Ararahih'urípih
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amvaan eater

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #357 | revised Feb 12 2014

amvaan • N • eater

Derivation:  av-va-aan
eat-PL.ACT-Agentive

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 201.5, p.326

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. víri vaa mu'íffuth pirishkyâarim ta 'íp uum máruk, kúkkuum kári vaa kunkúpha'anik peekxaréeyav, atipimámvaan achvúun xákkaan kunváththêen'nik.
    Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. " iim vúra îin punêekyáreeshara?" atipimámvaan achvúun úpeeranik.
    "You are not going to kill me?" said Buzzard to Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  3. xás u'êechip xás ahíramak úyuunkuri pamuxváa, achvúun atipimámvaan muxvâa ukimfíruraanik.
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  4. viri ta xánnahishich koovúra kuníkmuum achvúun, atipimámvaan kunkoohímmach'va.
    Then they all pitched on to Hookbill, they felt sorry for Buzzard.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  5. xás araramvanyupsítanach uxus, " xáyfaat vaa nipiip, " tóo piip, " ípahak kích panimáahti pá'aax."
    and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  6. víri vaa peepíkyaarahaak víri vaa imáheesh ' vaa káan asa'ípan úkrii atipimáamvaan.'
    When you finish, you will see a buzzard sit there on top of a rock.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  7. kári xás kunmah, pa'atipimáamvaan.
    And they saw the buzzard.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  8. vúra vaa kun'áharamuti pa'atipimáamvaan.
    They were following the buzzard that way.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  9. vaa vúra pa'atipimaamvan'îin kinpôonvuuk.
    The buzzard brought them back.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text