Ararahih'urípih
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ichámahich one by one, one at a time, one after another (in turn)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1423 | revised Mar 31 2014

ichámahich • ADV • one by one, one at a time, one after another (in turn)

Derivation:  itha-vah-ich
all-Distributive-DIM

Source: WB 1679.1, p.401

  • ichámahich vúra pakunthivrúhishrihat. They floated ashore one at a time. [Reference: KV]
  • ichámahich takunvôonupukva. They are coming out (of a house) one at a time. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 356]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. ikxúrar   tá   kun-pavyíhuk   koovúra   ichámahich   pa-mukun-púufich  
    evening   PERF   3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.)   all   one.by.one   the-3plPOSS-deer  
    In the evening they all return one by one with their deer.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. púyava   ichámahich   kúuk   kun-chúnva-vu-ti  
    you.see   one.by.one   to.there   3pl(>3s)-hide.oneself-PL.ACT-DUR  
    Then they sneaked up to it one by one.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text