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áas water; juice
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lexicon ID #50 | revised Nov 07 2014
áas • N • water; juice
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áas-ha "to be wet"
aaskípach "wet"
asápsuun "garter snake"
ásar "juicy"
asáxnahich "shallow"
asaxrátthuuf "Halverson Creek"
asáxvaam "a placename upriver from Happy Camp"
asaxvanish'ámvaanich "water ouzel, dipper"
asaxvanishich'ímkaanva "type of sedge"
asaxvárish "moss or algae which grows in the water"
asaxvarish'ímkaanva "a type of sedge"
aseektávaanich "woman's name, Susie Pepper"
asíktaamnam "bucket, originally made of buckskin"
asiktávaan "woman; female"
asiktávaanha "to marry a woman"
asiktávaan_imxaathtíhan "plant sp."
asiktavankêem "woman's name, Mary Ike"
asiktavanpírish "love medicine to get a woman"
askáamha "to be lots of water"
askanyupthúkirar "legendary animal, identified with the African lion by some speakers"
áskeemha "to be rough water"
asóokir "flume"
aspishúnvaan "mountain beaver"
astîimich "a placename"
asxâatak "placename near Orleans"
ás'aavkam "a placename near Katimin"
as'íshahiv "meal, mealtime"
chimchikara'asiktávaan "leafy species of horsetail"
ikxuriká'aas "ink"
ishyúx'aas "Elk Lake, near Medicine Mountain"
kaf'asiktávaan "leaf of káaf 'Indian rhubarb'"
karúk'aasak "placename, "at the rock at Katimin Spring""
sunyithíh'aas "chinquapin-nut water"
tapraráh'aasar "mallard duck"
xúras "acorn water, i.e., acorn soup diluted with water"
apxantinihich'asiktávaan "white woman"
sunyithih'ásar "chinquapin nut mush"
Source: WB 145, p.321
Note: Equiv. to íshaha. Idiom: áas u'íishti 'he's eating a meal', lit. 'he's drinking water'.
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táni'ákih, aas tani'ákih. I'd feed him, I'd give him water. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 008]
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áas "water" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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áas kich "wet" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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