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yâamach pretty, nice
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7000 | revised Feb 09 2016
yâamach • ADJ • pretty, nice
| Derivation: | yav-ach |
| good-DIM |
Derivatives (6)
sishanayâamach "pretty one having a penis, a name given to Coyote"
tapasyâamach "very nice"
yâamachich "pretty (dimin.)"
yáamachkar "woman's name"
yaamachkáree "a woman's name, Mary Ike"
yaamáchnihich "nice place"
Source: WB 1665.3, p.400
Note: The plur. is yâamachas; the dimin. is yâamachich. Long vowel is never shortened.
- miník kiikxúrikeeshap, yâamach kiikyâavishap. I'll paint your faces, I'll make you pretty. [Reference: WB T5.137]
- asayaamach'íshara ôok páy utháaniv. The little stick was pretty. [Reference: WB 14: Coyote Eats His Own Excrement 015]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (57)