Ararahih'urípih
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xaas almost

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6731 | revised Jan 26 2016

xaas • ADV • almost

Source: WB 1605, p.396

  • vaa kumá'ii paxáas tu'iv. That's why he almost died. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 015]
  • ífunih vúra xáas kóosamichas. (Sprouts) are pretty nearly the size of a hair. [Reference: TK 61.18]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. pa-hûut   pa-kun-kupí-tih-anik   xáas   vúra   kúnish   ikxáyxay-tih-ap-hanik  
    the-how   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-do-DUR-ANC   almost   Intensive   sort.of   chop.up-DUR-NEG-ANC  
    How they would say that [the ground] was sort of cultivated
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  2. vaa   kumá'ii   pa-xáas   t-u-'iv   pu-'uum   vúra   fâat   kuma-kêemish   áam-tih-an  
    so   because.of   NOMZ-almost   PERF-3s(>3)-die   NEG-3.SG   Intensive   what   3sPOSS-something.dangerous   eat-DUR-Participial  
    "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  3. xás   vúra   ii   xáas   vúra   u-kyívuni   pa-mu-píkvas   t-óo   xus   ii   t-u-'iv  
    then   Intensive   oh!   almost   Intensive   3s(>3)-fall.downward   the-3sPOSS-plume   PERF-3s(>3)   think   oh!   PERF-3s(>3)-die  
    Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text