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uumyâach just barely
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lexicon ID #6314 | revised Nov 14 2014
uumyâach • PCL • just barely
| Derivation: | ûum-yâach | (= ûum yav-ach) |
| barely-Intensive | (= barely good-DIM) |
- víri pootníshuk víri uumyâach kunipthivrúhish úuth yurástiim. When he looked out, they had barely floated ashore out at the ocean. [Reference: WB T3.162]
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víri p-oo-tníshuk víri uumyâach kun-ip-thivrúhish úuth yúrastiim so NOMZ-3s(>3)-peek so just.barely 3pl(>3s)-ITER-float.ashore out.to.water seashore When he barely looked out, they floated ashore out at the ocean, at the seashore. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text