Ararahih'urípih
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xára for a long time

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6839 | revised Feb 02 2016

xára ADV • for a long time

Derivatives (9)
ishipxárahuraa "to extend upward in single file"
kaftunvaxáraharas "plant species"
tivxárahar "mule"
tivxárahsa "mule"
xánahich "after a while"
xanahíchyav "for a good while"
xánahishich "a little while"
xaravêenik "long ago"
xaravêetak "long before"

Source: WB 1603, p.397

Note: Cf. xárah 'long' (in space).

  • matêek xára ikrêevish. May you live to get old. [Reference: Richardson 1993:26]
  • yukún vúra uum xára takun'íchunva áasiv. For a long time they had hidden in a cave. [Reference: WB T58.4]


Sentence examples (36)

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  1. kári   xás   kaan   -krii   xára  
    then   then   there   1s(>3)-live   long.time  
    There I sat down and waited a while.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. xás   kúkuum   vura   xára   -hmachiichva  
    then   again   Intensive   long.time   1s(>3)-bother  
    Then I tried quite a while.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  3. You can't tell,   xâat   xára   i-shanpíithva   pa-sárip  
    You can't tell,   may   long.time   2s(>3)-carry.(things).around   the-hazel.twigs  
    You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. naa   vúra   pu-na-thitív-eesh-ara   xâat   xára   kaan   -'uuhyana-ti   naa   vúra   vaa   pu-na-tákir-ara   fâat   vúra   pa-ku-chuphúruthuna-tih  
    1sg.   Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-hear-FUT-NEG   may   long.time   there   2pl(>3)-speak-DUR   1sg.   Intensive   so   NEG-1s(>3)-leach.(acorn.meal)-NEG   what   Intensive   NOMZ-2pl(>3)-talk.about-DUR  
    I won't be able to hear, even if you talk a long time, I won't be able to leach acorn or whatever you're talking about.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. xas   xára   vura   u-'êeth-ithun   pa-'as  
    then   long.time   Intensive   3s(>3)-carry-around   the-rock  
    Then he packed that rock around.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  6. chavúra   káan   xára   t-óo   krii  
    finally   there   long.time   PERF-3s(>3)   live  
    Then he stayed there a long time.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  7. p-eehêeraha   apmáan   u-krixyúpxup-ti   ára   úux   xára   vúr   apmáan   u-'ákka-tih  
    the-tobacco   mouth   3s(>3)-have.burning.taste-DUR   person   bitter   long.time   Intensive   mouth   3s(>3)-taste-DUR  
    Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  8. íf   xára   xás      nu-pmah  
    truly   long.time   then   PERF   1pl(>3)-see.again  
    I haven't seen you in a long time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  9. vúra   xára   xás   vúra   t-u-'íf  
    Intensive   long.time   then   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-grow  
    And after a long time it raised.
    Source: Vina Smith, Biscuits (VS-23) | read full text
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  10. íkiich   vúra   xára   vúra      -krii  
    maybe   Intensive   long.time   Intensive   PERF   1s(>3)-live  
    Maybe I have lived a long time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  11. xára      -krii  
    long.time   PERF   1s(>3)-live  
    I have lived for a long time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  12. xas   xára   xás   axmáy   u-'ípak   pa-píkchah   Riverside   xás   u-paramsîip  
    then   long.time   then   suddenly   3s(>3)-come.back   the-picture   Riverside   then   3s(>3)-start.out  
    And after a long time, one day the picture arrived, it arrived from Riverside.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  13. chavúra      xára   kun-íthtiit  
    finally   PERF   long.time   3pl(>3s)-gamble  
    In the end they gambled for a long time.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  14. vúra   uum   xára   p-oo-kúkuri   pa-'íshaha   t-u-'ísh   taay  
    Intensive   3.SG   long.time   NOMZ-3s(>3)-stoop.down   the-water   PERF-3s(>3)-drink   much  
    He stooped down to the water for a long time, he drank a lot.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  15. chavúra   xára   tah   axmáy   asámyiith   ú-xak  
    finally   long.time   already   suddenly   gravel   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  16. xás   vúra   xára   u-'áhoo  
    then   Intensive   long.time   3s(>3)-go  
    And he traveled a long time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  17. xás   vúra   uum   xára      kun-íp-vit  
    then   Intensive   3.SG   long.time   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-paddle  
    And they paddled for a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  18. xás   pa-'îin   kun-'áharamu-ti   xára   xás   kun-ithyárukha   ayu'âach   ishahá-kaam  
    then   NOMZ-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-follow-DUR   long.time   then   3pl(>3s)-cross.(water)   it.was.because   water-large  
    And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  19. vúra   xára      kun-'uuhyániichva  
    Intensive   long.time   PERF   3pl(>3s)-chat  
    They chatted for a long time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  20. xás   p-óo-kyiim-ti   t-u-kuchnáxavrin   xás   t-óo   krírihivrin   xás   vúra   xára   u-kyiivúur  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-fall-DUR   PERF-3s(>3)-turn.end.over.end   then   PERF-3s(>3)   roll.over.and.over   then   Intensive   long.time   3s(>3)-fall.for.a.long.time  
    And when he fell, he turned head over heels, and he rolled over sideways, and he was falling for a long time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  21. kári   xás   ú-kyiv   xás   vúra   xára   p-óo-kyiv  
    then   then   3s(>3)-fall   then   Intensive   long.time   NOMZ-3s(>3)-fall  
    And he fell, and it was a long time that he fell.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  22. vúra   xára   t-u-sínmoo  
    Intensive   long.time   PERF-3s(>3)-be.absent  
    He was away for a long time.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  23. xás   kúmateech   ikxúrar   vúra   xára   xás   vúra   u-'ípak  
    then   later.in.day   evening   Intensive   long.time   then   Intensive   3s(>3)-come.back  
    And later on, in the evening, she came back late.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  24. xás   kúkuum   vúra   xára   xás   u-'ípak   ikxúrar  
    then   again   Intensive   long.time   then   3s(>3)-come.back   evening  
    And again (Bear) came back late in the evening.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  25. chavúra   xára   u-sínmoo  
    finally   long.time   3s(>3)-be.absent  
    Finally he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  26. xás   xára-hirurav   u-sínmoo   kusrípan  
    then   long.time-too   3s(>3)-be.absent   madrone.tree  
    But Madrone stayed away too long.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  27. kári   xás   xára   vúra   yâamach   kun-kupá-'iin-ahi-tih  
    then   then   long.time   Intensive   pretty   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-(two).be-Modal-DUR  
    And they lived nicely for a long time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  28. xás   vúra   xára   kun-vikúur  
    then   Intensive   long.time   3pl(>3s)-weave.for.long.time  
    And they wove for a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  29. vúra   xára      kun-'áchaku-tih  
    Intensive   long.time   PERF   3pl(>3s)-float.in.bunch-DUR  
    They floated in a bunch for a long time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  30.    xára   vúra      kun-'iin  
    PERF   long.time   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-(two).be  
    They lived (there) a long time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  31. yukún   vúra   uum   xára      kun-'íchunva   áasiv  
    you.see   Intensive   3.SG   long.time   PERF   3pl(>3s)-hide.oneself   cave  
    You see, (the couple) had hid for a long time in a cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  32. chavúra   púxay   xára-hara   axmáy   yeenipaxvúhich   káan   u-'uum  
    finally   not.yet   long.time-NEG   suddenly   girl   there   3s(>3)-arrive  
    Finally it wasn't a long time after, (when) suddenly a little girl arrived there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  33. xás   xára   vúra   u-pápiv  
    then   long.time   Intensive   3s(>3)-look.for  
    And she looked for him for a long time.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  34. púyava   vúra      xára   kári   xás   pa-'apurúvaan   u-mah  
    you.see   Intensive   PERF   long.time   then   then   the-sorcerer   3s(>3)-see  
    So after a long time, then the devil found her.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  35. púyava   vúra   káan   sú'   u-krítumkuri   hâari   itha-hárinay   káru   hâari   kumá-xara  
    you.see   Intensive   there   inside   3s(>3)-pile.into   sometime   all-year   also   sometime   3sPOSS-long.time  
    So (the acorns) were piled in there, sometimes a year and sometimes longer.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text
  36. hâari   vúra   xára   kun-íthtiit-vanaa-tih   pa-hûutva   kóo   arará-taay-haak  
    sometime   Intensive   long.time   3pl(>3s)-gamble-PL-DUR   NOMZ-somehow   as.much.as   human-much-when  
    Sometimes they gambled for a long time, however long there were a lot of people.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text