Ararahih'urípih
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amvaan eater

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #357 | revised Feb 12 2014

amvaan • N • eater

Derivation:  av-va-aan
eat-PL.ACT-Agentive

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 201.5, p.326

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. víri    vaa    mu'íffuth    pirishkyâarim    ta    'íp    uum    máruk    kúkkuum    kári    vaa    kunkúpha'anik    peekxaréeyav    atipimámvaan    achvúun    xákkaan    kunváththêen'nik   
    so    so    after.it    grizzly    PERF    PAST    3.SG    uphill    again    then    so    they.did.that.way    the.First.People    buzzard    hookbill.salmon    both    they.fought   
    Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. iim    vúra    îin    punêekyáreeshara    atipimámvaan    achvúun    úpeeranik   
    2sg.    Intensive    TOPIC    you.will.not.kill.me    buzzard    hookbill.salmon    he.told.him   
    "You are not going to kill me?" said Buzzard to Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  3. xás    u'êechip    xás    ahíramak    úyuunkuri    pamuxváa    achvúun    atipimámvaan    muxvâa    ukimfíruraanik   
    then    he.picked.him.up    then    in.the.fireplace    he.held.it.in.the.fire    his.head    hookbill.salmon    buzzard    his.hair    he.burned.it.off   
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  4. viri    ta    xánnahishich    koovúra    kuníkmuum    achvúun    atipimámvaan    kunkoohímmach'va   
    so    PERF    little.while    all    they.pitched.on.him    hookbill.salmon    buzzard    they.felt.sorry.for.him   
    Then they all pitched on to Hookbill, they felt sorry for Buzzard.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  5. xás    araramvanyupsítanach    uxus    xáyfaat    vaa    nipiip    tóo    piip    ípahak    kích    panimáahti    pá'aax   
    then    horsefly    he.thought    don't!    so    I.say.it    he.had    say    in.trees    only    I.am.finding.it    the.blood   
    and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  6. víri    vaa    peepíkyaarahaak    víri    vaa    imáheesh    vaa    káan    asa'ípan    úkrii    atipimáamvaan   
    so    so    when.you.finish.it    so    so    you.will.see.it    so    there    top.of.a.rock    it.sits    buzzard   
    When you finish, you will see a buzzard sit there on top of a rock.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    kunmah    pa'atipimáamvaan   
    then    then    they.saw.it    the.buzzard   
    And they saw the buzzard.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  8. vúra    vaa    kun'áharamuti    pa'atipimáamvaan   
    Intensive    so    they.were.following.it    the.buzzard   
    They were following the buzzard that way.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  9. vaa    vúra    pa'atipimaamvan'îin    kinpôonvuuk   
    so    Intensive    the.buzzard    it.brought.them.back   
    The buzzard brought them back.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text