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aaxkúnish red
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lexicon ID #78 | revised Feb 17 2014
aaxkúnish • ADJ • red
Literally: 'like blood'
| Derivation: | áax-kúnish |
| blood-like |
Derivatives (2)
íp'aaxkunish "red deer"
ithváy'aaxkunishich "name for a dog with a red chest"
Source: WB215.4, p.327; Shivshaneen, 1996, (7.2)
Note: Always short -n-. Dimin. is aaxkúnishich, dim. pl. aaxkúnishichas.
- íp tanimáhat peekrívram'aaxkunish / ikrivrám'aaxkunish tánimah / axkunish'ikrívraam tánimah. I saw the red house. [Reference: Harrington "Grammar" 384-86]
- pamútiiv káru vúra aaxkúnishichas, vaa vúra pánaa neemúsahiti pananítiiv. His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 015]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (9)