Ararahih'urípih
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-túnviiv children

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lexicon ID #6132 | revised Nov 17 2014

-túnviiv N • children Variant: -túnviivshas.

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Source: WB 1398, p.387

Note: Bound form, used with possessive prefixes, e.g. nanitúnviiv(shas) 'my children'.

  • chúukchuuk itráhyar mutúnviivhanik, koovúra ávansas. Fishhawk had ten children, all were boys. [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 004]
  • chavúra kóo hitíhaan kuméekxaram nanitúnviivshas vaa páy ôok kun'írunaatiheesh. Finally, every evening, my children will pass by here. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 080]


Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (16)

  1. túnviiv "children" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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