Ararahih'urípih
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ahavíshkaanva / ahavishkâanvu- to fish with a type of large dip-net; to hunt or fish (in general)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #188 | revised Oct 31 2014

ahavíshkaanva / ahavishkâanvu- • V • to fish with a type of large dip-net; to hunt or fish (in general)

Derivation:  ahavish-kaanva  (= ahavish-kar-va)
ahavish-into.water  (= ahavish-into.water-PL.ACT)

Derivative (1)
ahavishkánvaan "hunter; fisherman; "story word" for panther"

Source: WB 37, p.315

  • upahavishkâanvaruk xás u'ípak. He comes back to fish, then he returns. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 118]

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  1. káan    ník    pa'ávansa    u'ákunvuti    káru    u'ahavishkâavutih   
    there    a.little    the.man    he.hunts    also    he.fishes   
    The man would hunt and fish there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  2. kunkôoha    pa'ahavíshkaanva   
    they.stopped    hunting   
    They stopped hunting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  3. 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