Ararahih'urípih
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pámvaar / pámvara- to finish eating

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4523 | revised Oct 31 2014

pámvaar / pámvara- • V • to finish eating

Source: WB 201.9, p.326

  • xás poopámvaar xás îim upikrîish. And when he finished eating, then he sat down outside. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 026]

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  1. xas pakunpámvaar kun'ivyíihrupuk.
    And when they got through eating they went out.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xas pakunpámvaar kun'ákunvanva.
    And when they got through eating they went out to hunt.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. kunpámvaar, kun'ivyíihrupuk, ikmaháchraam tá kun'ásivanva.
    When they got through eating, they went outdoors, they went to their sweathouse to sleep.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  4. kúkuum mah'íitnihach tá kun'ákunvanva patá kunpámvaar.
    And again in the early morning they went forth to hunt when they got through eating.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  5. púyava tá kunpámvaar, xás tá kunpíshmaar, káru ikmaháchraam kúuk tá kunpávyiihma.
    So they finished eating, they finished their meal, and they went to the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  6. yáas kunpamváratih.
    They had just finished eating.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text