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yáthah sharp
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7044 | revised Feb 11 2016
yáthah • ADJ • sharp
Derivatives (6)
sunyíthih "chinquapin nut"
sunyithíh'aas "chinquapin-nut water"
vishvanyáchahanach "a girls's name"
vishvanyáthahar "a woman's name"
yatháhyav "knife"
sunyithih'ásar "chinquapin nut mush"
Source: WB 1664, p.400
- vaa kumá'ii peeshvírikan yátha, pávaa uhrôonik pamushvírik. That is why the elbow of a woman is sharp, this way she used her elbow long ago. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 078b]
Sentence examples (7)
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sunyíthih kun'íshavsiprimtih.
They always paid him with chestnuts.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
sunyíthih kun'íshavsiprimti sunyithih'ásar.
They paid him with chestnuts, a panful of chestnuts.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
kári xás hinupáy uvíshtaanti sunyithih'ásar.
Because he liked chestnut mush.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
uum táay musunyithih'ásar ushavsiprinahi.
He was paid much chestnut mush for treating him.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
sunyíthi tá kun'íshavsip kachakâach.
They paid Blue Jay her fee with chinquapin nuts.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text -
xás asayátha mûuk pakunikxúriktih.
And they made the design with a sharp stone.Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text