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ávan husband
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #828 | revised Aug 20 2005
ávan • N • husband
Derivatives (6)
ávanha "to marry a man, to take a husband"
avanháhiich "common-law husband"
avánhiichva "to move one's head back and forth when jumping center in the brush dance"
ip'ávanpa "(woman) to take a second husband"
kaf'ávan "stem of káaf plant"
xavin'ávan ""male" form of the golden-lantern plant"
Source: WB 205, p.326
Note: "Of the flower stalk or of a plant with little foliage they say ávan 'male' because naked; of a plant with a well-leaved or skirted appearance, they say asiktávaan 'woman'" (JPH pla 06:513).
- xáy u'áapunma panani'ávan. My husband might find out. [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 031]
Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (18)