Ararahih'urípih
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kôomahich a little bit

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3922 | revised Apr 21 2015

kôomahich • ADV • a little bit

Derivation:  koo-vah-ich
so.much-Distributive-DIM

Source: WB 897.1, p.361, (T48.24)

  • xás kôomahich vúra vaa káan yúuxak uhyákurih pamushvírik. Then she just jabs her elbow a little into the earth there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 052]
  • tîi matêe kôomahich kan'ífapvi paxathímtas. I think I'll just pick up a few roasted grasshoppers. [Reference: WB T3.34]

Sentence examples (12)


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  1. xás   achvúun   u-ppiip   naa   îin   pu-kin-îikyár-eesh-ara   vaa   vúra   páy   kyôomahich   nu-níshsh-eesh  
    then   hookbill.salmon   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   TOPIC   NEG-1>2s-beat-FUT-NEG   so   Intensive   this   little.bit   1pl(>3)-do-FUT  
    Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. kôomahich   vúra   p-oo-veehpîithvu-ti   pa-mú-ptiik  
    little.bit   Intensive   NOMZ-3s(>3)-spread.out-DUR   the-3sPOSS-branch  
    Its branches just spread a little.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. p-eheerahá-saan   xúus   kunish   ithváaykam-kam   kôomahich   vúra   u-'áxvuh?-ha?-hi-tih-ach   p-eheeraha-san-vásihkam-kam  
    the-tobacco-leaf   smooth   sort.of   front-side   little.bit   Intensive   3s(>3)-fuzz-DENOM-ESS-DUR-DIM.(verbs)   the-tobacco-leaf-behind-side  
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  4. manâa   vaa   kôomahich   tá   ni-pikróok  
    maybe   that   little.bit   PERF   1s(>3)-remember  
    That’s as much as I remember.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. xás   u-xú-ti   tîi   matée   kóomahich   kan-'ífapv-i   pa-xathímtas  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   let...   later   little.bit   1s(>3)-pick.up-IMPER   the-roasted.grasshoppers  
    And he thought, "Let me pick up a few roasted grasshoppers for a moment!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  6. púyava   vúra   kóomahich  
    you.see   Intensive   little.bit  
    That's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  7. púyava   vúra   koomahich  
    you.see   Intensive   little.bit  
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  8. púyava   vúra   koomahich  
    you.see   Intensive   little.bit  
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  9. kóomahich   ník   kóovan   tá   kun-'áraarahi-tih  
    little.bit   a.little   together.with.(plural)   PERF   3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR  
    They would stay with him a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  10. púyava   kóomahich   ník   kóovan   tá   kun-'áraarahi-tih  
    you.see   little.bit   a.little   together.with.(plural)   PERF   3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR  
    So they would stay with him a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  11. púyava   vúra   kóomahich  
    you.see   Intensive   little.bit  
    That's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  12. púyava   vúra   páy   kóomahich  
    you.see   Intensive   this   little.bit  
    That's all.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text