Ararahih'urípih
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xákaan with (one other person)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6757 | revised Jan 27 2016

xákaan POSTP • with (one other person)

Derivation áxak-aan
two-Agentive

Derivative (1)
ipxákaanpa "to go with (one person), to go together, to accompany"

Source: WB 1586, p.396

Note: Used as a postposition in the sense 'with (one other)', with plural pronoun in agreement, as in the above example (kana- 'they ... me').

  • nanu'áka xákaan tanu'áhoo. We went with our father. [Reference: WB files]
  • xás upiip, xánkiit ík îin kanapátumkarukeesh, xanpuchíniishveenach xákaan. She said, "Bullhead and Hummingbird together must come and suck (doctor) me." [Reference: Chipmunk & Hummingbird 011]


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  1.    kun-ithvíripunih   mu-chíshiih   xákaan  
    PERF   3pl(>3s)-run.away.downhill.(two.people)   3sPOSS-dog   with.(one.person)  
    They're running down, the dog too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  2. ta'ítam      nu-p-imnîish   nani-típah   xákaan  
    so   PERF   1pl(>3)-ITER-cook   1sPOSS-brother   with.(one.person)  
    So we cooked, my brother and I.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  3. xás   u-pêer   pa-'avansáxiich   imáankam   sáruk   astíip   pa--chaas   xákaan   ík   ku-yâaram-eesh   ikxúrar  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-boy   next.day   downhill   shore   the-2sPOSS-younger.brother   with.(one.person)   must   2pl(>3)-(two.people).go-FUT   evening  
    And she told the boy, "Tomorrow evening you and your younger brother must go down to the river-bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  4. xás   pa--chaas   xákaan   sáruk   kun-ithvírip-fak  
    then   the-3sPOSS-younger.brother   with.(one.person)   downhill   3pl(>3s)-(two).run-from.uphill  
    And he and his younger brother ran downhill.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  5. ith'aran-ihrôoha   xákaan   kun-'ásim-tih  
    stranger-wife   with.(one.person)   3pl(>3s)-go.to.bed-DUR  
    He was sleeping with another's wife.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  6. ikxunanáhaanich   kun-'íin   mu-keechíkyav   xákaan  
    evening.star   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   3sPOSS-sweetheart   with.(one.person)  
    Evening Star lived with his sweetheart.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  7. yukún   vaa   xákaan   u-'iifshípree-nik   pa-mu-tákasar  
    you.see   that   with.(one.person)   3s(>3)-grow.up-ANC   the-3sPOSS-shinny.tossel  
    You see, he had grown up with that tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  8. ta'ítam   u-'îimasar-aheen   asaxêevar   v-eekxaréeyav   xákaan  
    so   3s(>3)-grapple.with-ANT   mossy   3sPOSS-spirit.person   with.(one.person)  
    So he grappled with Baldy Peak Spirit.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  9. víri   akâay   vúra   xákaan   kun-vúunv-eesh  
    so   who   Intensive   with.(one.person)   3pl(>3s)-wrestle-FUT  
    Who will wrestle with him?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  10. ta'ítam   u-xús-anik   p-eekpihan-tâapas   tîi   xákaan   -vuunv-i  
    so   3s(>3)-think-ANC   the-strong-most   let...   with.(one.person)   1pl(>3)-wrestle-IMPER  
    So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  11. yícheech   vúra   kích   kári   mu-hrôoha   xákaan  
    alone   Intensive   only   then   3sPOSS-wife   with.(one.person)  
    Only one man and his wife were still (there).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  12. púya-va   xákaan   vúra   pa-   kun-xús   kíri   nu-tâat-sip  
    and.so-so   with.(one.person)   Intensive   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-think   I.wish   1pl(>3)-handle.with.implement-up  
    Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  13. púya-va   xás   hâari   xákaan   vúra      kun-ithyívish  
    and.so-so   then   sometime   with.(one.person)   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-fall.down.(two)  
    Sometimes both of them fell down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  14. xás   uum   kun-chúuphi-ti   pa-'ávansa   xákaan  
    then   3.SG   3pl(>3s)-speak-DUR   the-man   with.(one.person)  
    She and the man are talking.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text