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pimnáanih / pimnaniha- summer
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4915 | revised Oct 31 2014
pimnáanih / pimnaniha- • N • summer
Source: WB 1138, p.374
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pananí'ákah vúrava pimnáanih the.my.father just summer My father (gathered wood) in the summer. xás vúra tuváxrah papimnáanih then Intensive it.was.dry the.summer It was dry, in the summer. púyava pimnaanihîish áchkuun tóo pvâaram you.see it.became.spring swamp.robin PERF go.back Then in the spring, Swamp Robin went back home. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full textpúyava uum túus payêem vúra u'ípakvutih tupímnaaniharuk you.see 3.SG mockingbird now Intensive he.returns he.comes.here.to.spend.the.summer So now Mockingbird always returns, he comes to spend the summer. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text