Ararahih'urípih
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ôokninay around here

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lexicon ID #4387 | revised Jul 22 2014

ôokninay ADV • around here

  • kári xás kunpiip, naa nixúti pihnêefich ôokninay uvúrayvuti. And they said, "I think Coyote is wandering around here." [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 139]
  • xás ta'ítam koovúra pá'aah kunímshiipva ôokninay. And so all the fire went out around here. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 009]


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  1. kári   xás   kun-píip   naa   ni--ti   pihnêefich   ôokninay   u-vúrayvu-tih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   1sg.   1s(>3)-think-DUR   coyote   around.here   3s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    And they said, "I think Coyote is wandering around here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  2. xás   ta'ítam   koovúra   -'aah   kun-ímshiip-va   ôokninay  
    then   so   all   the-fire   3pl(>3s)-cool.off-PL.ACT   around.here  
    And so all the fire went out around here.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text