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úma of doubtful meaning, perh. emphatic
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6231 | revised Jan 28 2016
úma • PCL • of doubtful meaning, perh. emphatic
Source: WB 1486, p.391; T3.60, T43.12
Note: No lengthening of /m/.
- úma naa taay tanani'avansáxiichas. I've got lots of boys now! [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 165]
- úma vaa ukúphanik, pámitva ithéeshyaav tuparíshriihva antunvêech. That's what he'd done, the whole previous winter he'd twined little strings. [Reference: WB T3.60]
Sentence examples (4)
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úma vúra vaa kunpakúriihvanaati imfirayâak.
Just the same they kept on singing in the heat.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
úma vaa ukúphaanik,
pámitva ithéeshyav uparíshriihva antunvêech.
That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
púyava xás paaxíich upêer pamútaat,
" úma kachakâach vaa ukupítih,
kachakáach uyveeshrîihvuti paxuun."
So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
xás kári áchkuun upiip, " úma pamímvir, ikriróov, tóo páx pa'áama."
And Swamp Robin said, "They've caught the salmon at your fishery, Ikrirôov."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text