Ararahih'urípih
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véenik ago

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lexicon ID #6513 | revised Nov 13 2005

véenik • POSTP • ago

Derivative (1)
xaravêenik "long ago"

Note: Perh. equiv. to vêetak 'ago'.

  • xás vaa kuntôonti vaa takóo itaharasúpaah véenik pámit kinípeerat vaa kukáriheesh. And so they counted ten days from when he told them to be ready. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 028]
  • káruma chímiheesh ithákuusra véenik mít paniykáranaat. And it will soon be a month ago that I killed them. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 052]

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  1. itnoopámahich ník kana'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa'íshpuk púvaxay kana'êehap káruma chímiheesh ithakûusrah véenik mit paniykáranaat.
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text