Ararahih'urípih
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máhyaan / mahyáana- to put in, to stuff in

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4195 | revised Oct 31 2014

máhyaan / mahyáana- • V • to put in, to stuff in

Derivatives (2)
ithkamáhyaanaram "white everlasting flower"
sikihmáhyaanaram "spoon basket"

Source: WB 961, p.366

  • púyava máruk xás áhup sú' takunmáhyaan, túr takuníkyav. Uphill they put the wood in them, they make a basket-load. [Reference: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 011]
  • payváheem uum vúra thuxrivpûuvishak takunmáhyaanati pakíshap. Nowadays they put the bundles in a gunny sack. [Reference: TK 89.2]

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  1. xás    ahup'ásipak    sú'    nimáhyaan   
    then    in.the.box    inside    I.put.them.in   
    I put them in a big wooden box.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. xás    pihnêefich    vúra    uum    sípnukaam    tóo    thárish    pakáan    umáhyaaneesh   
    then    coyote    Intensive    3.SG    big.storage.basket    it.is    put.down    there    they.will.put.it.in   
    And Coyote put a big storage basket down where they were to put it in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. púyava    máruk    xás    áhup    sú'    tá    kunmáhyaan    túr    tá    kuníkyav   
    you.see    uphill    then    wood    inside    PERF    they.put.in    packbasket.load    PERF    they.make   
    Uphill they put wood in them, they make a basket-load.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  4. xás    yánava    pa'átimnavak    umáhyaanahiti    táhpuus   
    then    visible    in.the.burden.basket    it.is.stuffed.in    young.fir.tree   
    And he saw fir branches sticking in the burden basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  5. xás    asípkaam    tumáhyaan    pa'éekoons   
    then    a.big.soup-basket    he.had.put.it.in    the.acorns   
    And they put the acorns in a big soup-basket.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  6. xás    sipnúukan    kunmáhyaanatih    afrúus    kunfíkriiptih   
    then    storage.basket.in    they.put.them.in    mildewed.acorns    they.separated.them   
    And they put them in a storage basket, they separated out the mildewed acorns.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  7. afrúus    ásip    kunmáhyaanatih   
    mildewed.acorns    bowl    they.put.them.in   
    They put the mildewed acorns in a bowl-basket.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  8. púyava    xás    ásipak    tumáhyaan   
    you.see    then    in.bowl.basket    he.put.them.in   
    Then he put them in a bowl-basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text