Ararahih'urípih
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itaharâan ten times

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lexicon ID #3201 | revised Feb 16 2015

itaharâan • ADV • ten times

Derivation:  itráhyar-yaan
ten-times

  • chavúra itaharâan takunparihíshriihva. Finally they sang ten times. [Reference: WB T2.32]
  • itaharâan upikyávaanhatak vaa pakéevniikich. She'd been ikyávaan (priestess at the world-renewal ceremony) 10 times, that old woman. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 010]

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  1. chavúra   itaharâan   tá   kun-p-arihíshriih-va  
    finally   ten.times   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-sing-PL.ACT  
    Finally they sang ten times.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   kun-píip   nuu   páy   p-eethívthaaneen   itaharâan   nu-píhiroopithvu-tih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   we   this   the-land   ten.times   1pl(>3)-dance.around-DUR  
    And they said, "We dance around this earth ten times."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   kun-píip   pûuhara   hôoy   íf   vaa   i-kuph-eesh   itaharâan   i-píhiroopithv-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   no   where   truly   so   2s(>3)-do-FUT   ten.times   2s(>3)-dance.around-FUT  
    And they said, "No, you can't do that, you will (have to) dance around ten times!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text