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xakitráhyar / xakitahara- twenty
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lexicon ID #6775 | revised Oct 31 2014
xakitráhyar / xakitahara- • NUM • twenty
Literally: 'two tens'
| Derivation: | áxak itráhyar |
| two ten |
Source: WB 217.4, p.327
Note: Shortened form of axakitráhyar / axakitahara-.
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pi'êep pa-ni-yáan'iiftihan-haak pa-'ôok káruk vee-thívthaaneen pishîich ni-'úum-haak pa-panámniik pishîich ni-'úum-haak naa vúra xakitrahyar káru yítha hárinay kích tá ní-krii long.ago NOMZ-1s(>3)-young.person-when NOMZ-here upriver 3sPOSS-land first 1s(>3)-arrive-when NOMZ-Orleans first 1s(>3)-arrive-when 1sg. Intensive twenty also one year only PERF 1s(>3)-live Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old. Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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