Ararahih'urípih
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uknamxánahich name of a pond just upriver from Camp Creek; Long Lake

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6219 | revised Nov 17 2015

uknamxánahich • N • name of a pond just upriver from Camp Creek; Long Lake

Literally: 'little long pond'

Derivation:  úkraam-xárah-ich
lake-long-DIM

Source: WB 1483.1, p.391

  • xás vaa káan úkraam ukyav, uknamxánahich, pakári uvitîichvutiheesh. Then there she made the lake, "long pond", the place he was going to play canoeing. [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 035]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. púyava ôok tá kunivyíhuk uknamxánahich.
    So they came here to uknamxánahich.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. kunxus, " uknamxánahich chími nu'íhukanveesh."
    They thought, "We'll go flower-dance at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  3. kun'íhukanveesh uknamxánahich.
    They were going to flower-dance at 'uknamxanahich.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  4. kári xás kunpíip " chími nupákmuuvanvi uknamxánahich."
    And they said, "Let's spend the night away from home, at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. kári xás yítha upiip, " naa uknamxánahich nipikvêeshriheesh."
    Then one said, "I will camp at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. púyava uknamxánahich tá kunpípasma, kári xás kunipêer " chími túraayvi."
    Then they brought him to uknamxánahich, and they told him, "Look around!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. xás úuth upiytúykaanva páyuux, uknamxánahich mú'uuthkam, víri vaa kumá'ii pakêech usirishkírahitih.
    And he kicked the dirt out in the river, out from uknamxánahich, that's why there's a big bar (there).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  8. chí kunívyiihshipreevish uknamxánahich, káan chí kun'íhukvunaavish.
    They were going to leave for 'uknamxánahich, they were going to have a flower dance there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text