Ararahih'urípih
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-túnviiv children

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lexicon ID #6132 | revised Nov 17 2014

-túnviiv N • children Variant: -túnviivshas.

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Source: WB 1398, p.387

Note: Bound form, used with possessive prefixes, e.g. nanitúnviiv(shas) 'my children'.

  • chúukchuuk itráhyar mutúnviivhanik, koovúra ávansas. Fishhawk had ten children, all were boys. [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 004]
  • chavúra kóo hitíhaan kuméekxaram nanitúnviivshas vaa páy ôok kun'írunaatiheesh. Finally, every evening, my children will pass by here. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 080]


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  1. uknîi    kaan    kun'áraarahiti    itráhyar    mu'túnviiv    avansamúrax   
    once.upon.a.time    there    they.were.living    ten    his.children    nothing.but.men   
    Uknii. They lived there. His ten children were just boys.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. pahûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    vaa    vúra    kóo    itíhan    kuméekxaram    nanitúnviiv    vaa    pay'ôok    kun'írunaatiheesh   
    however    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    Intensive    as.much.as    always    its.night    my.children    so    right.here    they.will.pass   
    As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. hûut    kích    pamitúnviiv   
    how    only    the.your.children   
    How are your children?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
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  4. yánava    apsunxarahtúnviiv   
    visible    long.snake.children   
    He saw it was baby long-snakes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  5. pamutúnviiv    úpeenvunaa    ôok    vúra    kíik'iini   
    her.children    she.told.them    here    Intensive    you.guys.stay!   
    She told her children, "You stay here.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  6. pamutúnviiv    úpeenvunaa    tu'ifuyâachha   
    her.children    she.told.them    it.is.really.true   
    She told her children, "It's really true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  7. pamuhrôoha    káru    pamutúnviiv    patuvuhvúhinaahaak    yaas'arará'uuthkam    kunchivítahitih   
    his.wife    also    her.children    when.there.is.a.deerskin.dance    in.front.of.rich.people    they.are.lined.up   
    (But) his wife and his children, when there is a deerskin dance, are lined up in front of rich people.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  8. xás    táay    pamukuntúnviiv   
    then    much    their.children   
    And they had many children.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  9. kári    xás    ta'ítam    u'ákihvunaaheen    pamutúnviiv   
    then    then    so    she.gave.it.to.them    her.children   
    Then she gave it to her children.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  10. kári    xás    upíip    hári    ti'áhachakunaa    pamitúnviiv   
    then    then    he.said    sometime    you.have.held.out.on.them    your.children   
    Then (his wife) said, "You held out on your children at various times.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  11. kúna    naa    naa    káru    paninitúnviiv    páy nanusúruk    kúuk        nupávyiihma   
    in.addition    1sg.    1sg.    also    my.children    underground    to    PERF    we.go.back.to   
    But I, I and my children, we are going underground.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  12. káru    payítha    uum    áxak    mutúnviiv    avansáxiitichas   
    also    the.one    3.SG    two    her.children    boys   
    And the other had two children, they were little boys.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  13. pufíchtaay    kuniykáratih    itráhyar    mutúnviiv   
    lots.of.deer    they.were.killing.them    ten    his.children   
    His ten sons were killing lots of deer.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  14. xás    uxús    kíri    kinpíychaak    pamutúnviiv   
    then    he.thought    I.wish    they.inflict.them.with.bad.luck    his.children   
    And he wished that his children would have bad luck.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  15. kári    xás    ta'ítam    upakxuuyvávathvunaa    pamutúnviiv   
    then    then    so    he.rubbed.medicine.on.them    his.children   
    Then he rubbed it on his children.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  16. iknûumin veekxaréeyav    itráhyar    mutúnviivhanik    ávansas    káru    yítha    asiktávaan   
    Burrill.Peak.spirit    ten    his.children    men    also    one    woman   
    Burrill Peak Spirit had ten children, (nine) men and one woman.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text