Ararahih'urípih
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má'ninay high mountain country

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4211 | revised Jul 22 2014

má'ninay • N • high mountain country

Source: WB 953.20, p.365

  • má'ninay vúra úkrii. He used to live around in the mountains trapping. [Reference: ??]

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  1. xás    pakáan    u'úum    yánava    vúra    áhtaay    má'ninay    úmkuufhinaatih    u'iinvúnaatih   
    then    when.there    he.arrived    visible    Intensive    lots.of.fire    high.mountain.country    there.was.a.lot.of.smoke    there.were.forest.fires   
    And when he got there, he saw lots of fire in the mountains, there was lots of smoke, there were forest fires.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  2. xás    paaxíich    upiip    má'ninay    kun'ákunvunaatih   
    then    the.child    he.said    high.mountain.country    they.are.hunting   
    And the children said, "They're hunting in the mountains."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. xás    paka'má'ninay    pá'aah    koovúra    úmsiipvunaa   
    then    the.upriver.mountains    the.fire    all    it.went.out   
    Then all the fire went out in the upriver mountains.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text