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keemishatunvêech little wild animals
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3798 | revised Mar 16 2015
keemishatunvêech • N • little wild animals Variant: keemishatunvêechas.
Literally: 'little wild-animals'
| Derivation: | kêemish-tunvêech | (= kêemish túnviiv-ach) |
| something.dangerous-small.(pl.) | (= something.dangerous children-DIM) |
- pavúra koovúra kumakeemishatunvêech all kinds of small poisonous animals (e.g. lizards, snakes, bugs, worms) [Reference: JPH ani 06:752]
- kári xás koovúra kumakeemishatunvêechas kunikyaavárihva. Then all the little animals tried in turn. [Reference: WB T45.6]
Sentence examples (3)
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púyava kári xás koovúra kumakeemishatunvêechas tá kunxúrihinaa,
aayâach púfaat papúufich ôok kumeethívthaaneen.
So then all the little wild animals were hungry, it was because there was no deer meat in this world.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás koovúra kumakeemishatunvêechas kunikyâavarihva.
And all the little wild animals tried.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
káru vaa kumá'ii koovúra kumakeemishatunvêechas kun'áayti aah.
And that's why all the little wild animals are afraid of fire.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text