Ararahih'urípih
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pakátkat to take a taste of (something)

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lexicon ID #4496 | revised Nov 08 2005

pakátkat V • to take a taste of (something)

Source: WB 53.1, p.316

  • xás uxúti tîi kanpakatkâati. And he thought, "Let me have a taste!" [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 016]


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  1. " ée, aaf kuna upákat."
    "Oh, it tastes like manure."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  2. hâari tá kunpakátkat payaaf, pakári kuntákkiritihat, kári xás tá kunpiip: " ihêeraha vúra kári kyóo úux payaaf."
    Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  3. xás uxúti " tîi kanpakatkâatih."
    And he thought, "Let me taste it!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  4. kári xás upakatkátaheen.
    So he tasted it.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  5. uxúti " tîi kanpakatkâati papatúmkir."
    And he thought, "Let me taste the pillows!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  6. 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
  7. chími chîimich vúra kanpakatkâatih."
    Let me just taste a little."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  8. kári xás uxus, " tîi kanpakatkâati."
    Then he thought, "Let me taste them."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text