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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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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