Ararahih'urípih
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kachakâach bluejay, Steller's jay

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3690 | revised Aug 22 2005

kachakâach N • bluejay, Steller's jay Cyanocitta stelleri.

Derivatives (2)
kachakâachich "dimin. of kachakâach 'bluejay'"
kachakach'ápuroon "cocoon, cocoon-rattle"

Source: WB 838, p.358; JPH ani 06:815

Note: Dimin. is kachakâachich.

  • kachakâach uum vúra apurúvaanhanik. Bluejay used to be a sorcerer. [Reference: KM 19.11]
  • kári xás kachakâach âapun upikrîish. And then Bluejay sat down on the ground. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 021]


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  1. kári   xás   kachakâach   kun-p-ikyâar-at  
    then   then   bluejay   3pl(>3s)-ITER-go.get-PAST  
    So they went to fetch Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  2. kári   xás   kun-píip   chími   kúkuum   kiik-píkaan   kachakâach  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   again   2pl(>3)-go.get   bluejay  
    So they said, "You had better go and fetch Bluejay again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  3. kári   xás   kachakâach   âapun   u-p-ikrîish  
    then   then   bluejay   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-ITER-sit.down  
    Then Bluejay sat down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  4. kári   xás   kachakâach   âapun   u'piiri   uum   t-u-p-ikrîish  
    then   then   bluejay   on.the.ground      3.SG   PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-sit.down  
    But Bluejay was still sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  5. kári   xás   kachakâach   u-píip   ããx   fatamakêesh   kich   ára   u-pêer-eesh  
    then   then   bluejay   3s(>3)-say   ugh!   anything   only   person   3s(>3)-say.to-FUT  
    Then Bluejay said, "Indeed! Maybe he will say something!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  6. xás   xanpuchíniishveenach   u-píip   kachakâach   mu-'ápuroon   ú-p-siinvu-tih  
    then   hummingbird   3s(>3)-say   bluejay   3sPOSS-magic.charm   3s(>3)-ITER-fail.to.recognize-DUR  
    Then Hummingbird said, "Bluejay does not know his medicine!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  7. kári   xás   u-piip   kachakâach   naa   ník   ni-p-shan-sîipree-vish  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   bluejay   1sg.   a.little   1s(>3)-ITER-carry.(things)-up.(pl.action)-FUT  
    Then Blue Jay said, "I'll carry them away."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  8. kachakâach   u-'eemhîichva  
    bluejay   3s(>3)-pretend.to.be.a.doctor  
    Blue Jay pretended to be a 'doctor.'
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  9. hínupa   vúra   uum   u-'apunkôo-naa-tih   kachakâach   uum   u-'apunkôo-naa-tih  
    surprise   Intensive   3.SG   3s(>3)-cast.spell.on-PL-DUR   bluejay   3.SG   3s(>3)-cast.spell.on-PL-DUR  
    There she was bewitching them, Blue Jay herself was bewitching them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  10. kári   xás   kachakâach   káan   u-krîish  
    then   then   bluejay   there   3s(>3)-sit.down  
    And Blue Jay sat down there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  11. mán   kachakâach   mu-véeniichva  
    why...   bluejay   3sPOSS-mischief  
    Why, it's Blue Jay's mischief."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  12. hínupa   uum   kachakáach   u-'apunkôo-naa-tih  
    surprise   3.SG   bluejay   3s(>3)-cast.spell.on-PL-DUR  
    There Blue Jay herself was bewitching them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  13. kachakâach   mu-'ápuroon   ku-máh-eesh   hôoyva   ípaha-k   u-tákararihva   sú'   vákay   ú-krii  
    bluejay   3sPOSS-magic.charm   2pl(>3)-see-FUT   somewhere   tree-LOC   3s(>3)-be.hanging   inside   worm   3s(>3)-live  
    You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  14. sunyíthi      kun-'íshavsip   kachakâach  
    chinquapin.nut   PERF   3pl(>3s)-pay.as.fee   bluejay  
    They paid Blue Jay her fee with chinquapin nuts.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  15. kachakâach   mu-véeniichva  
    bluejay   3sPOSS-mischief  
    It's Blue Jay's mischief."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  16. u-kachakâach-hi-ti  
    3s(>3)-bluejay-DENOM-DUR  
    She made a noise like a blue jay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  17. kachakâach   ípat   yíchaach   mukun-'ávan-hanik  
    bluejay   doe   together   3plPOSS-husband-ANC  
    Bluejay and Doe had a single husband.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  18. kári   xás   u--ti   pa-kachakâach   hûut   áta   kumá'ii   pa-'ípat   -xuun   kích   kúnish   p-oo-páta-tih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   the-bluejay   how   maybe   because.of   the-doe   3sPOSS-acorn.soup   only   sort.of   NOMZ-3s(>3)-eat.(acorn.soup)-DUR  
    And Blue Jay thought, "I wonder why he sort of eats only Doe's acorn soup?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  19. kári   xás   u-xús   kachakâach   tîi   kan-tharampûuk-i  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   bluejay   let...   1s(>3)-cook.acorn.soup-IMPER  
    Then Blue Jay thought, "Let me make acorn soup!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  20. kári   xás   ú-pthaaniv   kachakâach   aayâach   ápsii   t-óo   spat  
    then   then   3s(>3)-lie.around   bluejay   it.was.because   leg   PERF-3s(>3)   be.broken  
    Then Blue Jay was laid up, it was because her leg was broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  21. púyava   pa-kachakâach   t-óo   p-yáv-pa  
    you.see   the-bluejay   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-good-DENOM  
    Blue Jay was well again by now.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  22. púyava   xás   p-aaxíich   u-pêer   pa--taat   úma   kachakâach   vaa   u-kupí-tih   kachakáach   u-yveeshrîih-vu-ti   pa-xuun  
    you.see   then   the-child   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-mother   emphatic(?)   bluejay   that   3s(>3)-do-DUR   bluejay   3s(>3)-pour.out-PL.ACT-DUR   the-acorn.soup  
    So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  23. kári   xás   ta'ítam   chími   kiik-píkaan   kachakáach  
    then   then   so   soon   2pl(>3)-go.get   bluejay  
    Then they said to go get Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  24. kachakâach   káan   vúra   ú-krii  
    bluejay   there   Intensive   3s(>3)-live  
    And Bluejay was just sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  25. kári   xás   kachakâach   u-piip   ããx   naa   fatamakêesh   kích   ára   ú-peer-eesh  
    then   then   bluejay   3s(>3)-say   ugh!   1sg.   anything   only   person   3s(>3)-say.to-FUT  
    Bluejay said, "Ããx, she would just say anything to anybody.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  26. kachakâach   mu-véeniichva  
    bluejay   3sPOSS-mischief  
    It's Bluejay's doings.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  27. kachakâach   mu-véeniichva  
    bluejay   3sPOSS-mischief  
    It's Bluejay's doings.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  28. kári   xás   u-'árihshipriv   kachakâach   chanchaksúr-ak   u-'árihrupuk   kchkchkchkchkch  
    then   then   3s(>3)-jump.up   bluejay   roof-hatch-Locative   3s(>3)-rush.outdoors   kchkchkchkchkch  
    Now Bluejay jumped up and she went out the door, "kchkchkchkchkch".
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  29. mâa   vúra   v-óo-kxiipshiprin   pa-kachakâach   t-u-'árihishrih  
    look!   Intensive   so-3s(>3)-fly.away   the-bluejay   PERF-3s(>3)-become  
    She flew away, she turned into Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play