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imvir / imvira- fishery, fishing platform, or any place to fish
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2593 | revised Oct 31 2014
imvir / imvira- • N • fishery, fishing platform, or any place to fish
Literally: 'fishing place'
Derivative (1)
kasahéemvirak "placename above Clear Creek"
Source: WB 613, p.346; JPH mat 07:358
- tuvarihithunhákaamha mímvir, pathakhíram. They are catching lots of salmon at your fishery, at kneeling-place. [Reference: KS39. Mockingbird and Swamp-Robin 016]
Sentence examples (7)
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imvirámaam uthárishrih.
He put it down in back of the fishery.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
xás kári áchkuun upiip, " úma pamímvir, ikriróov, tóo páx pa'áama."
And Swamp Robin said, "They've caught the salmon at your fishery, Ikrirôov."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text -
ikrirôov múmvir.
Ikrirôov is his fishery.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text -
xás ishkêeshak imvír kuníkyav.
And they made fisheries in the river.Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text -
píshiip imvír tá kuníkyav.
First they made a fishing platform.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text -
púyava pakuníkriihvuti vaa káan kunkûuntako peemvirak'ípan.
So when they fished, they sat there on top of the fishing platform.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text -
asiktávaan uum pukáan vúrayvutihara peemvírak.
A woman didn't go around the fishing platform there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text