Ararahih'urípih
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vêen / vêena- to pray, to make medicine

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6507 | revised Oct 31 2014

vêen / vêena- • V • to pray, to make medicine

Derivatives (6)
fatavéenaan "busybody; priest in world-renewal ceremony (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 7)"
fataveenanvíkapuh "medicine man's quiver"
fatavéeraaripux "without a priest (or medicine man, in the pikyávish)"
itháveen "all the time"
kupavêenaha "to do; to be up to something, to make mischief"
kupaveenahíichva "to make-believe"

Source: WB 1541, p.394

Note: Perh. originally 'to do'; cf. fatavéenaan 'he who does something, priest', kupavêenaha 'to be up to something'.

  • káan kunvéenatihanik. They're making medicine there. [Reference: WB files]
  • uvêenati vúra poo'áhakumti peehêeraha hitíhaan vúra. He keeps praying all the time that he's walking toward the tobacco. [Reference: TK 244.19]

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  1. peeshkêesh tóo muustih, uvêenatih.
    He looked at the river, he prayed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text