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yâavaha / yâavahi- to get enough
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7015 | revised Feb 09 2016
yâavaha / yâavahi- • V • to get enough
| Derivation: | yâav-aha |
| yâav-ESS |
Source: WB 1666, p.400
Usage: This form is not to be used with deermeat..
Note: First person sg. can take ni- or na-.
- tanayâavaha. I've had enough. [Reference: KV]
- hûut áta kúth panpunayâavahitihara. I wonder why I'm not getting full? [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 036]
Sentence examples (8)
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naa vúra tá nayâavaha.
I am full.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play -
kári xás uxúti "
hûut áta kúth papunayâavahitihara."
And (after he had eaten them), he thought "I wonder why I'm not getting full?"Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás uxús "
púya páy uum,
payêem uum nayâavaheesh.
And he thought, "There, now I'll get full.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás vúra hûutva tu'iin,
púxay ta'ítam yâavahitihara.
But what was the matter with him? he wasn't getting full.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás vúra chéemyaach uyâavaha.
And he quickly got full.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
vúra puyâavahitih.
He couldn't get full.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
xás uxus, "
hûut kumá'ii papunayâavahitihara."
And he thought, "Why am I not getting full?"Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kári xás uyâavaha.
Then he got full.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text