvutih   
    you.see    surprise    3.SG    bear    so    that    because.of    so.much    that.she.was.gathering.from.plants   
    So there she was a bear, that's why she gathered (so) much.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  8. upiip    athithxuntápan    númkaanvutih   
    she.said    hazelnut    we.are.gathering.them   
    She said, "We're gathering hazelnuts.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  9. payôok    ávansa    vuraakírak    uvôoruraatih    úmkaanvutih   
    right.here    man    on.a.ladder    he.is.climbing.up.it    he.is.gathering.(from.plants)   
    Here a man is climbing on a ladder, he is picking apples.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text