Ararahih'urípih
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ánav medicine

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #379 | revised Nov 07 2014

ánav • N • medicine

Derivatives (12; show derivatives)

Source: WB 95, p.317

Note: Locative is ánaak.

  • xás íshaha tootárivramnih pamu'ásipak pamu'ánaak. Then he pours water into his basket, onto his medicine. [Reference: TK 233.24]
  • ánav pamú'iithka, fâat vúra vaa kumayíkiha patuvúrayvahaak. Its feathers are medicine, whenever any kind of illness is going around. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 149]

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  1. vúra    vaa    mu'ánavhanik    pa'ámtaap   
    Intensive    that    was.his.medicine    the.ashes   
    Now ashes were his medicine.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. káruma    káru    taay    u'ôorahiti    pa'ánav    patá    níkvar    pani'ákihti   
    in.fact    also    much    it.was.costing    the.medicine    that.I.bought    1s(>3)    that.I.was.giving.him   
    And in fact it cost a lot, the medicine that I bought, that I was giving him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  3. púyava    pasárum    ánav    tu'árihish   
    you.see    the.pine-roots    medicine    they.became   
    The pine-roots had become medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  4. 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

  5. koovúra    uyvúrukahiti    papufich'ánav   
    all    it.was.rubbed.with    the.deer.medicine   
    They rubbed deer medicine on everything.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  6. víriva    máh'iit    patá    kuntátapvanva    víri    vaa    ukupítih    pamukunchíshiih    víri    koovúra    pamukunchíshii    ánav    tá    kuniyvúrukva   
    so    morning    when    they.went.trapping    so    so    it.did.it    their.dog    so    all    their.dogs    medicine    PERF    they.rubbed.them.with   
    When they went trapping in the morning, their dogs would do this, they would all be rubbed with medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    víri    pamukunxúskaamhar    víriva    áak    tá    kunsímku    ánam    múuk   
    then    then    so    their.bows    so    in.the.fire    PERF    they.heated.bows    medicine    with.(by.means.of)   
    Then they heated their bows by the fire, with medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text

  8. púyava    patukôohaak    púyava    kári    pa'ánav    îim    tá    kunpiyvêesh   
    you.see    when.he.used    you.see    then    the.medicine    outdoors    PERF    they.poured.out   
    When he was finished, they poured the medicine on the ground, outdoors.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text

  9. káru    hâari    tu'ísh    káakum    pa'ánav   
    also    sometime    he.drank    some    the.medicine   
    And sometimes (the patient) drank some of the medicine.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text

  10. púyava    páy    uum    papirish'ánav    kunkupeekyâahitih   
    you.see    this    3.SG    plant.medicine    how.they.made.it   
    That’s how they made plant medicine.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text

  11. xás    yáas    káru    ánav   
    then    then    also    medicine   
    And then for medicine too.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text