Ararahih'urípih
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-xárah long (of spatial measurement), tall

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. 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 text
  2. xas   máruk   -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 text
  3. xás   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 text
  4. yáxa   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 text
  5. xás   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 text
  6. yánava   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 text
  7. xasík   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 text
  8. xás   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 text
  9. ifuniha-xárah-sas  
    hair-long-PL  
    She is long-haired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  10. káru   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