Ararahih'urípih
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astaah duck

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #700 | revised Nov 07 2014

astaah • N • duck

Derivatives (5)
astahtatáktaakar "golden-eye duck"
astah'únuhich "ring-necked duck"
astahvôonanach "coot, "mudhen""
astahvôorar "coot, "mudhen""
yuraskan'ástaah "a kind of duck, the grebe"

Source: WB 165, p.323; JPH ani 06:630

  • púyava káruk kahyúras kun'áraarahiti paastaah. Well, the ducks lived upriver at Klamath Lakes. [Reference: WB T2.1]

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  1. uknîi    púyava    káruk    kahyúras    kun'áraarahiti    paastaah   
    once.upon.a.time    you.see    upriver    Klamath.Lakes    they.were.living    the.ducks   
    Once upon a time... The ducks lived upriver at Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. koovúra    kumáastaa    káru    áxvaay   
    all    kinds.of.ducks    also    crane   
    There were all kinds of ducks and cranes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    púyava    úumpan    mah'íitnihach    tá    kunpávyiihship    kúkuum    paastaah   
    then    then    you.see    they.themselves    early.morning    PERF    they.left.again    again    the.ducks   
    And then they, the ducks, left again in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  4. yánava    astaah   
    visible    duck   
    He saw they were ducks.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text