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ákunva / ákunvu- to hunt
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #304 | revised Oct 31 2014
ákunva / ákunvu- • V • to hunt
Derivatives (6)
akúnvaan "hunter"
akunváapxaan "man's work cap"
ákunvar "to go hunting"
akunvarasímsiim "hunting knife"
akúnvoo "to hunt sometimes"
eeth'akúnvaan "a man's name"
Source: WB 75, p.317
- kári xás káakum uumkun kun'ákunvuti púufich. And some of them are hunting deer. [Reference: KS 22. Maruk'áraar Gives Man Bread 005]
See kunih- 'to shoot'
Sentence examples (6)
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vaa vúra vaa itíhaan vúra vaa u'ákunvuti káru.
He was always doing that, he was always hunting.Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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xás paaxíich upiip, "
má'ninay kun'ákunvunaatih."
And the children said, "They're hunting in the mountains."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
pa'ávansa atahári vúra u'ákunvutih.
The man was always hunting.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
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 -
papúufich kun'ákunvunaati víriva ánav tá kuníkyam máh'iit.
When they hunted deer, they made medicine in the morning.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text -
papi'êep kunkupa'ákunvutihanik kun'ákeekvutih.
They carried bows when they hunted, long ago.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text