Ararahih'urípih
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amáyav good-tasting

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #332 | revised Oct 01 2014

amáyav • ADJ • good-tasting

Derivation:  amaa-yav  (= av-a yav)
taste good  (= eat-DEVERB good)

Derivatives (3)
kusripish'amáyav "near Camp Creek"
tapas'amáyav "very delicious"
upva'amáyav "a plant, Gairdner's yampah"

Source: WB201.1.2, p.325

Note: Plural amayêepsha.

  • íf páy paxúun amáyav. Say, this is really delicious acorn soup. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 018]

See yav 'good'

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (14)

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  1. amayáa'ishar   
    very.good-tasting   
    It tastes good.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. sára    amáyav   
    bread    good-tasting   
    This bread tastes good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  3. amáyav    pasára   
    good-tasting    the.bread   
    The bread tastes good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  4. pamusára    uum    amáyav   
    his.bread    3.SG    good-tasting   
    His bread tastes good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  5. uum    hûut    amáyav   
    3.SG    how    good-tasting   
    It tasted really good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  6. hãã    vaa    amáyav    patáay    ni'ávat   
    yes    that    good-tasting    the.lots    I.ate   
    Yes, what I ate was good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  7. amayaa'íshara   
    extremely.good-tasting   
    It was very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás    poopakátkat    amayaa'íshara   
    then    when.he.took.a.taste.of.them    extremely.good-tasting   
    And when he tasted them, they were very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. yánava    vúra    táay    páxaath    tóo    mtupíshriihva    xás    vúra    amáyav    kunish   
    visible    Intensive    much    the.grasshoppers    it.had    been.cooked    then    Intensive    good-tasting    sort.of   
    He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. yee    amayaa'íshara   
    well    delicious   
    "My, it's delicious!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  11. xás    kunpiip    yée    naa    íf    páy    paxúun    amáyav   
    then    they.said    well    1sg.    truly    this    the.acorn.soup    good-tasting   
    And they said, "Say, this is really delicious acorn soup!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  12. kuyrakhárinay    xás    amáyav    pápiish   
    in.three.years    then    good-tasting    the.soaked.acorns   
    In three years, then the soaked acorns were good-tasting.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  13. púyava    patu'amayâahaak    xás    kári    tá    kunkôoha   
    you.see    when.it.was.good-tasting    then    then    PERF    they.stopped   
    When (the flour) was good-tasting, then they stopped.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  14. púyava    patu'amayâahaak    xás    kári    tá    kun'av   
    you.see    when.it.tastes.good    then    then    PERF    they.eat   
    And when they became good-tasting, then they ate them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text