Ararahih'urípih
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vákay worm, angleworm

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6416 | revised Sep 10 2010

vákay • N • worm, angleworm

Derivatives (4)
ahyupanachvákay "glow-worm"
amvavákay "salmon worm, larval stage of salmon beetle"
avahvákay "type of worm that blows on threads"
itharipvákay "Douglas fir worm"

Source: WB 1518, p.393; Shivshaneen, 1996, (3.5)

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  1. payváhiim    váa    káan    vúra    su'    úkrii    vákay    payváhiim    vakay'ámtaapkunish    yúxnaam    su'    úkrii   
    nowadays    so    there    Intensive    inside    she.lives    worm    nowadays    worm    sand    inside    she.lives   
    Now she lives in there, she's a bug now, a gray bug, lives in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. kachakâach    mu'ápuroon    kumáheesh    hôoyva    ípahak    utákararihva    sú'    vákay    úkrii   
    bluejay    her.devil.machine    you.will.see    somewhere    on.a.tree    it.is.hanging    inside    worm    it.lives   
    You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  3. vákay    kích    kunikrítuv   
    worm    only    they.lay   
    Only worms lay there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text