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sôomva / sôomvu- (woman) to offer herself in marriage
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5450 | revised Jun 30 2015
sôomva / sôomvu- • V • (woman) to offer herself in marriage
| Derivation: | sôom-va |
| sôom-PL.ACT |
Derivatives (2)
sôomva "marriage-load (carried by a woman who offers herself in marriage)"
sôomvaan "woman who offers herself in marriage"
Source: WB 1246, p.380
Sentence examples (4)
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yakún sôomvaan chími u'ípasukeesh."
He's going to bring home a new wife."Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text -
kári xás siit upiip, " aaníhich chími u'ípakeesh, sôomvaan u'ípasukeesh."
Then Mouse said, "Big brother is going to come back, he's going to bring home a new wife."Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text -
kári xás siit upiip, " naa íp nipasúpiichvat pasôomvaan ti'ípasuk.
Then Mouse said, "I revealed that you were bringing home a new wife.Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text -
xás kári pa'asiktávaan kunxus,
" tîi vaa káan nusôomvan."
And the women thought, "Let's go offer ourselves in marriage there!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text