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yánava visible; indicates that an action is visible, often translatable as 'he saw that', 'voilà', 'behold', 'you see'
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7038 | revised Nov 14 2014
yánava • PCL • visible; indicates that an action is visible, often translatable as 'he saw that', 'voilà', 'behold', 'you see'
Derivation: | yána-va |
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Derivatives (2)
yanavéekva "visible"
yanavéek "visible "
Source: WB 1657, p.400
- yánava vúra axyar pa'ifápiitsha. He saw that the place was full of girls. [Reference: TK 69.31]
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yánava pihnêefich'anamahich.
But it turned out to be a coyote pup.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
yánava ikuk káan utháaniv.
Then I saw the log lying there.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
yánava váa kaan su pa'úxruunhitih.
And the growling came from inside.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
yánava su hôoyvarihva xas áhup nikrúkukaa.
I poked a stick in.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
yánava pananipihneefích'anamahich tóo psírheen íp pani'íithvutihat.
And found the little pup I'd been packing had got away already.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
yánava sú' kári kunimtaránamhitih.
And I could see more pups inside.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
yánava kári vúra sú kári xas vaa kúna nithyúrurupuk táma ikrívki papihnêefichtunvêechas
And there was one more still inside. Then I pulled out that one too. There they were, six little coyotes!Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
yanava uspúkahiti kaan.
I found there was gold there.Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text -
yíthukam yánava sáruk tukvíripuniheen.
I saw that he had run downhill on the other side.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
káan xás yánava nanisâam uhyárih.
There he was, standing below me.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
yánava káan utháaniv kêeshichas vêeshur.
There he lay, a big buck.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
yánava sáruk xás pírishak uthantákikva.
I found that it had got stuck in the brush down there.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
yánava káan ikmaháchraam u'íikra.
Behold he saw a sweathouse standing there.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text -
yánava xákaan vúra teemúutaras.
Behold they were in a family way.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
yánava káan áxak avansáxiichas kun'íipithvutih,
yúras'astiip.
Behold two boys were walking around, by the shore.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
yánava îinâak ifápiit úyruuvriv.
Behold inside he saw a maiden lying.Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text -
yánava ukúhitih.
Behold she [that person, Bluejay] was sick.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text -
yánava pakúhar utháaniv.
Behold the sick one was lying there.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text -
yánava koovúra kunivyíhuk!
Look they all came!Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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yánava pakúusrah tóokfuk súpaah!
Look the sun is getting up!Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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yánava pachishíih poohyíivtih!
The dogs are barking!Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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kári xás yánava pa'íshaha,
pasaamvároo úxaaktih.
Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás poo'úum yánava tupivaxráheen pasaamvároo.
And when he arrived he saw the creek had dried up.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
yánava tupivaxráheen.
He saw it had dried up.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás yánava yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
He saw he was a long ways upriver.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás yánava kúkuum káan íshaha úxaaktih,
usaamvároohitih.
And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
yánava yúruk ifápiitsha kuntákiriti astiip.
He saw young women leaching on the bank downriver.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
cháva tá xánahishich yánava xákaan vúra tá kunímuutaraha.
Sure enough, in a little while they saw they were both pregnant.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás vaa yánava pamukunvuráakir tu'ávaheen.
And he saw (Coyote) had eaten their ladder.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
yánava "
ikmaháchraam"
xás "
panitháaniv."
And he saw, (he said), "I'm lying in the sweathouse!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
yánava pihnêefich kaan.
They saw Coyote there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
xás yánava " ikmaháchraam" xás " panitháaniv.
And he saw, (he said) then, "I'm lying in the sweathouse!Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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yánava páy fâatva utháthriinaa.
He saw something sitting in baskets.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
chavúra umáh yánava ithyáruk ukúripaahiti itháriip.
Finally he saw it, he saw a fir tree lying fallen out across-stream.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
yánava káan ikmaháchraam u'íikra.
He saw a sweathouse standing there.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
yánava púra karáxay vúra.
He saw nobody.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
poovárip yánava "
nanithívthaaneen tá ni'ípak."
When he got out, he saw, (he said), "I've come back to my country!"Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
yánava itráhyar akváat kun'irukûuntakoo.
He saw ten raccoons sitting.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava káan uxráa tóo mtup.
And he saw berries ripe there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
yánava káan u'íinvahitih.
He saw there was a forest fire there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
yánava vúra táay páxaath tóo mtupíshriihva,
xás vúra amáyav kunish.
He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
yánava páxaath vaa vúra ukupa'íshipithunahiti pookupavúrayvahitiheen.
He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava káan axvaha'ípaha u'íihya.
And he saw a pitch tree standing there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
yánava axvahátaay.
He saw there was a lot of pitch.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
yánava "
tá ná'iinka."
He saw, (he said), "I'm burning!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava káan ikmaháchraam u'íikra.
And he saw a sweathouse standing there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yanava káan ára upíkniihvutih,
upakurîihvutih.
And he saw a person was sweating himself there, he was singing.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava káan axak'ásip axrát'aas utháthriin.
And he saw two baskets of berry juice sitting there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava pa'ásip áruun kuniphíriv.
And he saw the baskets lying empty.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava pa'íshaha sáruk tuvúunfak.
And he saw the water flowing away downhill.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava "
tá ni'úum kahyúras."
Then he saw, (he said), "I've reached Klamath Lakes!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava káan ára kun'áraarahitih.
And he saw people were living there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
yánava káan ikmaháchraam u'íikra.
He saw a sweathouse standing there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava éeruun,
vúra impukáchnihich.
And he saw it was vacant, it was a nice warm place.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás káan yánava pamukunpatúmkir káru pamukun'ikrívkir athkúrit ukyâarahitih.
And he saw there that their pillows and their chairs were made of fat.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
kári xás umah,
yánava ôok u'iinváhitih.
And he saw it, he saw there was a forest fire here.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
yánava vúra uum taay,
paxathímtup.
He saw there were lots of roasted grasshoppers.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kári xás umah,
yánava utháthriinaa axraat.
Then he saw it, he saw bowls of gooseberries sitting.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
yánava ithyarukiráastiip xás úkrii.
They saw then he was on the opposite shore.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
yánava vúra uum taay,
pa'athkuritpatúmkir.
He saw there were lots of grease pillows.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
yánava astaah.
He saw they were ducks.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
xás yánava tuthivtaparákaamha.
And he saw there was a big war dance.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás yánava pa'ifápiitsha xákarari kun'íin poothivtapárahitihirak.
And he saw the girls sitting on each side where people were war-dancing.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
yánava káan úkriihvutih,
upakurîihvutih.
They saw him there fishing, he was singing.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
yánava káan kích sípnuuk úkrii,
upakurîihvutih.
They saw it was just a storage basket sitting there, it was singing.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás yánava káan ípaha u'íihya,
xás usúrukaahitih.
And he saw a tree standing there, and there was a hole in it.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás káan yánava ikmaháchraam u'íikra.
And there he saw a sweathouse standing.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás yánava vúra tá kunithyúrutih.
And they saw they were just dragging him.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
yánava vúra pukára káanhára.
He saw there was nobody there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás pakáan u'úum yánava vúra áhtaay má'ninay,
úmkuufhinaatih,
u'iinvúnaatih.
And when he got there, he saw lots of fire in the mountains, there was lots of smoke, there were forest fires.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás papihnêefich u'úum yánava axíich kích kun'áraarahitih.
And when Coyote got there, he saw there were nothing but children.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás yánava káan xanchíifich úkrii.
And he saw Frog sitting there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
kári xás káan yánava ára kun'áraarahitih.
And there he saw people were living.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
yánava yítha âapun utháaniv, ukuhítih.
He saw one (girl) lying down, she was sick.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
yánava papihnêefich ávahkam tóo thxuuptakiish.
They saw Coyote was lying on top (of the girl).Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
pookfúkuvraa, yánava ithyáruk xás tuváruprav pakúusrah.
When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge).Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text -
xás poo'úum yánava koovúra vaa umúsahiti pamukun'îikam umúsahitih,
víri íf kákach poopíti vaa umúsahitih.
And when she arrived, she saw that everything looked like it looked outside their house, it was true how daddy said it looked.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
xás poo'íipma,
yánava pihnîich úkrii.
And when she got back, she saw the old man sitting.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
yánava vúra púfaat peekrívraam,
púfaat vúra thêera.
She saw there was no house, nothing was there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
yánava káan áraar u'áhootih,
ikrívraam u'iithvútih.
She saw a person travelling there, he was carrying a house.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
" yánava panini'áka."
"I see it is my father!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
víri poopítithun yánava pamukústaan asaxyípit tóo párihish.
When she looked around, she saw her sister had turned to quartz.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
ithyáruk pootkáratih yánava pavuhvúha tu'íshipva, uthítiimti pakuníhyiivtih.
When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
yánava apsunxarahtúnviiv.
He saw it was baby long-snakes.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text -
xás pakáan kun'uum,
yánava papihnîich kích pácheech úkrii.
And when they got there, they saw only the old man sitting alone.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
xás kári pa'ávansas patá kun'ípak ikxúrar yánava papihnîich upakurîihvutih.
And when the men returned in the evening, they saw the old man was singing.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
yánava upítih, "
cháfich kích navíshtaantih."
They saw he was saying, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
yánava sáruk tóo krivrúuhnih.
He saw her roll downhill.Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text -
ifuchtîimich poopitvâavnukanik yánava pura fátaak.
The last time he looked over, (the falls) were nowhere to be seen.Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text -
púyava poo'ípak yánava " panani'îin tóo pvuunup."
So when he got back, he saw it, "My falls have flowed downriver."Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text -
xás yánava pa'átimnavak umáhyaanahiti táhpuus.
And he saw fir branches sticking in the burden basket.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
ii!
yánava uhyárishukva pamútaat múpsiih.
Oh, he saw his mother's leg sticking out!Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
yánava usáanvuti axvaharaxárahsas.
(The boy) saw she was carrying long pieces of pitch-wood.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
sáruk utfákutih,
yánava paaxvâahar kári vâaramas uvêehriv.
She looked downhill, she saw the pitch still standing long.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
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xás umah,
yánava ámtaap kích ukrítuv.
Oh, then she saw him, she saw just ashes lying there!Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
yánava yúruk tá kunithvíriprupaheen.
She saw that they had run downriver.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
yánava káan ára úkriihvutih.
They saw a man fishing there.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás kaanvári kunihmárava,
yánava ukrámkaam u'íithra.
Then they ran there, they saw a big lake lying.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
xás yánava xanchíifich káan úkrii.
And they saw Frog sitting there.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
yánava tá púra fátaak.
They saw she was not there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
yánava tóo kvíripraa.
She saw him run upriverward.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
ee! yánava áchkuun.
Well, he saw Swamp Robin.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text -
vaa xás pá'aah ukyâanik,
xás yánava utháaniv.
Then he built the fire, and then they saw him lying there.Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text -
yánava upakurîihvutih,
pakâanimich.
They saw the poor one was singing.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
yánava upítih, "
yôotva,
nini'ávan tá nitâatruprav."
They saw her say, "Hurray, I've dug up my husband!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
pootúraayva,
yánava koovúra tá púfaat,
peekxariya'ifápiitsha.
When (the poor one) looked around, she saw they were all gone, the spirit girls.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
yánava uchívchaaksurahitih.
He saw the door was open.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
yánava ikxaréeyav tu'íifship.
They saw a spirit had grown up.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
pootfúnukva yánava vúra púra fáat.
When he looked into the living house, he saw there was nothing there.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
yánava uum káru vaa ukupiti pá'uum ukupiti ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav.
He saw that (the other person) was also doing what Sacred Sweathouse Spirit was doing.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
yánava uum káru vaa ukupitih,
víkapu uskúruhtih.
He saw he was doing that too, he was carrying a quiver.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
yánava tá vúra háriva tá kunpirukûurishriheen,
tá kunipvíkaheen.
He saw they had sat down again sometime, they were weaving again.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
káru pamútiik yánava káan pamutákasar.
And there in his hands she saw his shinny-tossel.Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text -
kári xás yánava áxak kaan kéevniikichas.
And they saw two old women there.Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text -
yánava ápsuun,
úmuustih,
úmuustih.
He saw it was a snake, he watched it and watched it.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text -
xás yánava vúra taay peekrívraam káru vúra taay pa'áraaras.
And he saw there were a lot of houses and a lot of people.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text -
kári xás yánava púra fátaak.
And he saw she was nowhere to be seen.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text -
yánava káan uvíiktih
He saw her weaving there.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text -
kári xás upíip, "
yánava púfaat mu'ífunih ápap pamuxváah."
And he said, "I see you have no hair on one side of your head."Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text -
yánava sít'anamahach,
axicheekyamíichvar.
She saw it was a little mouse, a children's toy.Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text