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yáavha / yáavhi- to be in a hurry, to hurry to (someone)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7016 | revised Feb 09 2016
yáavha / yáavhi- • V • to be in a hurry, to hurry to (someone)
| Derivation: | yaav-ha |
| yaav-DENOM |
Derivative (1)
yáavhivath "to make (someone) hurry"
Source: WB 1667, p.400
- tuyáavha pavá'iipma. He was in a hurry to get back. [Reference: WB T4.165]
- vaa vúra kích takuntaxúyxuy mûuk pa'ifuxâah, patakunyáavhaak peehêer. They just wipe (their hands) with rotten wood, when they're anxious to take a smoke. [Reference: TK 205.9]
Sentence examples (7)
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man kunyáavhiti,
táay pamukuníkyav.
They were in a hurry, they had a lot to do.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play -
náyaavheesh ik.
You must hurry to me.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
náyaavheesh ik.
You must hurry to me.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
náyaavheesh ík.
You must hurry to me.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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náyaavheesh ik.
You must hurry to me.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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tuyáavha pavá'iipma.
He was in a hurry to get back (home).Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás vúra tá kunyáavha.
And they hurried.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text