yaawɨ́ɨni day, referring both to the period of light during the 24 hour [...]

1. • day, referring both to the period of light during the 24 hour cycle of day and night, and to the entirety of the cycle itself

   • • Example 985:
       

       Na=apárakiaaná yaawɨ́ɨni sanitáani=jina.

       They began to count (lit. measure) the days.

     • Example 986:
       

       Jaari=na yaawɨ́ɨni kutɨ́tɨɨrɨɨkuráana.

       The day had dawned

2. • season, or period of time considerably longer than a day, such as the season in which a particular insect or fruit is abundant, e.g., <jimɨ́nati yaawɨ́ɨni> ‘horsefly season’

   • • Example 987:
       

       Aákari tɨɨ jimɨ́nati yaawɨ́ɨni.

       Now is horsefly season.

3. • an occasion, instance, or time when some event takes place

   • • Example 988:
       

       Niwa=aákuji iipɨ maakatúuwa na=aatiaárikɨ náaji, “Kuumi yaawɨ́ɨni na=aámuukiaakɨ=ná iina nawɨyini.”

       For this reason the ancestors said, “That ghost died two times.”

Related entries

• Main Entry:
  • ájaana yaawɨ́ɨni dry season; a period of relatively infrequent rains, characterized by an abundance of sunny weather and dropping or low rivers
  • yaawɨ́ɨni ɨɨ́jakɨya noon or midday