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óonva / óonvu- to take (two or more people)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4392 | revised Jun 30 2015
óonva / óonvu- • V • to take (two or more people)
Derivatives (6)
oonvárak "(mass) to float downriver"
oonváramnih "bring (pl.) into"
oonvásip "to take (people)"
oonváthun "to take (pl.) around"
óonvava "to take (people) to"
óonvuuk "to bring (two or more people)"
Source: WB 1026, p.369
- húukava kúuk ni'óonveesh. I don't know where to take them. [Reference: KV]
Sentence examples (5)
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poo'oonváthunati pamusavásiivsha.
Coyote took his nephews through mourning around all the time.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
xás páy nanu'ávahkam kúuk kinpôonva.
And they were taken to the sky.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
ta'ítam iinâak u'oonváfuruk.
So he took them inside the living house.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
ta'ítam iinâak upoonváfuruk pamuhrôohas ikmahachram'íshiip.
So he took his wives back into the sacred sweathouse.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
koovúra tá kun'oonvíshrihanik.
They got them all there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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