Ararahih'urípih
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kich characterized by, like

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3810 | revised Aug 22 2005

kich PCL • characterized by, like

Derivative (1)
aaxkich "bloody"


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    1. matêe   kuma-máath-kich  
      later   3sPOSS-heavy-like  
      Later, it became heavier.
      Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
    2. hári   kích   vaa   t-i-kupa-tákir-aha  
      sometime   like   so   PERF-2s(>3)-MODAL-leach.(acorn.meal)-Modal  
      Did you ever soak acorns like that?
      Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
      Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
    3. naa   áas   kich  
      1sg.   water   like  
      I am wet.
      Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
      Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
    4. váas   kích   u-thiv  
      blanket   like   3s(>3)-lie.(of.one.thing)  
      She lay as thin as a blanket.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
    5. xás   kun-ipéer   hári-va   p-ee-máh-aak   pa-sáhyuux   aas   kích   i-xús-eesh      kun-piyâaram-aheen  
      then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   sometime-INDEF   NOMZ-2s(>3)-see-when   the-sand   water   like   2s(>3)-think-FUT   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.back.(two.people)-ANT  
      And they told him, "Whenever you see that the sand is wet, you will know that we've gone again."
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
    6. xás   aas   kich  
      then   water   like  
      They are wet.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text