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sayríihva to be lonesome, homesick
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lexicon ID #5355 | revised Dec 03 2015
sayríihva • V • to be lonesome, homesick
Derivative (1)
sayníihvach "name of a woman from Amekyaram, living at Orleans"
Source: WB 1222, p.377
- iiii ayukîi nanikrívraam, tanasáyriihva. Oh, hello (I'd like to see you), my home, I'm homesick. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 359]
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xás vúra tusáyriihva xás uváxiprishuk xás âapun ukrivrúhuthun then Intensive he.was.homesick then he.flopped.out then on.the.ground he.rolled.around Then (Coyote) was homesick, and he flopped out, and he rolled around on the ground. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textii vúra tusáyriihva oh! Intensive she.was.lonesome Oh, she was lonesome. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textii tá nasáyriihva tóo xus oh! PERF I.am.lonesome she.had think "Oh, I'm lonesome!" she thought. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textii ninikeechíkyav tá nasáyriihva oh! my.sweetheart PERF I.am.lonesome Oh, my sweetheart, I am lonesome! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textpatupíkyaar poochiihvîichvuti kári xás peekxuraráhaan uxús ii tá nasáyriihva when.she.finished when.she.was.singing.a.love.song then then Evening.Star he.thought oh! PERF I.am.lonesome When she finished singing her love song, then Evening Star thought, "Oh, I'm lonesome! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text