Ararahih'urípih
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ákunva / ákunvu- to hunt

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #304 | revised Oct 31 2014

ákunva / ákunvu- • V • to hunt

Derivatives (6)
akúnvaan "hunter"
akunváapxaan "man's work cap"
ákunvar "to go hunting"
akunvarasímsiim "hunting knife"
akúnvoo "to hunt sometimes"
eeth'akúnvaan "a man's name"

Source: WB 75, p.317

  • kári xás káakum uumkun kun'ákunvuti púufich. And some of them are hunting deer. [Reference: KS 22. Maruk'áraar Gives Man Bread 005]

See kunih- 'to shoot'

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  1. vaa    vúra    vaa    itíhaan    vúra    vaa    u'ákunvuti    káru   
    that    Intensive    that    always    Intensive    that    he.was.hunting    also   
    He was always doing that, he was always hunting.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  2. xás    paaxíich    upiip    má'ninay    kun'ákunvunaatih   
    then    the.child    he.said    high.mountain.country    they.are.hunting   
    And the children said, "They're hunting in the mountains."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. pa'ávansa    atahári    vúra    u'ákunvutih   
    the.man    always    Intensive    he.was.hunting   
    The man was always hunting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. 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

  5. papúufich    kun'ákunvunaati    víriva    ánav    tá    kuníkyam    máh'iit   
    when.deer    they.were.hunting    so    medicine    PERF    they.made    morning   
    When they hunted deer, they made medicine in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  6. papi'êep    kunkupa'ákunvutihanik    kun'ákeekvutih   
    when.long.ago    they.hunted.in.this.way    they.carried.bows   
    They carried bows when they hunted, long ago.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text