Ararahih'urípih
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ákunvar / ákunvan- to go hunting

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #307 | revised Oct 31 2014

ákunvar / ákunvan- V • to go hunting

Derivation ákunva-ar
hunt-go.to

Derivative (1)
akunvarasímsiim "hunting knife"

Source: WB verbs

  • xás upiip, uumkun téep kun'ákunvarat. And he said, "They've gone hunting." [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 010]
  • chími nu'ákunvanveesh. We're going hunting. [Reference: KT 122b.4]

See -ar 'go to'


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  1. kúkuum imáan tu'ákunvar.
    Again in the morning [the next day] he went hunting.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. kúkuum imáan tupákunvar.
    The next day, he went hunting again. [The same episode is repeated several times.]
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  3. kári xás " chími i'ákunvar."
    Then (Coyote said), "Go hunting!"
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  4. mah'íitnihach tá kun'ivyíihrupuk, tá kun'ákunvanva.
    Early in the morning they go out hunting.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  5. xas pakunpámvaar kun'ákunvanva.
    And when they got through eating they went out to hunt.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  6. kúkuum mah'íitnihach tá kun'ákunvanva patá kunpámvaar.
    And again in the early morning they went forth to hunt when they got through eating.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  7. yée ôok pámit ni'ákunvarat.
    Not long ago I was out hunting.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  8. papishyavpîish mit ni'ákunvarat.
    Last fall I went on a hunting trip.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  9. imáankam xás mah'íitnihach xás ni'ákunvarat.
    Next morning early I went hunting.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  10. xás kunipêer: " nuu chími nuvyîihshipreevish, chími nu'ákunvanveesh."
    Then they told him: "We are going out, we are going hunting."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  11. xás vaa tá nu'ákunvar.
    And we would go hunting.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  12. xás vaa tá nu'ákunvar papúufich, ímpaah.
    And we were hunting the deer [from the] road.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  13. xás upiip, " uumkun tée p kun'ákunvarat."
    And he said, "They've gone hunting."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  14. púufich u'ákunvareesh.
    They were going deer-hunting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  15. xás púyava kunpákunvanva, kúkuum.
    Then they went hunting again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  16. kúkuum vúra imáan kunpákunvanva.
    The next day they went hunting again (but were still unsuccessful).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  17. yáas tá kunpákunvanva.
    Then they went hunting again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  18. púyava kúkuum vúra imáan tu'ákunvar.
    He would go hunting again the next day.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  19. pakári athkuritárahiv tá kun'ákunvanva.
    When it was hunting season, they went hunting.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text
  20. kári xás tá kunívyiihship, tá kun'ákunvanva.
    Then they went off, they went hunting.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text