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xára for a long time
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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]
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kári xás kaan ní-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 textxás kúkuum vura xára ní-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 textYou 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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playnaa vúra pu-na-thitív-eesh-ara xâat xára kaan kú-'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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playxas 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 textchavúra 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 textp-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 textíf xára xás tá 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvúra xára xás vúra t-u-'íf Intensive long.time then Intensive PERF-3s(>3)-grow And after a long time it raised. íkiich vúra xára vúra tá ní-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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxára tá ní-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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxas 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playchavúra tá 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playvúra 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 textchavúra 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 textxás 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 textxás vúra uum xára tá 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 textxás 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 textvúra xára tá 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textvúra 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textchavúra 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textvúra xára tá 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 texttá xára vúra tá 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 textyukún vúra uum xára tá 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 textchavúra 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 textxás 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 textpúyava vúra tá 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 textpúyava 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 texthâari 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