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áan string, twine, thread, rope
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #33 | revised Nov 07 2014
áan • N • string, twine, thread, rope
Derivatives (4)
achkún'aan "snare to catch thrushes"
arará'aan "Indian string"
simsím'aan "cable"
xahá'aan "spider thread, spider silk"
Source: WB 93, p.317; JPH mat 07:395R
Note: Iris string 3/32 inch in diameter; thinner than thamvâan.
- xás uparíshriihva antunvêech. And he twined little strings. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 005]
- púyava koovura paxah, koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav. And all the spiders, they all made their string. [Reference: WB T33.53]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (34)
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áankunish sú' usasípiithva,
áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti,
koovúra vookupíti pamupírish,
áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih.
They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
hôoy pami'áan?
Where is your rope?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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pamu'áan uum îikam.
His rope is outside.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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pa'ápsuun uum vúra vâaram,
pa'áan uum ipshûunkinich.
The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short)Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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pa'ápsuun káru pa'áan xákaan vúra yav.
The snake is as long as the rope. (The snake and the rope are both good)Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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kâan uvararîihvutih káan pá'aan
It's hanging on the rope.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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xás vaa táay tuparíshriihva pá'aan.
So he twined a lot of string.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
ta'ítam ukífukvaheen pá'aan.
Then he tied the string in a bundle.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás u'árihroov,
áan ithá'iithva,
antunvêech,
vaa poovúpareesh peeshpuk.
And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
víri vaa patóo thvásip tóo thvároov pá'aan.
When he had packed it up, he carried the string upriver.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
xás uparíshriihva antunvêech.
And he twined little strings.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
úma vaa ukúphaanik,
pámitva ithéeshyav uparíshriihva antunvêech.
That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás íp táay áan usáanvutihat,
káruma vaa íp uvúpareeshat pamúspuk.
He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás pihnêefich upíip
" chími aan nuparíshriihvunaa."
Then Coyote said, "Let's twine string!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás pa'aantunvêech kun'ivitshurooti víri vaa u'ífiktih.
And when they picked off the little strings, he was picking them up.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás ta'ítam kunkunihúraanaheen pá'aan.
And so they shot the string up.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
pihnêefich upíip
" naa píshiip paniní'aan á' kiikuníhuraa."
Coyote said, "Shoot my string up first!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás pa'avansatinihyâach upíip
" chími naa paniní'aan kiikuníhuraa."
Then the little flat man said, "Shoot my string up!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás pá'aan ukéen.
And the string quivered.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás pihnêefich u'aachíchha,
xás upíip
" kúnish íp nípaat pamú'aan uum káan úkyiimeesh."
And Coyote was glad, and he said, "I sort of said his string would reach there!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
kári xás kunpiip,
chimi nuparíshriihvi,
chimi aan nukyav.
And they said, "Let's twine, let's make string!Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás pihnêefich vúra uum táay tá pamú'aan.
And Coyote had a lot of string.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
púyava koovúra paxah,
koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav.
And all the spiders, all made their string.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás pihnêefich mú'aan píshiich kunkuníhuraa.
And they shot Coyote's string up first.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
koovúra paxáh tá kunkuníhuraa pamukún'aan.
All the spiders shot up their string.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás xahamíchmiich kári xás u'êethraa pamú'aan.
Then (the spider called) xahamíchmiich brought up his string.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
xás vúra nîinamich pooyrúhahiti pamú'aan.
And his string was coiled just small.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás upíip pihnêefich,
" yee!
hûut inísheesh pamí'aan,
húuk paathmi.
And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place!Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
xás u'êe pá'aan.
And he gave him the rope.Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text -
xás pa'uripih'ípan anxára unhîishrih.
And they tied a long string to the end of the net.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text -
púyava pa'ipanîich pa'áama tu'uumáhaak púyava pa'áan tóo kéen.
When the salmon got to the end, the string quivered.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text