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-xárah long (of spatial measurement), tall
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lexicon ID #6840 | revised Nov 17 2014
-xárah • ADJ • long (of spatial measurement), tall
Derivatives (31; show derivatives)
Source: WB 1602, p.396
Note: Compounded with nouns, as in avansaxárah 'a tall man'. As an independent word, 'long' is vâaram.
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xas u-píip "pihnîich ifuniha-xarah-'íshara pa-mi-'ífunih then 3s(>3)-say "old.man hair-long-extremely the-2sPOSS-hair And he said, "Old man! What long hair you have!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas máruk ní-kfuukraa kaan xas taskara-xárah ni-vúpaksip then uphill 1s(>3)-climb.uphill.(plural) there then pole-long 1s(>3)-start.to.cut I climbed up on the hill and there I cut a long pole. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textxás xára chavúra apsíi-k ni-tápuchrishuk then long finally leg-Locative 1s(>3)-twist.out After poking around a good while, I caught one by the leg and twisted him out of the hole. I put him in the sack. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textyáxa páy ifuniha-xára pa-niní-xuun-ak look! this hair-long the-1sPOSS-acorn.soup-Locative Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textxás u-piip hôoy páy t-u-'aramsîip pa-'ifuniha-xára then 3s(>3)-say where this PERF-3s(>3)-start.out the-hair-long And he said, "Where did this long hair come from?" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textyánava u-sáanvu-ti axvahara-xárah-sas visible 3s(>3)-carry.(things)-DUR ptich-wood-long-PL (The boy) saw she was carrying long pieces of pitch-wood. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxasík p-aaxvahara-xárah-sas ku-vêehkurih-eesh yúux-ak u-'ahí-tih-eesh then.(future) the-ptich-wood-long-PL 2pl(>3)-stick.into-FUT dirt-Locative 3s(>3)-burn-DUR-FUT You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás pa-'uripih-'ípan an-xára u-nhîishrih then the-net-end string-long 3s(>3)-tie.down And they tied a long string to the end of the net. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full textifuniha-xárah-sas hair-long-PL She is long-haired. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáru pirish-xárah-sa u-vêehrim-va mu-pîimach also plant-long-PL 3s(>3)-stand.(things)-PL.ACT 3sPOSS-next.to And tall grass is standing next to him. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text