Ararahih'urípih
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yána indicates that an action is visible

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7037 | revised Nov 15 2005

yána • PCL • indicates that an action is visible

Derivatives (7)
yakun "you see"
yakúnva "so that"
yánava "visible; indicates that an action is visible, often translatable as 'he saw that', 'voilà', 'behold', 'you see'"
yanavéekva "visible"
yanéekva "visible, audible"
yukun "you see..."
yanavéek "visible "

Source: WB 1657, p.400; cf. 437

  • xás pakunivyíhish, yána káan ishkêesh uvúunti. And when they went down, they saw a river flowing. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 039]
  • kári xás umah, yána ôok páy kun'íhukvunaati. And he saw it, he saw that they were flower-dancing right here. [Reference: WB T5.71]

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  1. kári    xás    umah    yána    ôok    páy    kun'íhukvunaatih   
    then    then    he.saw.it    visible    here    this    they.were.flower-dancing   
    And he saw it, he saw they were flower-dancing right here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    pihnêefich    ikrívraam    umah    yána    u'íikra   
    then    then    coyote    house    he.saw.it    visible    it.stood   
    Then Coyote saw a house, he saw it standing.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  3. víri    pootâatsip    pamutákasar    yá    káruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    úkuuyva   
    so    when.he.tossed.it    his.tossel    visible    upriver    at.end.of.world    it.landed   
    When he tossed his tossel, he saw it landed at the upriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  4. yá    yúruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    kúna    úkuuyva    patákasar   
    visible    downriver    at.end.of.world    in.addition    it.lands    the.tossel   
    He saw the tossel land in turn at the downriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    uthítiv    yóo    chrívchav    pá'aas    pa'úkraam    pakunpáathkuri    pamutípah   
    then    then    he.heard    visibly.it    splash    the.water    in.the.lake    when.they.threw.him.into.the.water    his.brother   
    Then he heard it, he saw the water splash in the lake, when (the giant) threw his brother in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  6. yána    vúra    kêech    tu'uh   
    visible    Intensive    big    it.had.risen   
    He saw that it had risen high.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text