Ararahih'urípih
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amkíinva lunch, i.e. food carried on a journey

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lexicon ID #337 | revised Apr 15 2014

amkíinva N • lunch, i.e. food carried on a journey

Derivation amkíinva-a  (= av-kiv-va-va-a)
eat.lunch-DEVERB  (= eat-out.through-PL.ACT-PL.ACT-DEVERB)

Source: WB 201.3, p.325

  • tîi naa káru panani'ámkiinva kan'am. Let me eat my lunch too. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 021]
  • amkíinva kíikyeeheeshap pakupiyâaramahaak. I'll make a lunch for you when you go back. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 087]

See amkíinva1 'eat for lunch'