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1. îifiti   tá   xánahishich   chími   axmay   u-rikirikiha   sure.enough   PERF   little.while   soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-be.sound.of.footsteps

   A while afterwards all at once there was a sound of people walking. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

2. chavúra   tá   xánahich   koovúra   kun-paratánmaahpa-naa   finally   PERF   after.while   all   3pl(>3s)-turn.back-PL

   Then after a while they all turned back. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

3. chavúra   tá   xánahishich   chími   axmáy   u-'áasish   patápriha-k   vúra   t-óo   mchax   tá   pu-kunish   kêena-tih-ara   finally   PERF   little.while   soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-lie.down   paved.floor-Locative   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   get.hot   PERF   NEG-sort.of   move-DUR-NEG

   Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

4. viri   ta   xánnahishich   koovúra   kun-íkmuum   achvúun   atipimámvaan   kun-koohímmach'va   so   PERF   little.while   all   3pl(>3s)-pitch.onto   hookbill.salmon   buzzard   3pl(>3s)-pity

   Then they all pitched on to Hookbill, they felt sorry for Buzzard. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

5. chavúra   tá   xánahishich   tíik   mûuk   vúra   t-u-mutváraa-tih   finally   PERF   little.while   hand   with.(by.means.of)   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-put.in.mouth.by.handfuls-DUR

   Then a little while after he was just feeding it into his mouth by the handful. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

6. cháva   tá   xánahishich   yánava   xákaan   vúra   tá   kun-ímuutara-ha   sure.enough   PERF   little.while   visible   both   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-pregnant-DENOM

   Sure enough, in a little while they saw they were both pregnant. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

7. xás   xánahich   xás   axmáy   ú-traax   then   after.while   then   suddenly   3s(>3)-strike

   And in a little while, suddenly it struck. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

8. xánahich-vari   axmáy   u-'áhoo   pihnêefich   after.while-toward   suddenly   3s(>3)-go   coyote

   In a little while, suddenly Coyote came. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play

9. xanahíchyav   vúra   t-óo   kríi   for.a.good.while   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   live

   She stayed quite a long time. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

10. xás   vaa   u-kúupha   xánahich   vúra   u-xapyuxúyux   then   so   3s(>3)-do   after.while   Intensive   3s(>3)-rub.foot.in.dirt

    And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

11. xás   p-oo-fúmtaapsur   víri   yûuth   p-oo-trûupu-tih   xánahich   axmáy   vaa   u-kuupha   pa-mukun-furax-pikshipíkmath   axmáy   u-'áapuchur   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-blow   so   downriver.and.across-stream   the-3s(>3)-look.downriver.from.here-DUR   after.while   suddenly   so   3s(>3)-do   the-3plPOSS-woodpecker.head-sun-shade   suddenly   3s(>3)-collapse

    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

12. kári   xás   vaa   u-kuupha   xánahich   u-xapyuxúyux   then   then   so   3s(>3)-do   after.while   3s(>3)-rub.foot.in.dirt

    And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

13. xás   xanahíchyav   t-óo   krûuntih   then   for.a.good.while   PERF-3s(>3)   wait.for

    So he waited a good while. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

14. púyava   vúra   xánahishich   káan   tá   kun-'iin   you.see   Intensive   little.while   there   PERF   3pl(>3s)-(two).be

    So they stayed there for a little while. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

15. xás   vaa   vúra   xánahich   t-u-patúmkoo   then   that   Intensive   after.while   PERF-3s(>3)-suck.disease

    And she sucked at it for a little while. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text