Ararahih'urípih
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-'anamahach little, small

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #375 | revised Apr 23 2024

-'anamahach ADJ • little, small Variant: -'anamahich.

Derivation -'aramah-ach
-child-DIM

Derivatives (28; show derivatives)

Source: WB 129.1, p.320

Note: Occurs in combination after a noun. The sequence -ana- behaves morphophonemically like a long vowel (G383). The suppletive plural is -tunvêech(as), 1398.1. The corresponding free forms are singular nîinamich, plural tûupichas.

See -'áramah2 'child' See -ach1 'diminutive (nouns)'


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  1. kári   xás   ni-'ûufak   pa-taskaná-'anamahich   kaan   ni-'íipma  
    then   to.there   be.downhill.slope-bring.downhill   the-pole-little   there   1s(>3)-return  
    I took my little pole and climbed down.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. pirísh-'anammahach  
    plant-little  
    little leaf
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  3. eepúm-'anamahach  
    root-little  
    rootlet
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  4. pa-nani-chishíh-'anamahach   itháan   káruk   nu-'ípasroov-at   káan   ú-krii   chishih-'aneekyáavaan  
    the-1sPOSS-dog-little   once   upriver   1pl(>3)-take.(someone).upriver-PAST   there   3s(>3)-life   dog-doctor  
    Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  5. Kúkuum  
    again  
    Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  6. kâarim   u-kyáa-ti   pee-hnohá-'anamahach  
    bad   3s(>3)-make-flicker   the-wife-little  
    She treated the little wife badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  7. xás   pa-'avansaxích-'anamahach   t-óo   kfuuyshur   puxích   vúra  
    then   the-boy-little   PERF-3s(>3)   be.tired   very.much   Intensive  
    Then the little boy got very tired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  8. hínupa   akvíish-ich   hôoyva   pufích-'anamahach   t-óo   p-êeth-uk  
    surprise   wildcat-DIM   somewhere   deer-little   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-carry-to.here  
    There Wildcat had brought a little deer from somewhere.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  9. yánava   sít-'anamahach   axicheekyamíichvar  
    visible   mouse-little   toy  
    She saw it was a little mouse, a children's toy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text
  10. pa-chishíi   u-hyári   amkír-ak   a'   u-'áam-ti   asíp-'anamahach-ak  
    the-dog   3s(>3)-stand   table-Locative   above   3s(>3)-eat-DUR   bowl-little-Locative  
    The dog is standing on top of the table, he is eating from a small bowl.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  11. káan   tishrám-kaam   xás   ú-hthaamhi-tih   káru   ipahá-'anamahach   káan   u-'íihya  
    there   valley-large   then   3s(>3)-plant-DUR   also   tree-little   there   3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)  
    A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  12. xás   ipahá-'anamahach   káan   u-'íihya  
    then   tree-little   there   3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)  
    A little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text