waqítn

Definition:

To look for something.


Examples:

  1. áwaqitšaaš ‘I am looking for them’;
  2. kutaš aw kú wínana ánč̓ax̣i waqítna ‘and then we went again looking for [it]’;
  3. áwaqitatak ‘go look for him!’;
  4. šína patáwaqitša ‘who are they looking for?’;
  5. iwaqítatana Billna ‘he went to look for Bill’;
  6. iwaqítnayiša k̓úsi ‘he is looking for their horse’;
  7. iwaqítnayišana paanáy pšɨ́t ‘he was looking for his (someone else’s) father’;
  8. áwaqitatak kʷaaná pɨ́taatna ‘go look for those trees’;
  9. iwaqítatana ku iwaqítwaqitna ‘he went to look for [them] and he looked and looked’;
  10. amaš íkʷɨn šapáwaqitatašana ‘there where I was going in order to have you look’;
  11. ku iwaqítwaqitna ‘and he looked all around’;
  12. máywaqitn ‘look for in the morning’;
  13. táwwaqitn ‘look for at night’;
  14. twáwaqitn ‘look for by poking around’;
  15. twáwaqitn ‘look for in the rain’;
  16. twáwaqitn ‘look for by poking around (as in ashes) with a stick’;
  17. wiyáwaqitn ‘look for on the way’.

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