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yuuxmachmahánach a type of very small lizard

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lexicon ID #7255 | revised Jul 22 2014

yuuxmachmahánach • N • a type of very small lizard

Source: WB 1704, p.403

  • yícheech tóosaam, paniinamichtâapas, yuuxmachmahánach. Just one remained, the smallest one, (the lizard called) yuxmachmahánach. [Reference: WB T33.17]

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  1. yícheech    tóo    saam    paniinamichtâapas    yuuxmachmahánach   
    alone    PERF    remain    the.smallest    lizard.sp.   
    Just one was left, the littlest one, (the type of lizard called) yuuxmachmahánach.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  2. yuuxmachmahánach    vúra    vaa    u'íihtih   
    lizard.sp.    Intensive    so    he.was.dancing   
    Lizard was dancing like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  3. xás    yuuxmachmahánach    upiip    hãã   
    then    lizard.sp.    he.said    yes   
    And Lizard said, "Yes!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    yuuxmachmahánach    upiip    man    vúra    naa    ninímya    pani'iikívtih   
    then    then    lizard.sp.    he.said    why...    Intensive    1sg.    my.heart    that.I.wear.as.a.necklace   
    And Lizard said, "Why, I wear my heart as a necklace."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    upíip    yuuxmachmahánach    naa    pay'ôok    sinkanánaamich    tá    ni'aakúrih   
    then    then    he.said    lizard.sp.    1sg.    right.here    base.of.throat    PERF    I.reach.into.it   
    And Lizard said, "I reach in here at the base of my throat.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  6. yuuxmachmahánach    úkfuukiraa    papirishkâarim    upsáravrik    patóo    skúruhruprav   
    lizard.sp.    he.grabbed.her    the.grizzly.bear    he.helped.her    that.she.did    pull.up.out   
    Lizard grabbed Grizzly, he helped her pull it out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  7. xás    kári    yuuxmachmahánach    upiip    yôotva    ninívaasan    tá    níykar   
    then    then    lizard.sp.    he.said    hurray!    my.enemy    PERF    I.killed.her   
    And Lizard said, "Hurray! I've killed my enemy!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  8. papirishkâarim    tá    kuníkfuukiraa    yuuxmachmahánach    uxus    kíri    ni'ax   
    the.grizzly.bear    PERF    they.grabbed.at.him    lizard.sp.    she.thought    I.wish    I.kill.him   
    Grizzly (in her death throes) grabbed at Lizard, she thought, "Let me kill him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  9. hûut    chími    unísheesh    pa'as    sú'    úkrii    payuuxmachmahánach   
    how    soon    she.will.do.with.it    the.rock    inside    he.was    the.lizard   
    What was she to do with the rock? Lizard was inside.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  10. poopárihrishuk    víri    vaa    yuuxmachmahánach    iv'ávahkam    poo'íihtih    uthívtaaptih   
    when.he.jumped.back.out    so    so    lizard.sp.    roof    he.was.dancing    he.was.doing.a.war.dance   
    When (Lizard) came out, Lizard danced on the roof, he did a war dance.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  11. púyava    yuuxmachmahánach    ukúphaanik    kupánakanakana   
    you.see    lizard.sp.    he.did.it.once    the.end   
    So Lizard did it. kupánakanakana.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  12. papirishkâarim    múmya    tóo    thyúruripaa    tufúhish    payuuxmachmahánnach    upíkshaayvutih    uum    áhup    u'iikívtih    yiipahvuf'ímyah   
    the.grizzly.bear    her.heart    he.had    pull.out    she.had.believed.him    when.the.lizard    he.was.lying    3.SG    wood    he.was.wearing.as.a.necklace    rotten.fir.root.heart   
    He pulled out Grizzly's heart, (Grizzly) believed it when Lizard lied, (Lizard) was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text