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-kaam big, large
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lexicon ID #3668 | revised Nov 17 2014
-kaam • ADJ • big, large
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Source: WB 846, p.359
Note: Plural -kaamsa. Bound stem; occurs only in combinations, such as asákaam 'big rock'. The corresponding independent form is kêech, plural kêechas.
- xavish'úhraam uum vúra puvaaramákaamhara. An arrowwood pipe is not very long. [Reference: TK 158.34]
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xas áhkaam kun'íkyav then big.fire they.made.it And they built a big fire. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textitha'ithvákaam u'árihish one.large.load it.becomes It made a big load. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textxás uxuti kunish yíim nîinamich papúufich xás póo'uum xás vúra uum pufíchkaam then he.thought sort.of far little the.deer then when.he.got.there then Intensive 3.SG big.deer And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer. Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playasákaamsa kaan xás vaa á' tá nukfukúraa big.rocks there then that above PERF we.climbed.up We used to climb those big rocks out there. Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playhôoy uum patasákaam where 3.SG the.fence Where is the big fence? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkêech saamvaróokaam big big.creek It was big, a big creek. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full texttu'invákaamha there.had.been.a.big.forest.fire There was a big forest fire. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textvúra tu'invákaamha Intensive there.had.been.a.big.forest.fire There was a big forest fire. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textvúra tu'invákaamha Intensive there.had.been.a.big.forest.fire There was a big forest fire. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkári xás vaa káan tuyshipréekaam úkrii then then so there big.mountain it.sat And a big mountain sat there. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textxás yánava tuthivtaparákaamha then visible there.had.been.a.big.war.dance And he saw there was a big war dance. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textxás pihnêefich upíip thúfkaam vúra vúrunihi nani'ífuth then coyote he.said big.creek Intensive flow.downhill! behind.me So Coyote said, "Let a big creek flow down behind me!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textxás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish then Bluff.Creek when.he.ran.to.there then behind.me big.creek let.it.become.it! And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textxás pa'îin kun'áharamuti xára xás kunithyárukha ayu'âach ishahákaam then the.ones.that they.were.following.him long.time then they.went.across-river it.was.because lots.of.water And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textxás pihnêefich vúra uum sípnukaam tóo thárish pakáan umáhyaaneesh then coyote Intensive 3.SG big.storage.basket it.is put.down there they.will.put.it.in And Coyote put a big storage basket down where they were to put it in. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás vúra patu'iinkáyaachha xás tée imnakákaam then Intensive when.it.had.burned.well then PERF big.coal And when (the bark) had burned well, then there was a big coal. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textvíri kún amvákaam so meaning.unknown big.salmon There was a big salmon (in the net). Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkúkuum vúra amvákaam úykar again Intensive big.salmon he.caught.it Again he caught a big salmon. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textxás póo'uum víri kún amvákaam tóo thyúruripaa then when.she.arrived so meaning.unknown big.salmon he.had pull.out And when she arrived, there he had pulled out a big salmon. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textxás pa'avansaxichákaam utníshuk vasasúruk then the.big.boy he.peeked.out under.the.blanket And the big boy was peeking out from under the blanket. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás kaanvári kunihmárava yánava ukrámkaam u'íithra then in.that.direction they.ran.there visible big.lake it.lay Then they ran there, they saw a big lake lying. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás ikxuraráhaan poopkêevish páy nanu'ávahkam atayrámkaam then evening.star he.was.transformed sky a.big.star Then Evening Star was transformed into a big star in the sky. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xás asiktâan kinipéer chími shipnúkaam kiikvîiki then then woman they.were.told soon big.storage.basket you.weave And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textxás áhkaam tóo kyav then a.big.fire he.had make And they made a big fire. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full textxás asípkaam tumáhyaan pa'éekoons then a.big.soup-basket he.had.put.it.in the.acorns And they put the acorns in a big soup-basket. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full textpúyava îikam áhkaam tá kuníkyav you.see outdoors big.fire PERF they.make.it So they made a big fire outdoors. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full textxás asákaamsa mûuk tá kuniyáakoo then big.rocks with.(by.means.of) PERF they.put.on And they put them on with big rocks. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full textpíshiip tá kuniptáthrip imvarámkaam first PERF they.strain.out big.plate.baket First they strained them with a big tray-basket. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full textxás vaa yíiv yúruk xumvaroomáruk áhkaam tóo kyav then so far downriver uphill.from.xumvároov big.fire he.had make And he made a big fire far downriver, uphill from xumvároov. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textkuyûum amkúfkaam just.downriver big.smoke There's a big (lot of) smoke just downriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full textkáan tishrámkaam xás úhthaamhitih káru ipahá'anamahach káan u'íihya there a.big.field then he.is.planting also a.little.tree there it.is.standing A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpáy uum tishrámkaam xás utuyshíiprinahiti yiiv this 3.SG a.big.valley then it.is.a.mountain.rising far This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text