Ararahih'urípih
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xánahich after a while

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6779 | revised Feb 02 2016

xánahich • ADV • after a while Variant: xánihich.

Derivation:  xára-ich
long.time-DIM

Derivatives (2)
xanahíchyav "for a good while"
xánahishich "a little while"

Source: WB 1603.1, p.396

  • víri poopikfúkuvraa, víri xánihich vúra uhyárih. So when he climbs up (to the top of Etna Mountain), he just stands there a while. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 233]
  • xánahichvarih axmáy u'áhoo, pihnêefich. In a little while, suddenly Coyote came. [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 010]

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  1. chavúra   tá   xánahich   koovúra   kun-paratánmaahpa-naa  
    finally   PERF   after.while   all   3pl(>3s)-turn.back-PL  
    Then after a while they all turned back.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. xás   xánahich   xás   axmáy   ú-traax  
    then   after.while   then   suddenly   3s(>3)-strike  
    And in a little while, suddenly it struck.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. xánahich-vari   axmáy   u-'áhoo   pihnêefich  
    after.while-toward   suddenly   3s(>3)-go   coyote  
    In a little while, suddenly Coyote came.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  4. xás   vaa   u-kúupha   xánahich   vúra   u-xapyuxúyux  
    then   so   3s(>3)-do   after.while   Intensive   3s(>3)-rub.foot.in.dirt  
    And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. xás   p-oo-fúmtaapsur   víri   yûuth   p-oo-trûupu-tih   xánahich   axmáy   vaa   u-kuupha   pa-mukun-furax-pikshipíkmath   axmáy   u-'áapuchur  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-blow   so   downriver.and.across-stream   the-3s(>3)-look.downriver.from.here-DUR   after.while   suddenly   so   3s(>3)-do   the-3plPOSS-woodpecker.head-sun-shade   suddenly   3s(>3)-collapse  
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   vaa   u-kuupha   xánahich   u-xapyuxúyux  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-do   after.while   3s(>3)-rub.foot.in.dirt  
    And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  7. xás   vaa   vúra   xánahich   t-u-patúmkoo  
    then   that   Intensive   after.while   PERF-3s(>3)-suck.disease  
    And she sucked at it for a little while.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text