Ararahih'urípih
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vâaram long, tall

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6397 | revised Mar 27 2008

vâaram • ADJ • long, tall

Derivatives (4)
vaaraméeshiip "tallest, longest"
vitkirivâaram "name of a ridge near Orleans"
vitkirivâaram_mu'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
vaaramaséeshiip "tallest, longest"

Source: WB 1524, p.393

Note: Long vowel in this word is never shortened. Plural is vâaramas. When combined with a noun, this is replaced by -xára, e.g. avansaxára 'tall man'.

  • xavish'úhraam uum vúra puvaaramákaamhara. An arrowwood pipe is not very long. [Reference: TK 158.34]
  • mukunyáfus puvâaramasahara. Their dresses are not long. [Reference: WB T86.9]
  • xás yítha vâaram taníkruupka, vastaranxára. Then I sew a long one on, a long thong. [Reference: TK 125.9]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (18)

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  1. tá   vâaram   he's growin' fast  
    PERF   long   he's growin' fast  
    He's already tall, he's growing fast.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. vaa   uum   vúra   hitíhaan   arar-éethvaay-vari   vaa   kóo   vâaram-as--hi-tih  
    that   3.SG   Intensive   always   human-chest-toward   so   as.much.as   long-PL-DENOM-DUR  
    But most of the time they come up to a person's chest.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. vâaram-as  
    long-PL  
    They are tall.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  4. vâaram-as   pa-mu-'ikutunvá-ra-muu  
    long-PL   the-3sPOSS-between.joint--  
    The sections between its joints are long.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  5. vâaram-sa   ipaníchih-sha   p-eheeraha-pírish  
    long-PL   -PL   the-tobacco-plant  
    The tobacco leaves are long, pointed.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  6. pa-'ápsuun   uum   vúra   vâaram   pa-'áan   uum   ipshûunkinich  
    the-snake   3.SG   Intensive   long   the-string   3.SG   low  
    The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  7. páy   uum   pa-'ápsuun   vúra   uum   vâaram  
    this   3.SG   the-snake   Intensive   3.SG   long  
    This snake is the longest snake.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  8. naa   ipshûunkinich   kúna   pa-nani-típa   uum   vâaram  
    1sg.   low   in.addition   the-1sPOSS-brother   3.SG   long  
    My brother is taller than me. (I'm short, but my brother is tall.)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  9. pay   uum   ipshûunkinich   pay   cup   uum   vâaram  
    this   3.SG   low   this   cup   3.SG   long  
    That cup is smaller than this cup. (That cup is short. This cup is tall.)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  10. vâaram   pa-mu-'ífunih  
    long   the-3sPOSS-hair  
    She has long hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  11. vâaram   t-i-'íf  
    long   PERF-2s(>3)-grow  
    You grew tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. apxantinihich-'ávansa   uum   kúnish   vâaram-as  
    white.man-man   3.SG   sort.of   long-PL  
    White men are tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. pa-púsihich   vúra   uum   vâaram   pa-mu-'ápvuuy  
    the-cat.(dimin.)   Intensive   3.SG   long   the-3sPOSS-tail  
    The cat has a long tail.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  14. sáruk   u-tfáku-tih   yánava   paa-xvâahar   kári   vâaram-as   u-vêehriv  
    downhill   3s(>3)-look.away.downhill-DUR   visible   the-ptich-wood   then   long-PL   3s(>3)-stand.(things)  
    She looked downhill, she saw the pitch still standing long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  15. pa-'urípi   uum   vâaram   u-kyâa-hi-tih  
    the-net   3.SG   long   3s(>3)-make-ESS-DUR  
    The net was made long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  16. xás   pa-nunu-'ífunih   vúra   xávish   mûuk   nu-pákoo-tih   kíri   vâaram-as   u-'if   pa-nunu-'ífunih  
    then   the-1plPOSS-hair   Intensive   mock.orange   with.(by.means.of)   1pl(>3)-whip.hair-DUR   I.wish   long-PL   3s(>3)-grow   the-1plPOSS-hair  
    And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  17. vaa   kumá'ii   pa-yêepshas   pa-sárip   itharípriik   aayâach   vaa   uum   vâaram-sas   káru   xúnutich  
    so   because.of   NOMZ-good.(pl.)   the-hazel.twigs   fir.forest   it.was.because   so   3.SG   long-PL   also   flexible.(dimin.)  
    The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  18. mukun-yáfus   pu-vâarama-sa-hara  
    3plPOSS-dress   NEG-long-PL-NEG  
    Their dresses were not long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text