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yakun you see
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lexicon ID #7035 | revised Nov 14 2014
yakun • PCL • you see Variant: yukun.
Derivation: | yána kun |
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Derivative (1)
yakúnva "so that"
Source: WB 1657.1, p.400; JPH ethno :240
- víri vaa kuthítiimtiheesh, ... yakún naa vaa peeshvírip. You will hear it, ... because I am Pine, you see. [Reference: WB T24.45]
- yakún vaa túuyship upákihtiheesh pamuhêeraha. You see, he will be feeding tobacco to the mountains. [Reference: TK 75.29]
Sentence examples (17)
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ishyâat úpaanik:
" yaas'ára vúra u'aapúnmutiheesh yakun pa'îin yíth ukupeexákahitiheesh,
patá nipikrêehaak nani'îin."
Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text -
yakún uumkun yúruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih,
káru káruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih."
They dance to the downriver end of the world, and they dance to the upriver end of the world."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
yakún nuu tá nu'ífikar xuntápan."
We're going to pick acorns."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
yakún yíth áraar u'iiníshriheesh."
A different people is going to come into existence."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
yakún yíth ára tu'íinish.
A different people was coming into existence.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
yakún tá níxraam pananí'aramah".
I'll bet my child.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text -
víri vaa kuthítiimtiheesh,
pánaa kâarim tá nixus,
peeshviripshúruk poofyúkutihat,
yakún na vaa peeshvírip."
You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine."Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
yakún sôomvaan chími u'ípasukeesh."
He's going to bring home a new wife."Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text -
xás mahnûuvanach upiip, " akáray yakún muvéeniichva.
Then Chipmunk said, "You see, it's someone's mischief.Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text -
yakún táay vúra íp úmkaanvat.
You see, she gathered a lot.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
yakún tá ni'aapúnma.
You see, I found out.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
yakún tá kun'ay, " fâat kóok."
You see, they were afraid, (they wondered), "What is it?"Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text -
xás kári yítha upiip,
" yakún húm vaa áraar,
uum vaa vírusur."
Then one said, "You see, that's no person, that's a bear!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text -
yakún puxáy vúra mít ishkáxishrihmathat.
You see, they couldn't stop it.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
yakún vaa yumaaráachviiv."
You see, that is the bird of the dead."Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text -
yakún upimtáveesh."
You see, he will come back to life."Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text -
pa'arareekrívraam uum pu'á'hinvahara,
yakún pa'íivhar ipshûunkinichas.
The Indian house was not high; you see, the boards were short.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text