Ararahih'urípih
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atahári always, all the time, for some time, anytime

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #744 | revised Oct 07 2014

atahári • ADV • always, all the time, for some time, anytime

Derivation:  áta hâari
maybe sometime

Derivative (1)
atahárish "always"

Source: WB 178.2, p.324

  • atahári vúra upvâaramaheen. He's been gone for some time. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 415]

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  1. xás   káan   atahári   vúra   u-krihan-kôo-tih  
    then   there   always   Intensive   3s(>3)-go.fishing-to-DUR  
    He was always fishing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. pa-'ávansa   atahári   vúra   u-'ákunvu-tih  
    the-man   always   Intensive   3s(>3)-hunt-DUR  
    The man was always hunting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  3. káru   uum   pa-'asiktávaan   atahári   vúra   kun-ikyáviichvu-tih   ávaha   kun-ikyáa-tih  
    also   3.SG   the-woman   always   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-work-DUR   food   3pl(>3s)-make-DUR  
    And the women were always working, they were gathering food.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. xás   pa-mu-'átimnam   uum   vúra   axyár   atahári  
    then   the-3sPOSS-pack-basket   3.SG   Intensive   full   always  
    And her burden basket was always full.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  5. uum   vúra   atahári-ish   vúra   kun-máah-tih   tá   kun-piip   u-'apurúvaan-hi-tih  
    3.SG   Intensive   always-DIM   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-see-DUR   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say   3s(>3)-sorcerer-DENOM-DUR  
    People were always seeing (a certain woman), they said, "She's a devil."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  6. hínupa   páy   uum   vaa   u-kupavêenahi-ti   atahári  
    surprise   this   3.SG   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR   always  
    There (the doctor) was doing that mischief all the time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text