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áan string, twine, thread, rope
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #33 | revised Nov 07 2014
áan • N • string, twine, thread, rope
Derivatives (4)
achkún'aan "snare to catch thrushes"
arará'aan "Indian string"
simsím'aan "cable"
xahá'aan "spider thread, spider silk"
Source: WB 93, p.317; JPH mat 07:395R
Note: Iris string 3/32 inch in diameter; thinner than thamvâan.
- xás uparíshriihva antunvêech. And he twined little strings. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 005]
- púyava koovura paxah, koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav. And all the spiders, they all made their string. [Reference: WB T33.53]
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áankunish sú' usasípiithva áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti koovúra vookupíti pamupírish áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih string-like inside it.swirls.around middle string-like it.runs.in.through all it.was.doing.it.that.way its.foliage middle string-like it.runs.through They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full texthôoy pami'áan where your.rope Where is your rope? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpamu'áan uum îikam his.rope 3.SG outdoors His rope is outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'ápsuun uum vúra vâaram pa'áan uum ipshûunkinich the.snake 3.SG Intensive long the.rope 3.SG low The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'ápsuun káru pa'áan xákaan vúra yav the.snake also the.rope both Intensive good The snake is as long as the rope. (The snake and the rope are both good) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkâan uvararîihvutih káan pá'aan there it.is.hanging there the.rope It's hanging on the rope. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás vaa táay tuparíshriihva pá'aan then so much he.twined the.string So he twined a lot of string. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textta'ítam ukífukvaheen pá'aan so he.tied.it.in.a.bundle the.string Then he tied the string in a bundle. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás u'árihroov áan ithá'iithva antunvêech vaa poovúpareesh peeshpuk then then he.went.upriver string one.pack-load a.little.string so which.he.will.string.it.with the.dentalium.shells And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textvíri vaa patóo thvásip tóo thvároov pá'aan so so when.he.had pack.up he.had pack.upriver the.string When he had packed it up, he carried the string upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás uparíshriihva antunvêech then he.twined.them little.string And he twined little strings. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textúma vaa ukúphaanik pámitva ithéeshyav uparíshriihva antunvêech emphatic(?) so he.did.it when.previously all.winter he.twined.them little.string That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás íp táay áan usáanvutihat káruma vaa íp uvúpareeshat pamúspuk then PAST much string he.was.carrying.it in.fact that PAST he.was.going.to.string.his.money.with.it his.money He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás pihnêefich upíip chími aan nuparíshriihvunaa then coyote he.said soon string let's.twine.them Then Coyote said, "Let's twine string!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás pa'aantunvêech kun'ivitshurooti víri vaa u'ífiktih then the.little.strings they.picked.them.off so so he.was.picking.up And when they picked off the little strings, he was picking them up. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás ta'ítam kunkunihúraanaheen pá'aan then so they.shot.it.up the.string And so they shot the string up. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textpihnêefich upíip naa píshiip paniní'aan á' kiikuníhuraa coyote he.said 1sg. first my.string above shoot.it.up Coyote said, "Shoot my string up first!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás pa'avansatinihyâach upíip chími naa paniní'aan kiikuníhuraa then the.little.flat.man he.said soon 1sg. my.string shoot.it.up Then the little flat man said, "Shoot my string up!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás pá'aan ukéen then the.string it.quivered And the string quivered. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás pihnêefich u'aachíchha xás upíip kúnish íp nípaat pamú'aan uum káan úkyiimeesh then coyote he.was.happy then he.said sort.of PAST I.said his.string 3.SG there it.will.go.through.the.air And Coyote was glad, and he said, "I sort of said his string would reach there!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textkári xás kunpiip chimi nuparíshriihvi chimi aan nukyav then then they.said soon let's.twine soon string we.make.it And they said, "Let's twine, let's make string! Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkári xás pihnêefich vúra uum táay tá pamú'aan then then coyote Intensive 3.SG much PERF his.string And Coyote had a lot of string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textpúyava koovúra paxah koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav you.see all the.spiders all their.string they.made.it And all the spiders, all made their string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkári xás pihnêefich mú'aan píshiich kunkuníhuraa then then coyote his.string first they.shot.it.up And they shot Coyote's string up first. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkoovúra paxáh tá kunkuníhuraa pamukún'aan all the.spiders PERF they.shot.it.up their.string All the spiders shot up their string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkári xás xahamíchmiich kári xás u'êethraa pamú'aan then then spider.sp then then he.brought.it.up his.string Then (the spider called) xahamíchmiich brought up his string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás vúra nîinamich pooyrúhahiti pamú'aan then Intensive little that.it.was.coiled his.string And his string was coiled just small. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkári xás upíip pihnêefich yee hûut inísheesh pamí'aan húuk paathmi then then he.said coyote well how you.will.do.with.it your.string to.where throw.it.to And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place! Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás u'êe pá'aan then he.gives the.rope And he gave him the rope. Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full textxás pa'uripih'ípan anxára unhîishrih then the.end.of.the.net a.long.string he.tied.it.to And they tied a long string to the end of the net. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full textpúyava pa'ipanîich pa'áama tu'uumáhaak púyava pa'áan tóo kéen you.see when.at.the.end the.salmon it.arrived.there you.see the.string it.had move When the salmon got to the end, the string quivered. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text