Ararahih'urípih
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óonva / óonvu- to take (two or more people)

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lexicon ID #4392 | revised Jun 30 2015

óonva / óonvu- • V • to take (two or more people)

Derivatives (6)
oonvárak "(mass) to float downriver"
oonváramnih "bring (pl.) into"
oonvásip "to take (people)"
oonváthun "to take (pl.) around"
óonvava "to take (people) to"
óonvuuk "to bring (two or more people)"

Source: WB 1026, p.369

  • húukava kúuk ni'óonveesh. I don't know where to take them. [Reference: KV]

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  1. poo'oonváthunati    pamusavásiivsha   
    he.took.(two.or.more.people).around    the.his.nephews   
    Coyote took his nephews through mourning around all the time.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. xás    páy nanu'ávahkam    kúuk    kinpôonva   
    then    sky    to.there    they.took.them.back   
    And they were taken to the sky.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. ta'ítam    iinâak    u'oonváfuruk   
    so    indoors    he.took.them.inside   
    So he took them inside the living house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. ta'ítam    iinâak    upoonváfuruk    pamuhrôohas    ikmahachram'íshiip   
    so    indoors    he.took.them.back.inside    his.wives    Katimin.sweathouse   
    So he took his wives back into the sacred sweathouse.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. 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

  6. koovúra    tá    kun'oonvíshrihanik   
    all    PERF    they.took.them.down   
    They got them all there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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