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úkraam lake, pond, reservoir
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6222 | revised Nov 17 2015
úkraam • N • lake, pond, reservoir
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Source: WB 1483, p.391
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kári xás kuníthvuy pa'úkraam,
yítha káru uum upítih, "
vaa kuma'úkraam nipikvêeshriheesh."
And they named the ponds, and (each) one said, "I will camp at that pond."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
xás kaanvári kunihmárava,
yánava ukrámkaam u'íithra.
Then they ran there, they saw a big lake lying.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás u'iipkúri póokraam.
And he dived into the lake.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás kunpiip, "
maruk'áraar vaa káan úknamtiimich úkrii.
And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake.Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
kári xás uthítiv,
yóo chrívchav pá'aas,
pa'úkraam,
pakunpáathkuri pamutípah.
Then he heard it, he saw the water splash in the lake, when (the giant) threw his brother in.Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
kári xás upáchish pamaruk'áraar,
ukráam upaathkúrih.
Then he threw the giant down, he threw him in the lake.Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
púyava patusúpaahaak púyava ukráam kúuk tá kunihmárava,
tá kunpáatvunaa pa'ávansas.
When day came, they went to a pond, the men bathed.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text