Ararahih'urípih
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ixak to make a noise

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3497 | revised Nov 07 2005

ixak • V • to make a noise

Derivatives (2)
ixakáxak "to make a rattling noise"
ixakaxákar "gold-cradle"

Source: WB 801, p.356

Note: Initial /i/ is lost after prefixal vowels. Cf. ishxax 'to become smashed'.

  • îifiti chími axmáy îim úxak. Then sure enough all at once he heard a noise outside. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 020]
  • hûut áta tu'iin, pa'íshaha úxaakti. I wonder what's wrong, the water is sounding. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 047]

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  1. xas   tá   ikxúrar   axmay   mâaka   ú-xak  
    then   PERF   evening   suddenly   in.other.room   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    And when evening came suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. axmay   ma'kúkam   ú-xak  
    suddenly   just.uphill   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    Suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. saamvároo   ithyárukirukam   súva   as   ú-xaak-ti   itharípriik   vúra   hôoyvarihva  
    creek   on.other.side.of.river   listen!   rock   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR   fir.forest   Intensive   somewhere.or.other  
    On the other side of the creek I could hear the noise of rocks somewhere in a fir thicket.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. mâa   vúrava   sâam   súva   vúrava   pa-pírish   ú-xaak-tih  
    look!   just   little.downhill   listen!   just   the-plant   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR  
    A little downhill I heard a noise in the brush.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  5. ishyâat   ú-paanik   yaas'ára   vúra   u-'aapúnmu-tih-eesh   yakun   pa-'îin   yíth   u-kupee-xák-ahi-tih-eesh   pa-tá   ni-p-ikrêe-haak   nani-'îin  
    king.salmon   3s(>3)-say.(ancient)   rich.person   Intensive   3s(>3)-know-DUR-FUT   you.see   the-falls   other   3s(>3)-MODAL-make.noise-Modal-DUR-FUT   NOMZ-PERF   1s(>3)-ITER-live-when   1sPOSS-falls  
    Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   yánava   pa-'íshaha   pa-saamvároo   ú-xaak-tih  
    then   then   visible   the-water   the-creek   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR  
    Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   u-thítiv   ú-xaak-tih   pa-'íshaha   ú-xaak-tih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-hear   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR   the-water   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR  
    Then he heard it, it was sounding, the water was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  8. vúra   vaa   u-thítiim-tih   ú-xaak-tih   pa-'íshaha   pa-t-u-chunvákir  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-hear-DUR   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR   the-water   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-sneak.up.on  
    He heard it that way, the water was sounding as he sneaked up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  9. kári   xás   yánava   kúkuum   káan   íshaha   ú-xaak-tih   u-saamvároo-hi-tih  
    then   then   visible   again   there   water   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR   3s(>3)-creek-DENOM-DUR  
    And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  10. súva   ník   asámyiith   u-xák-eesh   i-xus-êesh   tá   nu-pávyiihma  
    listen!   a.little   gravel   3s(>3)-make.noise-FUT   2s(>3)-think-FUT   PERF   1pl(>3)-go.back.to.(pl.)  
    You will hear gravel sound, you will know we have arrived.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. chavúra   xára   tah   axmáy   asámyiith   ú-xak  
    finally   long.time   already   suddenly   gravel   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. xás   axmáy   vúra   u-thítiv   asámyiith   ú-xak  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   3s(>3)-hear   gravel   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    And suddenly he heard it, the gravel sounded.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  13. pa-mu-'îin   hôoy   ník   ú-xaak-tih  
    the-3sPOSS-falls   where   a.little   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR  
    There was no sound of his falls.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  14. ôok   íp   ni-thítiim-tih-at   p-óo-xaak-tih  
    here   PAST   1s(>3)-hear-DUR-PAST   NOMZ-3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR  
    Formerly I heard them sounding from here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  15. kári   xás   axmáy   vúra   káan   ú-xak  
    then   then   suddenly   Intensive   there   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    And suddenly there was a noise there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text