Ararahih'urípih
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voonvánaach shirt

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6619 | revised Nov 19 2015

voonvánaach • N • shirt

Literally: 'little crawling-into'

Derivation:  vôor-vara-ach
creep-in.through-DIM.(verbs)

Derivative (1)
voonvánaachha "to put on a shirt"

Source: WB 1563.5, p.395; JPH ethno ?:280

Note: Because old-fashioned shirts were put on over the head.

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  1. naa    tá    nipásasip    pananivoonvánaach   
    1sg.    PERF    I.put.on.clothes    my.shirt   
    I'm putting on my shirt.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. poorápiit    nikyâavish    káru    vúra    nanivoonvánaach    káru    akvákir    káru    vúra    naniyukúkuh   
    new.pants    I.will.make.it    also    Intensive    my.shirt    also    quiver    also    Intensive    my.shoes   
    I'll make new pants and my shirt and a quiver and my shoes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text