Ararahih'urípih
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xáath grasshopper

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6737 | revised Jan 26 2016

xáath • N • grasshopper

Derivatives (5)
sáhxaath "a type of grasshopper ; green grasshopper "
xachmûumich "a type of grasshopper, "camel cricket""
xachmûumich "man's name, Frank Skenks"
xathímtas "roasted grasshoppers"
káhxaath "upriver grasshopper; a species of grasshopper living at the Klamath Lakes"

Source: WB 1611, p.396; TK 46.13

  • yánava vúra táay páxaath toomtupíshriihva. He saw lots of grasshoppers were cooked. [Reference: WB T4.31]

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  1. chavúra   vaa   káan   u-'úum   pa-xath-ímtup   kun-ikyâa-tih-irak   pa-kun-ikyâa-tih-irak   pa-xath-ímtup  
    finally   that   there   3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-grasshopper-cooked   3pl(>3s)-make-DUR-where   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-make-DUR-where   the-grasshopper-cooked  
    Then he reached the place where they fix cooked grasshoppers, where they fix roasted grasshoppers.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   u-xus   "tîi   yítha   kán-'ám   pa-xath-ímtup  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   "let...   one   1s(>3)-eat   the-grasshopper-cooked  
    Then he thought: "Let me eat one of the roasted grasshoppers."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. xás   u-xús-anik   "if   táay   tá   ni-'av   pa-xath-ímtup  
    then   3s(>3)-think-ANC   "truly   much   PERF   1s(>3)-eat   the-grasshopper-cooked  
    Then he thought: "What a lot of roasted grasshoppers I have eaten."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. yánava   vúra   táay   pá-xaath   t-óo   mtupíshriih-va   xás   vúra   amáyav   kunish  
    visible   Intensive   much   the-grasshopper   PERF-3s(>3)   be.cooked-PL.ACT   then   Intensive   good-tasting   sort.of  
    He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. yánava   pá-xaath   vaa   vúra   u-kupa-'íshipithun-ahi-ti   p-oo-kupa-vúrayv-ahi-tih-een  
    visible   the-grasshopper   so   Intensive   3s(>3)-MODAL-run.like.string-Modal-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-MODAL-go.around-Modal-DUR-ANT  
    He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. yánava   vúra   uum   taay   pa-xath-ímtup  
    visible   Intensive   3.SG   much   the-grasshopper-cooked  
    He saw there were lots of roasted grasshoppers.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text