Ararahih'urípih
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áax blood; (as a postpound) red

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #72 | revised Nov 07 2014

áax • N • blood; (as a postpound) red

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Source: WB 215, p.326

  • víri pá'aax tuvurúnihva pamútraaxak, pamuvuhá'aax. The blood was running down his arm, the blood from his teeth. [Reference: KT 144.26]
  • xás aax kích uthuufhíti poocháfichti. And nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 031]

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  1. xás   vúra   pa-pihnîich   u-cháfich-ti   pa-'ípih   xás   aax   kích   u-thuufhí-ti   p-oo-cháfich-tih  
    then   Intensive   the-old.man   3s(>3)-gnaw.meat-DUR   the-bone   then   blood   only   3s(>3)-flow.in.stream-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-gnaw.meat-DUR  
    And the old man was gnawing the bones, and nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   ú-kpaatrav   pa-mú-psiih   aax   kúna   u-'ínihnamnih-ach  
    then   then   3s(>3)-break.in.two   the-3sPOSS-leg   blood   in.addition   3s(>3)-drip.into-DIM.(verbs)  
    And she broke her leg, but (only) blood dribbled in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  3. púfaat   vúra   pá-'aax  
    nothing   Intensive   the-blood  
    There was no blood (in them).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  4. káruma   uum   pa-'áraar   t-óo   par   xás   pa-mú-'aax   t-óo   pûux-sur  
    in.fact   3.SG   the-human   PERF-3s(>3)   bite   then   the-3sPOSS-blood   PERF-3s(>3)   hold.in.mouth-off  
    The fact was, (Horsefly) had bit human beings, and taken out a mouthful of their blood.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  5. víri   vaa   p-oo-p-âanvu-ti   pa-'arará-'aax  
    so   that   NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-paint.one's.(own).face-DUR   the-human-blood  
    Human blood is what he painted his face with.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  6. xás   araramvanyupsítanach   u-xus   xáyfaat   vaa   ni-piip   t-óo   piip   ípah-ak   kích   pa-ni-máah-ti   pá-'aax  
    then   horsefly   3s(>3)-think   don't!   so   1s(>3)-say   PERF-3s(>3)   say   tree-Locative   only   NOMZ-1s(>3)-see-DUR   the-blood  
    and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  7. hâari   aax   t-óo   sáan-sur   pa-yíkihar   káru   hâari   thúkin  
    sometime   blood   PERF-3s(>3)   carry.(things)-off   the-sick   also   sometime   bile  
    Sometimes she took blood off of the sick person, and sometimes bile.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text