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imyáahti / imyáahtih- to live
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lexicon ID #2615 | revised Nov 17 2014
imyáahti / imyáahtih- • V • to live
| Derivation: | imyah-ti |
| breathe-DUR |
Derivative (1)
imyáahti "life"
Source: WB 618.3, p 346
- matêe ík xára nímyaahtiheesh. I must live long! (said for good luck) [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon, fn. 73]
- yakún yaas'ára xára umyáahtiheesh, pá'as káan uthaantákahaak. You see, human will live long if he lays rocks on there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 273]
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koovúra mímyaahti vaa ikupítiheesh,
fátaak á' ikûuntakoovish.
All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
hûutva kóo mímyaahti pati'ívahaak púra fâat vúra îin aamtíheeshara.
All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you).Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
kári xás kunipêer, " mímyaahti, hûutva kóo mímyaahti vúra iim fátaak asasúruk vaa káan i'ifchíkinkutiheesh.
And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text