Ararahih'urípih
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itkáanva / itkáanvu- to spear fish

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3386 | revised Feb 17 2015

itkáanva / itkáanvu- • V • to spear fish

Literally: 'to look into the river'

Derivation:  it-kaanva  (= it-kar-va)
look-into.water  (= look-into.water-PL.ACT)

Derivatives (2)
itkáanvar "fish-spear"
itkanvara'áhup "spear shaft"

Source: WB 747.1, p.353

  • chavúra imáan máh'iit utkáanvar áxvaay. Finally the next morning Crane went to spear fish. [Reference: KS Crane 008]

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  1. tóo    tkaanvar    pa'ávansa    kookamáh'iit    vúra    tóo    tkaanvar   
    he.has    spear.fish    the.man    every.morning    Intensive    he.has    spear.fish   
    The man went to spear fish, every morning he went to spear fish.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    yiivári    kúuk    u'íipma    kúkuum    upítkaanvar   
    then    then    rather.far    to.there    he.went.away.again    again    he.speared.fish.again   
    Then he went away again, he went to spear fish again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    upiip    tîi    kanítkaanvan   
    then    then    he.said    let...    let.me.go.spear.fish!   
    And he said, "Let me go spear fish!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text