Ararahih'urípih
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keemishatunvêech little wild animals

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3798 | revised Mar 16 2015

keemishatunvêech • N • little wild animals Variant: keemishatunvêechas.

Literally: 'little wild-animals'

Derivation:  kêemish-tunvêech  (= kêemish túnviiv-ach)
something.dangerous-small.(pl.)  (= something.dangerous children-DIM)

  • pavúra koovúra kumakeemishatunvêech all kinds of small poisonous animals (e.g. lizards, snakes, bugs, worms) [Reference: JPH ani 06:752]
  • kári xás koovúra kumakeemishatunvêechas kunikyaavárihva. Then all the little animals tried in turn. [Reference: WB T45.6]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. púyava    kári    xás    koovúra    kumakeemishatunvêechas    tá    kunxúrihinaa    aayâach    púfaat    papúufich    ôok    kumeethívthaaneen   
    you.see    then    then    all    kinds.of.little.wild.animals    PERF    they.were.hungry    it.was.because    nothing    the.deer.meat    here    its.world   
    So then all the little wild animals were hungry, it was because there was no deer meat in this world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    koovúra    kumakeemishatunvêechas    kunikyâavarihva   
    then    then    all    kinds.of.little.wild.animals    they.try   
    And all the little wild animals tried.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

  3. káru    vaa    kumá'ii    koovúra    kumakeemishatunvêechas    kun'áayti    aah   
    also    that    because.of    all    kinds.of.little.wild.animals    they.are.afraid    fire   
    And that's why all the little wild animals are afraid of fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text