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asiktávaan woman; female

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lexicon ID #656 | revised Aug 19 2014

asiktávaan • N • woman; female Variant: asiktâan.

Literally: 'water-carrier'

Derivation:	áas iktav-aan
	water hold.in.hand-Agentive

Derivatives (7)
asiktávaanha "to marry a woman"
asiktávaan_imxaathtíhan "plant sp."
asiktavankêem "woman's name, Mary Ike"
asiktavanpírish "love medicine to get a woman"
chimchikara'asiktávaan "leafy species of horsetail"
kaf'asiktávaan "leaf of káaf 'Indian rhubarb'"
apxantinihich'asiktávaan "white woman"

Source: WB 145.6, p.3212

Note: Means 'female' in forms like musmus'asiktávaan 'cattle-female, cow'. "Of the flower stalk or of a plant with little foliage they say ávan 'husband' 'male' [because naked]; of a plant with a well-leaved or skirted appearance, they say asiktávaan 'woman'" (JPH pla 06:513).

• patakunikvíit-hinaa hôoy vúra vaa kun'írunaati, tûupichas pa'asiktávaansahanik. When everybody slept, the mice went anywhere, those small girls that used to be women. [Reference: KS38. Mice story 024]
• áxak asiktâan kun'íinanik kustáaras ameekyáaraam. Two women, sisters, once lived at ameekyáaraam. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 001]

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1. asiktavanfíthih "woman's foot" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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2. asiktavanyukúkuh "woman's shoe" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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3. asiktávaan "woman" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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4. asiktávaan "woman" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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