Ararahih'urípih
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-'íshara extremely

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2947 | revised Nov 24 2014

-'íshara • ADJ • extremely

Note: Occurs only after nouns.

  • amayaa'íshara. It was very good-tasting. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 018]
  • pihnîich, tharampukayaa'íshar ikyâaheen. Old man, you made really good acorn soup! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 024]
  • ifunihaxara'íshar pami'ífunih. Your hair is really long! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 027]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. xas   u-píip   "pihnîich   tharampuka-yaa-'íshara   i-kyâa-heen  
    then   3s(>3)-say   "old.man   acorn.soup-good-extremely   2s(>3)-make-ANT  
    (One of the boys) said, "Old man, that's awfully good mush you fixed today!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xas   u-píip   "pihnîich   ifuniha-xarah-'íshara   pa-mi-'ífunih  
    then   3s(>3)-say   "old.man   hair-long-extremely   the-2sPOSS-hair  
    And he said, "Old man! What long hair you have!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. xas   kun-'ipêer   "pa-pihníich   íp   nik   nu-xus-at   tharampuka-yaa-'íshara  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   "the-old.man   PAST   a.little   1pl(>3)-think-PAST   acorn.soup-good-extremely  
    Then one of them said, "Old man, we have been thinking about what a good cook you are!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  4. amayáa-'ishar  
    good-tasting-extremely  
    It tastes good.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  5. yéehe   amakeem-'íshara  
    interjection   bad.tasting-extremely  
    “Oh, it does not taste good,” (he said).
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  6. amayaa-'íshara  
    good-tasting-extremely  
    It was very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás   p-oo-pakátkat   amayaa-'íshara  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-take.a.taste   good-tasting-extremely  
    And when he tasted them, they were very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. kári   xás   pa-'âapun   t-u-túraayva   yee   asa-yaamach-'íshara   ôok   páy   u-tháaniv  
    then   then   NOMZ-on.the.ground   PERF-3s(>3)-look.around   well   rock-pretty-extremely   here   this   3s(>3)-sit  
    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  9. yee   amayaa-'íshara  
    well   good-tasting-extremely  
    "My, it's delicious!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text