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uknamxánahich name of a pond just upriver from Camp Creek; Long Lake

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6219 | revised Nov 17 2015

uknamxánahich • N • name of a pond just upriver from Camp Creek; Long Lake

Literally: 'little long pond'

Derivation:  úkraam-xárah-ich
lake-long-DIM

Source: WB 1483.1, p.391

  • xás vaa káan úkraam ukyav, uknamxánahich, pakári uvitîichvutiheesh. Then there she made the lake, "long pond", the place he was going to play canoeing. [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 035]

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  1. púyava    ôok    tá    kunivyíhuk    uknamxánahich   
    you.see    here    PERF    they.came.to    placename   
    So they came here to uknamxánahich.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. kunxus    uknamxánahich    chími    nu'íhukanveesh   
    they.thought    placename    soon    we.will.go.flower-dance   
    They thought, "We'll go flower-dance at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  3. kun'íhukanveesh    uknamxánahich   
    they.were.going.to.flower-dance    placename   
    They were going to flower-dance at 'uknamxanahich.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  4. kári    xás    kunpíip    chími    nupákmuuvanvi    uknamxánahich   
    then    then    they.said    soon    let.us.spend.the.night.away.from.home    placename   
    And they said, "Let's spend the night away from home, at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    yítha    upiip    naa    uknamxánahich    nipikvêeshriheesh   
    then    then    one    he.said    1sg.    placename    I.will.camp   
    Then one said, "I will camp at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. púyava    uknamxánahich    tá    kunpípasma    kári    xás    kunipêer    chími    túraayvi   
    you.see    placename    PERF    they.brought.him.back.to    then    then    they.told.him    soon    look.around!   
    Then they brought him to uknamxánahich, and they told him, "Look around!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. xás    úuth    upiytúykaanva    páyuux    uknamxánahich    mú'uuthkam    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    pakêech    usirishkírahitih   
    then    out.to.water    he.kicked.it.out.into.water    the.dirt    placename    toward.the.water.from.it    so    so    because.of    the.big.one    it.is.a.river.bar   
    And he kicked the dirt out in the river, out from uknamxánahich, that's why there's a big bar (there).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  8. chí    kunívyiihshipreevish    uknamxánahich    káan    chí    kun'íhukvunaavish   
    soon    they.were.going.to.leave    placename    there    soon    they.were.going.to.have.a.flower.dance   
    They were going to leave for 'uknamxánahich, they were going to have a flower dance there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text