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yakun you see
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lexicon ID #7035 | revised Nov 14 2014
yakun • PCL • you see Variant: yukun.
Derivation: | yána kun |
visible meaning.unknown |
Derivative (1)
yakúnva "so that"
Source: WB 1657.1, p.400; JPH ethno :240
- víri vaa kuthítiimtiheesh, ... yakún naa vaa peeshvírip. You will hear it, ... because I am Pine, you see. [Reference: WB T24.45]
- yakún vaa túuyship upákihtiheesh pamuhêeraha. You see, he will be feeding tobacco to the mountains. [Reference: TK 75.29]
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ishyâat úpaanik yaas'ára vúra u'aapúnmutiheesh yakun pa'îin yíth ukupeexákahitiheesh patá nipikrêehaak nani'îin king.salmon long.ago.he.said rich.person Intensive he.will.know you.see the.falls other it.will.make.noise.that.way that.has when.I.reside.again my.falls Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls. Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full textyakún uumkun yúruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih káru káruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih you.see they downriver end.of.the.world they.dance.to also upriver end.of.the.world they.dance.to They dance to the downriver end of the world, and they dance to the upriver end of the world." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textyakún nuu tá nu'ífikar xuntápan you.see we PERF we.go.gather acorn We're going to pick acorns." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textyakún yíth áraar u'iiníshriheesh you.see other human it.will.come.into.existence A different people is going to come into existence." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textyakún yíth ára tu'íinish you.see other person it.was.coming.into.existence A different people was coming into existence. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textyakún tá níxraam pananí'aramah you.see PERF I.bet my.child I'll bet my child. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full textvíri vaa kuthítiimtiheesh pánaa kâarim tá nixus peeshviripshúruk poofyúkutihat yakún na vaa peeshvírip so so you.will.be.hearing.it when.I bad PERF I.feel under.the.pine.trees when.he.was.going.around you.see 1sg. so the.Jeffrey.pine You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textyakún sôomvaan chími u'ípasukeesh you.see woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage soon he.will.bring.back He's going to bring home a new wife." Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full textxás mahnûuvanach upiip akáray yakún muvéeniichva then chipmunk she.says who you.see her.mischief Then Chipmunk said, "You see, it's someone's mischief. Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full textyakún táay vúra íp úmkaanvat you.see much Intensive PAST she.gathered You see, she gathered a lot. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textyakún tá ni'aapúnma you.see PERF I.found.out You see, I found out. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textyakún tá kun'ay fâat kóok you.see PERF they.are.afraid what kind You see, they were afraid, (they wondered), "What is it?" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textxás kári yítha upiip yakún húm vaa áraar uum vaa vírusur then then one she.said you.see or that human 3.SG that bear Then one said, "You see, that's no person, that's a bear!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full textyakún puxáy vúra mít ishkáxishrihmathat you.see not.yet Intensive near.past he.stopped.it You see, they couldn't stop it. Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full textyakún vaa yumaaráachviiv you.see that dead.person.bird You see, that is the bird of the dead." Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textyakún upimtáveesh you.see he.will.come.back.to.life You see, he will come back to life." Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textpa'arareekrívraam uum pu'á'hinvahara yakún pa'íivhar ipshûunkinichas the.Indian.house 3.SG not.high you.see the.boards short.ones The Indian house was not high; you see, the boards were short. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text