Ararahih'urípih
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mitva former; previous

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4255 | revised Nov 14 2014

mitva • PCL • former; previous

Derivation:  mit-va
near.past-INDEF

Source: WB 977.1, p.367

  • pámitva muhrôoha musípnuuk. what used to be his wife's basket [Reference: KS Crane 072]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. pámitva    iheeraha'uhthamhíramhanik   
    when.previously    ancient.tobacco.planting.place   
    former tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  2. úma    vaa    ukúphaanik    pámitva    ithéeshyav    uparíshriihva    antunvêech   
    emphatic(?)    so    he.did.it    when.previously    all.winter    he.twined.them    little.string   
    That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text