Ararahih'urípih
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vêetak ago

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6519 | revised Jul 02 2014

vêetak • POSTP • ago

Derivative (1)
xaravêetak "long before"

Note: Perh. equiv. with véenik 'ago'.

  • payêem vúra vaa káan kári u'íifti, pataxaravêetak káan kun'úhthaamhitihanik, xáat káru vúra kuyrakitaharahárinay vêetak mít kunkôohat pakáan kun'úhthaamhiti. Nowadays (tobacco) still grows there at the former planting plots, even though it's been 30 years since they quit planting it there. [Reference: TK 79.35]
  • pa'apxantínihich vêetak kunivyíhuk vaa káru itráhyar ishpuk vúra takun'íshavsip. After the whites came, they started to pay him a $10 fee. [Reference: TK 231.21]