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-'anamahach little, small
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lexicon ID #375 | revised Apr 23 2024
-'anamahach • ADJ • little, small Variant: -'anamahich.
Derivatives (28; show derivatives)
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ahúp'anamahach "twig"
akooná'anamahach "hatchet"
akviinakichkanvá'anamahach "a kind of dentalium money"
akvinakichkanvá'anamahach "a size of dentalium, smaller than akviinakichkaru"
amtapanás'anamahach "a type of lupine, the Miniature Lupine"
apmananá'anamahach "small buckskin headband decorated with woodpecker scalps"
asíp'anamahach "girl's soup basket (O'Neale, plate 5a)"
asipxanáh'anamahach "boy's soup basket (O'Neale, plate 5b)"
axakiichkanvá'anamahach "size of dentalium shell, smaller than axákiichkaru"
axcháy'anamahach "young ground-squirrel"
chantiníh'anamahach "deer tick"
chiním'anamahach "civet cat"
fichihán'anamahach "little toe"
iknihaná'anamahach "a type of small fishnet"
imnishnám'anamahach "stone for cooking (?)"
imvaná'anamahach "small plate basket used to take hot rocks out of soup"
kusnáh'anamahach "clock, watch"
kustunív'anamahach "a type of sedge"
kutnahaná'anamahach "jacket"
pichkanú'anamahach "a small denomination of dentalium, smaller than piitháru"
pithkarú'anamahach "a small denomination of dentalium, smaller than piithkáru "
sipnúk'anamahach "trinket basket"
tikán'anamahach "little finger"
uknám'anamahach "small lake; pond"
vinusuná'anamahach "bear cub"
xuskamhaná'anamahach "pistol"
yuhsahním'anamahach "placename, near Clear Creek"
yusahním'anamahach "placename, near Clear Creek"
Source: WB 129.1, p.320
Note: Occurs in combination after a noun. The sequence -ana- behaves morphophonemically like a long vowel (G383). The suppletive plural is -tunvêech(as), 1398.1. The corresponding free forms are singular nîinamich, plural tûupichas.
See -'áramah2 'child' See -ach1 'diminutive (nouns)'
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apuruváan'anamahach "little devil" (spoken by )
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chishíh'anach "little dog" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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tik'ánamahach "little finger" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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