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av / am- to eat
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lexicon ID #814 | revised Nov 07 2014
av / am- • V • to eat
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áama "(king) salmon, "spring salmon""
áamakunish "pink"
af'ámvaanich "crow"
ahup'ámvaan "wood-worm"
akravsip'ámvaan "flying insect that eats the leaves of ash trees"
akthip'ámvaan "horse"
akvat'ávaha "plant sp., the popcorn flower"
amakêem "bad-tasting"
amáyav "good-tasting"
ameekyáaraam "name of village at Ike's Falls"
amkíinva "to eat lunch, to eat for lunch, i.e. food carried on a journey"
amkíinva "lunch, i.e. food carried on a journey"
amkíinvarayva "to feel famished"
amkir "to eat on"
amkir "table"
amnaam "hotel"
amváamvaan "otter"
amváamvaan "otter"
amvaan "eater"
amvámaan "salmon skin"
amvapáramvuram "boiling basket for cooking salmon"
amvavákay "salmon worm, larval stage of salmon beetle"
amveekshúpaan "type of salamander, the waterdog, or rough-skinned newt"
amveekyáaraam "name of village at Ike's Falls"
ámveenishaparar "whole salmon, before being cut up"
amveeshvítvit "pieces of salmon"
amveeváxrah "dried salmon"
araramvanyupsítanach "horsefly"
ára_u'ipamvâanatihirak "Medicine Mountain"
asaxvanish'ámvaanich "water ouzel, dipper"
askup'ámvaan "kingfisher"
askup'amván'as "a grayish mottled marble"
athkurit'ámvaan "gray jay (M, WB); or Clark's nutcracker (JPH)"
atipimáamvaan "buzzard, turkey vulture"
av "food"
ávaha "food"
avaheeknívnaamich "pantry"
ávahiv "mealtime"
avákeemha "to eat bad food"
ávar "to eat with"
avatákan "salmon glue, used for bows, made by chewing salmon skin"
iheeraháamvaan "Nuttall's whippoorwill "
iheerahamvanvasih'ikxúrik "whippoorwill back design, used in tobacco baskets"
ikxurará'av "supper"
ikxurarapáamvaar "after supper"
impakpakáamvaan "man's name"
ípav "to eat again"
kusripish'amáyav "near Camp Creek"
simsim'ávar "table knife"
tapas'amáyav "very delicious"
uhthamha'ávaha "vegetables"
upva'amáyav "a plant, Gairdner's yampah"
xanchun'ámvaanich "mink"
xuntapan'ámvaan "by-name for the California woodpecker"
xurisháamvaan "insect sp."
yumaará'aama "hookbill salmon; dog salmon"
amaa- "taste"
amkiravásih "table top"
Source: WB 201, p.325
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atafâat ixúti kíri ni'av. Maybe you're hungry. [Reference: Richardson 1993:13]
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xás pamuhrôoha úhyiv, káan pátha áamti. And his wife shouted, "Eat by yourself!" [Reference: WB T23.54]
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