Ararahih'urípih
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ayu'âach it was because ; of course

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1031 | revised Oct 31 2014

ayu'âach • PCL • it was because ; of course Variant: aayâach ; eeyâach.

Derivative (1)
ayu'âachich "too bad; alas"

Source: WB 261, p.329

  • ayu'âach uxâatha. Of course it's rotten. [Reference: KT 149.25]
  • ayu'âach páy pasaamnúpahitihan chí kun'íihrupaavish. It was because they were going to dance downriver that way the stream flows. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 002]

Sentence examples (10)

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  1. víri   man   ayu'âach   uum   u-yupsírihi-ti  
    so   why...   it.was.because   3.SG   3s(>3)-be.blind-DUR  
    Well of course, because she's blind.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. hãã   I couldn't do that   ayu'âach   vúra   vaa   yux-múrax   u-'árihishrih-eesh  
    yes   I couldn't do that   it.was.because   Intensive   so   dirt-nothing.but   3s(>3)-become-FUT  
    Yes, I couldn't do that because it would turn into nothing but sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. manâa   naa   káru   ni-kuphêesh   ayu'âach   pa--sand   vúra   vaa  
    maybe   1sg.   also   1s(>3)-will.do   it.was.because   the--sand   Intensive   so  
    That's what I do too, because of the sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  4. ayu'âach   u-xaat.”  
    it.was.because   3s(>3)-rot  
    Of course it is rotten.”
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  5. ayu'âach   u-xaat   ûunuhich   t-u-'íithra  
    it.was.because   3s(>3)-rot   long.time   PERF-3s(>3)-lie.(liquid)  
    “Of course it is rotten, it has been in there a long time.”
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  6. ayu’âach   púfaat   pa-'ávansa   iináak   pa-nini-'ákah   uum   támit   u-'ív-at  
    it.was.because   nothing   the-man   placename   the-1sPOSS-father   3.SG   already.in.the.past   3s(>3)-die-PAST  
    It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  7. xás   pa-'îin   kun-'áharamu-ti   xára   xás   kun-ithyárukha   ayu'âach   ishahá-kaam  
    then   NOMZ-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-follow-DUR   long.time   then   3pl(>3s)-cross.(water)   it.was.because   water-large  
    And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. ayu'âach   vúra   uum   tá   na-xúriha  
    it.was.because   Intensive   3.SG   PERF   1s-be.hungry  
    It's because I'm hungry."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  9. ayu'âach   kana-xúseen-ti   kâanimich  
    it.was.because   3pl>1s-think.about-DUR   poor  
    It was because they thought, 'She's poor.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  10. ayu'âach   kanée-peen-tih   axicha-'êechkee-puh-ich   ní-krii  
    it.was.because   3pl>1s-say.to-DUR   child-kidnap-having.been.-ed-DIM   1s(>3)-live  
    It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text