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xákaan with (one other person)
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lexicon ID #6757 | revised Jan 27 2016
xákaan • POSTP • with (one other person)
Derivation: | áxak-aan |
two-Agentive |
Derivative (1)
ipxákaanpa "to go with (one person), to go together, to accompany"
Source: WB 1586, p.396
Note: Used as a postposition in the sense 'with (one other)', with plural pronoun in agreement, as in the above example (kana- 'they ... me').
- nanu'áka xákaan tanu'áhoo. We went with our father. [Reference: WB files]
- xás upiip, xánkiit ík îin kanapátumkarukeesh, xanpuchíniishveenach xákaan. She said, "Bullhead and Hummingbird together must come and suck (doctor) me." [Reference: Chipmunk & Hummingbird 011]
Sentence examples (14)
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Tá kunithvíripunih muchíshiih xákaan PERF they.two.run.downhill his.dog with.(one.person) They're running down, the dog too. Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playta'ítam tá nupimnîish nanitípah xákaan so PERF we.cooked my.brother with.(one.person) So we cooked, my brother and I. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás upêer pa'avansáxiich imáankam sáruk astíip pamíchaas xákaan ík kuyâarameesh ikxúrar then she.told.him the.boy next.day downhill shore your.younger.brother with.(one.person) must you.two.will.go evening And she told the boy, "Tomorrow evening you and your younger brother must go down to the river-bank. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás pamúchaas xákaan sáruk kunithvíripfak then his.younger.brother with.(one.person) downhill they.ran.downhill And he and his younger brother ran downhill. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textith'aranihrôoha xákaan kun'ásimtih another's.wife with.(one.person) they.were.sleeping He was sleeping with another's wife. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textikxunanáhaanich kun'íin mukeechíkyav xákaan evening.star they.were.living his.sweetheart with.(one.person) Evening Star lived with his sweetheart. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textyukún vaa xákaan u'iifshípreenik pamutákasar you.see that with.(one.person) he.had.grown.up his.shinny-tossel You see, he had grown up with that tossel. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textta'ítam u'îimasaraheen asaxêevar veekxaréeyav xákaan so he.grappled.with mossy its.spirit with.(one.person) So he grappled with Baldy Peak Spirit. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textvíri akâay vúra xákaan kunvúunveesh so who Intensive with.(one.person) they.will.wrestle Who will wrestle with him?" Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textta'ítam uxúsanik peekpihantâapas tîi xákaan núvuunvi so he.thought the.strongest.one let... with.(one.person) let.us.wrestle! So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textyícheech vúra kích kári muhrôoha xákaan alone Intensive only then his.wife with.(one.person) Only one man and his wife were still (there). Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full textpúyava xákaan vúra patá kunxús kíri nutâatsip you.see with.(one.person) Intensive that they.thought I.wish we.should.toss.it Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpúyava xás hâari xákaan vúra tá kunithyívish you.see then sometime with.(one.person) Intensive PERF they.fell.down Sometimes both of them fell down. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textxás uum kunchúuphiti pa'ávansa xákaan then 3.SG they.are.talking the.man with.(one.person) She and the man are talking. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text