Ararahih'urípih
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chémi all right

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1107 | revised Nov 07 2014

chémi • INTERJ • all right

Derivatives (2)
chéemyaach "quickly, fast; hurry!"
cheemyáchva "every now and then"

Source: WB 286, p.330

Note: Perhaps related to chími 'anticipative'. Sometimes abbreviated to chem'.

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  1. xas   kun-píip   "chémi  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   "all.right  
    So they said, "All right!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. chémi  
    all.right  
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   kun-píip   chémi  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   all.right  
    And they said, "All right.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  4. yee   chémi   yôotva   yôotva   ishávaas  
    well   all.right   hurray!   hurray!   child.of.deceased.sibling  
    "Well, all right, hurray, hurray, nephew!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   kun-píip   chémi  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   all.right  
    And they said, "All right.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   chémi   chúvaarap  
    then   then   all.right   let's.go  
    And (they said), "All right, let's go."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  7. xás   kun-ipiip   chémi  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   all.right  
    And they said, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  8. xás   kun-ipêer   chémi  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   all.right  
    And they told him, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  9. chémi   ník   ishávaas   pu-ná-yuuph-eesh-ara  
    all.right   a.little   child.of.deceased.sibling   NEG-1s(>3)-open.eyes-FUT-NEG  
    "All right, nephew, I won't open my eyes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  10. xás   kun-píip   chémi  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   all.right  
    And they said, "All right.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. chémi   vaa   ník   ni-kuph-eesh  
    all.right   so   a.little   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    "All right, I'll do that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. chémi   vaa   ník   ni-kuph-eesh  
    all.right   so   a.little   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    "All right, I'll do that."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  13. chémi   chôora  
    all.right   let's.go  
    "All right, let's go."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  14. xás   kun-píip   chémi  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   all.right  
    And they said, "All right."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  15. xás   u-piip   chémi   naa   káru   yúruk   kan-'árihrup-i  
    then   3s(>3)-say   all.right   1sg.   also   downriver   1s(>3)-go.away.downriver-IMPER  
    And (the other) said, "All right, and let me go downriver."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  16. xás   ta'ítam   chémi  
    then   so   all.right  
    So (they said), "All right."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  17. xás   u-piip   chémi  
    then   3s(>3)-say   all.right  
    And he said, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  18. chémi  
    all.right  
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  19. xás   chémi  
    then   all.right  
    And (they said) "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  20. chémi   kúkuum   tîi   kan-'am  
    all.right   again   let...   1s(>3)-eat  
    "All right, let me eat it again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  21. kári   xás   chémi  
    then   then   all.right  
    Then (they said), "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  22. xás   u-pí-ti   chémi  
    then   3s(>3)-say-DUR   all.right  
    And she said, "All right."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  23. xás   u-pí-ti   chémi  
    then   3s(>3)-say-DUR   all.right  
    And she said, "All right.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  24. víri   chôora   chémi  
    so   let's.go   all.right  
    All right, let's go.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  25. xás   u-piip   chémi   imáan   ník   ni-ykár-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-say   all.right   tomorrow   a.little   1s(>3)-beat-FUT  
    And (Weasel) said, "All right, I'll kill it tomorrow."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  26. xás   u-piip   chémi   tá   ní-ykar   pa-'áama  
    then   3s(>3)-say   all.right   PERF   1s(>3)-beat   the-salmon  
    And he said, "All right, I've killed the salmon."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  27. xás   u-piip   chémi   tá   ni-vâaram  
    then   3s(>3)-say   all.right   PERF   1s(>3)-go  
    And he said, "All right, I'm going."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  28. chémi  
    all.right  
    "All right."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  29. kári   xás   kun-píip   chémi   chúvaarap  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   all.right   let's.go  
    And they said, "All right, let’s go!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

  30. chémi   chôora  
    all.right   let's.go  
    "All right, let's go!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  31. kári   xás   chémi   kiik-piikívmath-ap  
    then   then   all.right   1/3>2pl-put.necklaces.on-INV  
    And (they said), "All right, put necklaces on them!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  32. chémi  
    all.right  
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  33. kári   xás   áxvaay   chémi   xás   tá   koo   tá   kun-piikívshiip   koovúra  
    then   then   crane   all.right   then   PERF   all   PERF   3pl(>3s)-put.necklaces.up.on   all  
    And Crane (said), "All right," and that was all, he had on all the necklaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  34. chémi  
    all.right  
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  35. chémi  
    all.right  
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  36. kári   xás   chôora   chémi  
    then   then   let's.go   all.right  
    Then (he said), "All right, let's go!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  37. kári   xás   u-piip   chôora   chémi  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   let's.go   all.right  
    Then he said, "All right, let's go!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  38. chémi  
    all.right  
    "All right."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  39. víri   vaa   kích   ta'ítam   xánkiit   chémi  
    so   so   only   so   bullhead   all.right  
    Then Bullhead said, "Okay."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  40. kári   xás   chémi  
    then   then   all.right  
    [Hummingbird said], "Okay."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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