Ararahih'urípih
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yahe exclamation of surprise

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7029 | revised Feb 11 2016

yahe • INTERJ • exclamation of surprise

Source: WB 1651, p.399

Note: Cf. yáeháe 'well' , yéehe 'interjection'

  • xás yítha upiip, yahe! hôoy pananikrívkir. And one of them said, Hey, where's my seat?" [Reference: WB T4.134]

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  1. yítha   u-píip   yahé   hôoy   pa-naní-krivkir  
    one   3s(>3)-say   exclamation.of.surprise   where   the-1sPOSS-disk-seat  
    And one said, "Well, where's my chair?
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text