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-'aramah / -'aramaha child (in the sense of 'offspring')
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #511 | revised Nov 07 2014
-'aramah / -'aramaha • N • child (in the sense of 'offspring')
Derivatives (33; show derivatives)
Derivatives (33; hide derivatives)
ahúp'anamahach "twig"
akooná'anamahach "hatchet"
akviinakichkanvá'anamahach "a kind of dentalium money"
akvinakichkanvá'anamahach "a size of dentalium, smaller than akviinakichkaru"
amtapanás'anamahach "a type of lupine, the Miniature Lupine"
-'anamahach "little, small"
-'anamahach "little child"
anamahápiitich "newborn baby"
anamáhiich "doll"
apmananá'anamahach "small buckskin headband decorated with woodpecker scalps"
asíp'anamahach "girl's soup basket (O'Neale, plate 5a)"
asipxanáh'anamahach "boy's soup basket (O'Neale, plate 5b)"
axakiichkanvá'anamahach "size of dentalium shell, smaller than axákiichkaru"
axcháy'anamahach "young ground-squirrel"
chantiníh'anamahach "deer tick"
chiním'anamahach "civet cat"
fichihán'anamahach "little toe"
iknihaná'anamahach "a type of small fishnet"
imnishnám'anamahach "stone for cooking (?)"
imvaná'anamahach "small plate basket used to take hot rocks out of soup"
kusnáh'anamahach "clock, watch"
kustunív'anamahach "a type of sedge"
kutnahaná'anamahach "jacket"
pichkanú'anamahach "a small denomination of dentalium, smaller than piitháru"
pithkarú'anamahach "a small denomination of dentalium, smaller than piithkáru "
sipnúk'anamahach "trinket basket"
tikán'anamahach "little finger"
uknám'anamahach "small lake; pond"
vinusuná'anamahach "bear cub"
xuskamhaná'anamahach "pistol"
yuhsahním'anamahach "placename, near Clear Creek"
yumá'aramah "child of the dead (a word used as a curse)"
yusahním'anamahach "placename, near Clear Creek"
Source: WB 129, p.320
Note: Used mainly with possessives. The corresponding plural is -túnviiv(sa). The independent word for 'child' is axiich.
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naní'aramah my child [Reference: WB notes]
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'aramah "child" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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mí'aramah "your son" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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nani'aramah "my child" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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