Ararahih'urípih
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yaayâach better

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7018 | revised Feb 09 2016

yaayâach • V • better

Derivation:  yav-yâach  (= yav yav-ach)
good-Intensive  (= good good-DIM)

  • kári xás ni'íripkurih, matêe kumayaayâach. And then I dug down in, every minute it was getting better. [Reference: DF 05: Finding Gold 008]

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  1. xas   yítha   u-píip   "pûuhara   yaayâach   pa-pihníich   nú-peen   tá   nu-piyâaram  
    then   one   3s(>3)-say   "no   better   the-old.man   1pl(>3)-say.to   PERF   1pl(>3)-go.back.(two.people)  
    But the other said, "No, it is better to tell the old man before we go."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. kari   xás   ni-'íripkurih   matée   kuma-yaayaach  
    then   then   1s(>3)-dig.hole   later   3sPOSS-better  
    The farther down I dug the better luck I had.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text