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sayríihva to be lonesome, homesick
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5355 | revised Dec 03 2015
sayríihva • V • to be lonesome, homesick
Derivative (1)
sayníihvach "name of a woman from Amekyaram, living at Orleans"
Source: WB 1222, p.377
- iiii ayukîi nanikrívraam, tanasáyriihva. Oh, hello (I'd like to see you), my home, I'm homesick. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 359]
Sentence examples (5)
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xás vúra tusáyriihva,
xás uváxiprishuk,
xás âapun ukrivrúhuthun.
Then (Coyote) was homesick, and he flopped out, and he rolled around on the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
ii!
vúra tusáyriihva.
Oh, she was lonesome.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
"
ii!
tá nasáyriihva"
tóo xus.
"Oh, I'm lonesome!" she thought.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
ii!
ninikeechíkyav,
tá nasáyriihva.
Oh, my sweetheart, I am lonesome!Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
patupíkyaar poochiihvîichvuti kári xás peekxuraráhaan uxús "
ii!
tá nasáyriihva.
When she finished singing her love song, then Evening Star thought, "Oh, I'm lonesome!Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text