Ararahih'urípih
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xákarari / xakarará- on both sides, at both ends

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lexicon ID #6767 | revised Feb 02 2016

xákarari / xakarará- • ADV • on both sides, at both ends

Derivation:  xákaan-arih  (= áxak-aan-arih)
both--arih  (= two-Agentive--arih)

Derivatives (7)
páy_nanuxákararih "country outside Karuk territory"
xakanana'apmanaxvúhanach "having whiskers on both sides; name of a white man called Browning"
xakararáastiip "on both shores"
xakararástiim "on both sides"
xakararátiik "both hands"
xakararáyuup "both eyes"
xakarara'âar "a type of snake, the rubber boa, "double-ender""

Source: WB 1586.7, p.396; JPH ani 06:569

  • chími kunvuhvúhinaavish, víri xákarari ík ku'iruvêehishriheesh. They will do the deerskin dance, and you must stand at each end. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 049]
  • itráhyar takunpíktaakrihva xákarari itnoopámahich tóosaam. Ten divided by two is five. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 402]

Sentence examples (10)

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  1. xás   yánava   pa-'ifápiit-sha   xákarari   kun-'íin   p-oo-thivtap-ára-hi-tih-irak  
    then   visible   the-young.unmarried.woman-PL   on.both.sides   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   NOMZ-3s(>3)-war.dance-having-DENOM-DUR-where  
    And he saw the girls sitting on each side where people were war-dancing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. naa   vúra   yíiv   ni-'aramsîipriv-ti   páy nanuxákararih  
    1sg.   Intensive   far   1s(>3)-start.out-DUR   country.outside  
    "I come from far away, from the outside."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  3. xákarari   u-'áaktak  
    on.both.sides   3s(>3)-put.hands.on  
    He put his hands on each side (of the door).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  4. xás   takráav   xákarari   kun-'íxupkiish  
    then   shoulder   on.both.sides   3pl(>3s)-lie.against.(pl.)  
    And they lay against his shoulder.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  5. víri   chími   u-p-taxáraapsipree-vish   táma   takráav   xákarari   kun-p-íkuuyva   pa-mu-hrôoh-as  
    so   soon   3s(>3)-ITER-take.stride-FUT   then   shoulder   on.both.sides   3pl(>3s)-ITER-strike   the-3sPOSS-wife-PL  
    He was about to stride back, (when) his wives landed on his shoulders on either side.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   pa-niinamichtâapas   iknûumin veekxaréeyav   pa-mú-'arama   vaa   vúra   u-kupa-'íf-aha   pa-mú-tiik   u-'ákchaak-tih   xákarari   pa-mú-tiik   u-'ákchaak-tih  
    then   then   the-smallest   Burrill.Peak.spirit   the-3sPOSS-child   so   Intensive   3s(>3)-MODAL-grow-Modal   the-3sPOSS-hand   3s(>3)-close.hands-DUR   on.both.sides   the-3sPOSS-hand   3s(>3)-close.hands-DUR  
    And Burrill Peak Spirit's littlest child grew up this way, his hands were closed, both his hands were closed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  7. xákarari   áxak   pa-'ávans-as   káru   áachip   áxak  
    on.both.sides   two   the-man-PL   also   middle   two  
    There were two men at each end and two in the middle.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  8. kuyráak   u-sasip-úniih-va   yítha   achipyâach   xás   xákararih  
    three   3s(>3)-be.in.line.(pl.)-down-PL.ACT   one   very.center   then   on.both.sides  
    There were three stripes running down, one right in the middle and (two) on each side.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text

  9. vúra   páy nanuxákarari   kích   uum   vaa   kun-kupí-tih  
    Intensive   country.outside   only   3.SG   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR  
    Only ones outside of our country did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text

  10. ishkêesh-ak   xákarari   áxak   ávansa   kun-'iruvêehriv  
    river-Locative   on.both.sides   two   man   3pl(>3s)-stand.(long.objects)  
    Two men are standing on each side of a river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text