Ararahih'urípih
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amáyav good-tasting

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #332 | revised Oct 01 2014

amáyav • ADJ • good-tasting

Derivation:  amaa-yav  (= av-a yav)
taste good  (= eat-DEVERB good)

Derivatives (3)
kusripish'amáyav "near Camp Creek"
tapas'amáyav "very delicious"
upva'amáyav "a plant, Gairdner's yampah"

Source: WB201.1.2, p.325

Note: Plural amayêepsha.

  • íf páy paxúun amáyav. Say, this is really delicious acorn soup. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 018]

See yav 'good'

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (14)

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  1. amayáa'ishar.
    It tastes good.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. sára amáyav.
    This bread tastes good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  3. amáyav pasára.
    The bread tastes good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  4. pamusára uum amáyav.
    His bread tastes good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  5. uum hûut amáyav.
    It tasted really good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  6. hãã, vaa amáyav patáay ni'ávat.
    Yes, what I ate was good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  7. amayaa'íshara.
    It was very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás poopakátkat amayaa'íshara.
    And when he tasted them, they were very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. yánava vúra táay páxaath tóo mtupíshriihva, xás vúra amáyav kunish.
    He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. " yee! amayaa'íshara.
    "My, it's delicious!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  11. xás kunpiip, " yée naa, íf páy paxúun amáyav."
    And they said, "Say, this is really delicious acorn soup!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  12. kuyrakhárinay xás amáyav pápiish.
    In three years, then the soaked acorns were good-tasting.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  13. púyava patu'amayâahaak xás kári tá kunkôoha.
    When (the flour) was good-tasting, then they stopped.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  14. púyava patu'amayâahaak xás kári tá kun'av.
    And when they became good-tasting, then they ate them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text