Ararahih'urípih
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ikxarám'aachip midnight

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2248 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikxarám'aachip • N • midnight

Literally: 'night-middle'

Derivation:  ikxáram áachip
night middle

Source: WB 538.1, p.342

  • peekxarám'aachip tuvâamyuv. It was just past midnight. [Reference: WB files]

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  1. p-eekxarám'aachip   t-u-vâamyuv   xás   u-xus   chími   kan-vâaram-i  
    the-midnight   PERF-3s(>3)-pass   then   3s(>3)-think   soon   1s(>3)-go-IMPER  
    When midnight had passed, then he thought, "Let me go!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text