Ararahih'urípih
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páy nanu'ávahkam sky

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lexicon ID #4726 | revised Mar 01 2016

páy nanu'ávahkam • MWU • sky

Literally: 'that above us'

Derivation:  pay nanu-ávahkam  (= pay nanu-avah-kam)
this 1plPOSS over  (= this 1plPOSS above-side)

Derivatives (2)
páy_nanu'ávahkam_áhootihanik "moon"
páy_nanu'ávahkam_veekxavnamíchmiif "name of a mythical personage"

Source: WB 1104.5, p.372

  • chavúra páy nanu'ávahkam kunithyúruva. Finally they dragged her to the sky. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 070]
  • káan xás kunpihmáraramnih páy nanu'ávahkam 'u'achipyâakhitihirak. Finally they ran back to the very center of the sky. [Reference: KT 128b.18]

See ávahkam 'above'

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  1. 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

  2. páy nanu'ávahkam    kúuk    kunithvíripma   
    sky    to    they.ran.to.there   
    They ran to the sky.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  3. páy nanu'ávahkam    kúuk    kunithvíripma   
    sky    to    they.ran.to   
    They ran to the sky.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. páy nanu'ávahkam    kúuk    tá    kun'íipma    papúufich    káru    pamú'aramah   
    sky    to    PERF    they.went.back    the.deer    also    her.child   
    Deer and her child have gone to the sky.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  5. xás    ikxuraráhaan    poopkêevish    páy nanu'ávahkam    atayrámkaam   
    then    evening.star    he.was.transformed    sky    a.big.star   
    Then Evening Star was transformed into a big star in the sky.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    páy nanu'ávahkam    u'ípahoo    páy nanu'ávahkam    ukâakamhitih   
    then    then    sky    he.went.again    sky    he.was.a.little.ways.upriver   
    So he went on to the sky, he was a little ways upriver in the sky.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  7. xás    vaa    ukúphaanik    páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif   
    then    so    he.did.it    sky.black.wolf   
    And páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif (name of an ikxaréeyav, probably "black little-wolf of the sky") did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    yítha    niinamichtâapas    xás    upiip    chími    nupahavíshkaanvi    páy nanu'ávahkam   
    then    then    one    smallest    then    he.said    soon    let's.hunt!    sky   
    Then the littlest one said, "Let's hunt in the sky!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  9. káan    ník    kunpihmáriroopithva    páy nanu'ávahkam   
    there    a.little    they.ran.around.in.a.circle    sky   
    They ran around there in the sky.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text