yáta/i
yáta/i
[Intr] be insufficient, be exhausted, run out, give up hope, [Trans] fail to reach, die, expire, transitive also means 'not be short on'
Part of Speech
Definition
Verb [Transitive]Sample Sentences
-ʂúun yáta {heart be exhausted} 'give up', 'be or become depressed'
Móyla yátaat {moon exhausted} 'crescent of the moon', 'half moon'
-mlo yáta {strength be insufficient} 'be worn out', 'give up'
-yátivo 'death'
poʂúun yátya {his heart was exhausted} 'he gave up'
Pá' ʂungáal pó' 'áawqanik póoxa kíwvinga 'áawqanik poʂúun yátaqanik yáa, Nóonupo ngéen ’ axánaan, yáa kuná' {but woman she having been alone in empty having been her heart becoming depressed said, I will go too she said reportedly} 'But the woman, after having been alone in the empty house for a while, become depressed and said, I'll go too'
Qáy míykinga cháam wáa'ish yátax {not sometime we meat failed to reach} 'We were never short on meat'
Qáy míykinga yátuk {not sometime would run out} 'It was always enough'
Powálaqala yátya pá' {while it was being dug I gave up hope then} 'I gave up hope while it was being dug
Númlo yátaq {my strength is insufficient} 'I am all worn out'
Pá' ʂungáal wám' púmlo yátya {so woman already her strength was exhausted} 'so then the woman gave up'
Poyátivoy nóonkwa yátiqa {his death I am dying} 'I am dying his death'
Mítaxmuk pí’ poyátiqala {it was foggy and when he expired} 'It was foggy when he expired'
Nomáa ponéy yátiq {my hand it object fails to reach} 'I can't reach it' (with my hand)
Source
Eric Elliot Dictionary