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ahavíshkaanva / ahavishkâanvu- to fish with a type of large dip-net; to hunt or fish (in general)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #188 | revised Oct 31 2014
ahavíshkaanva / ahavishkâanvu- • V • to fish with a type of large dip-net; to hunt or fish (in general)
| Derivation: | ahavish-kaanva | (= ahavish-kar-va) |
| ahavish-into.water | (= ahavish-into.water-PL.ACT) |
Derivative (1)
ahavishkánvaan "hunter; fisherman; "story word" for panther"
Source: WB 37, p.315
- upahavishkâanvaruk xás u'ípak. He comes back to fish, then he returns. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 118]
Sentence examples (3)
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káan ník pa'ávansa u'ákunvuti káru u'ahavishkâavutih.
The man would hunt and fish there.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
kunkôoha pa'ahavíshkaanva.
They stopped hunting.Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text -
kári xás yítha niinamichtâapas xás upiip, "
chími nupahavíshkaanvi páy nanu'ávahkam."
Then the littlest one said, "Let's hunt in the sky!"Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text