Ararahih'urípih
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pax to catch (as fish)

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lexicon ID #4697 | revised Nov 08 2005

pax V • to catch (as fish)

Source: WB 1099, p.372

  • yákun vaa kári u'ípaakvuti pamutípah, pa'áama tupáxahaak, You see, his brother still comes back, when he catches salmon. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 136]


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  1. xás    kári    áchkuun    upiip    úma    pamímvir    ikriróov    tóo    páx    pa'áama   
    then    then    swamp.robin    he.said    emphatic(?)    your.fishing.platform    fishing.spot.name    PERF    catch.(fish)    the.salmon   
    And Swamp Robin said, "They've caught the salmon at your fishery, Ikrirôov."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text