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akraah Pacific lamprey, eel
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #264 | revised Nov 07 2014
akraah • N • Pacific lamprey, eel Lampetra tridentata (ITIS).
Derivatives (8)
aknáahunich "bag for eels, woven of iris string"
aknahsufsínhanich "eel 14 inches or so long; perhaps female eel"
akrah'amtiikêer "azalea"
akrahchiripchírip "cricket"
akráhkuux "eel backbone"
akráhsiih "eel dressing point, instrument for dressing eels"
akrah'urípih "eel net"
akrahiváxrah "dried eels"
Source: WB 62, p.316
- káru akráah uum úpaanik, naa káru pishîich ni'ípaktiheesh xátikrupma. And Eel said, "I also will get there first in the spring." [Reference: KT 149.7]
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káru akraah uum úpaanik "naa káru pishîich ni'ípaktiheesh xátikrupma also eel 3.SG long.ago.he.said 1sg. also first I.will.return springtime And the Eel said: “I will also get there first in the spring.” Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full textíshkih úm pa'ákraa ukpúuhtih quickly or the.eel it.is.swimming Does the eel swim fast? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playivíshtaantih húm pa'ákraah you.like.it or the.eel Do you like eels? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playakráa itíhaan vúra kuníthtiitih eel always Intensive they're.gambling They were always gambling (with) Eel. Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playakráa chámuxich xákaan kuníthtit eel sucker both they.gambled Eel and Sucker gambled together. Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full textchavúra uum koovúra tá kunchífich akráa chamuxich'îin finally 3.SG all PERF they.beat eel sucker Finally Sucker won everything from Eel. Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full textkári xás upíip páakraah nani'ípi tá níxraam then then he.said the.eel my.bone PERF I.bet And Eel said, "I'll bet my bones." Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full textvíriva kumá'ii akráa púfaat mu'ípih so because.of eel nothing his.bone For that reason Eel has no bones. Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full textpúyava payêem paakráa vaa pa'úuth uxyakâanvutih you.see now the.eels that which.out.into.the.river he.was.throwing.into.the.water So now the eels are that which he threw out into the river. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full textakráa káru kun'áamtih eel also they.ate.them They ate eels too. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text