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imafúnvaan salmon beggar, a person who begs salmon
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lexicon ID #2394 | revised Dec 15 2014
imafúnvaan • N • salmon beggar, a person who begs salmon
| Derivation: | imafun-va-aan |
| imafun-PL.ACT-Agentive |
Source: WB 564, p.344
- púfaat pa'áama, taay imafúnvaansa. There's no more salmon, there were so many beggars. [Reference: KT 149.37]
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yiimúsich úhyiivti chú páy axíich pipúniich táay íp imafúnvaansa little.ways.off he.was.shouting here! this child salmon.tail much PAST beggars Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkúkuum vúra úhyiv chú páy axíich pipúniich táay íp imafúnvaansa again Intensive he.shouted here! this child salmon.tail much PAST beggars Again he shouted, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textxás kunthítiv sáruk úhyiivtih chú páy axíich pipúniich táay íp imafúnvaansa then they.heard.him downhill he.was.shouting here! this child salmon.tail much PAST beggars Then they heard him, he was shouting downhill, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textvúrava kári úhyiivti chú páy axíich pipúniich táay íp imafúnvaansa just then he.was.shouting here! this child salmon.tail much PAST beggars He was still shouting like that, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text