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áama / amva- (king) salmon, "spring salmon"
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #30 | revised Oct 31 2014
áama / amva- • N • (king) salmon, "spring salmon" Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (ITIS).
Literally: 'what is eaten'
| Derivation: | av-va-a |
| eat-PL.ACT-DEVERB |
Derivatives (13; show derivatives)
Source: WB 86, p.317; JPH mat ?:715, 06:595
Note: Note that final -a can be elided: áam u'ikuváraa (KS). Locative is aamáhak.
- pásay uum vúra aamáhak u'uruhikôoti. The salmon beetle lays its eggs on salmon. [Reference: TK 143.5]
- îifuti ta'ítam kunimnishkírihvaheen pa'áama. So after a while they had broiled the salmon. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 018]
See av 'eat'
Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (64)