yanwá

Definition:

Give up on, not have confidence in; surrender, give up (with reflexive).

Examples:

  1. áwnaš pináyanwaan ‘now I have surrendered’;
  2. čáwnam pináyanwata ‘don’t ever give up’;
  3. yanwášaaš wɨšak̓ukáwas ‘I don’t trust my brakes’ (Millstein 1990);
  4. kúuk pináyanwayiya tuwit̓áya ‘then Grizzly gave himself up’ (Jacobs 1937:1.6.2, pg. 2).

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[NP /yalwan/.]