Ararahih'urípih
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pácheech all alone

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4450 | revised Aug 23 2005

pácheech • ADV • all alone

Source: WB 1089, p.371

  • tátaay, kíri pácheech ni'av. There's a lot (of food), I want to eat it all by myself. [Reference: WB T38.15]
  • papihnîich pácheech úkrii. The old man was alone. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 012]

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  1. pa-pihnîich   pácheech   ú-krii  
    the-old.man   all.alone   3s(>3)-live  
    The old man was sitting alone.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xás   u-pí-ti   pûuhara   iim   vúra   pácheech   ip-vâaram-i  
    then   3s(>3)-say-DUR   no   2sg.   Intensive   all.alone   ITER-go-IMPER  
    And he said, "No, you go back alone."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  3. xás   pa-káan   kun-'uum   yánava   pa-pihnîich   kích   pácheech   ú-krii  
    then   NOMZ-there   3pl(>3s)-arrive   visible   the-old.man   only   all.alone   3s(>3)-live  
    And when they got there, they saw only the old man sitting alone.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  4. chavúra   kun-'áapunma   hínupa   êeth   hínupa   u-xú-ti   tá   taay   kíri   pácheech   ni-'av  
    finally   3pl(>3s)-know   surprise   slug   surprise   3s(>3)-think-DUR   PERF   much   I.wish   all.alone   1s(>3)-eat  
    Finally they found out, there it was Slug, there he thought, "There's a lot, let me eat it by myself!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  5. pácheech   t-óo   saam  
    all.alone   PERF-3s(>3)   remain  
    (The littlest one) remained alone.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  6. pácheech   tá   ni-saam  
    all.alone   PERF   1s(>3)-remain  
    I am left alone.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  7. pa-'ithyáru-kam   tá   pácheech  
    the-across-side   PERF   all.alone  
    The one across-stream is alone by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text