Ararahih'urípih
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ããx ugh! ; exclamation of disgust

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #73 | revised Jun 09 2015

ããx INTERJ • ugh! ; exclamation of disgust

Source: WB 216, p.327

Note: Pronounced with nasalized vowel.

  • kári xás yítha upíip pa'ifápiit, ããx! upiip, ããx! atafâat pihnêefich. Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "Ugh! maybe it's Coyote." [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 109]


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  1. kári   xás   kachakâach   u-píip   ããx   fatamakêesh   kich   ára   u-pêer-eesh  
    then   then   bluejay   3s(>3)-say   ugh!   anything   only   person   3s(>3)-say.to-FUT  
    Then Bluejay said, "Indeed! Maybe he will say something!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  2. xás   axmáy   vúra   kúnish   u-kéen   xás   yíth   u-píip   atafâat   pihnêefich   ããx   atafâat   pihnêefich  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   sort.of   3s(>3)-move   then   other   3s(>3)-say   maybe   coyote   ugh!   maybe   coyote  
    Then all at once it kind of moved, and one said: "Maybe it's Coyote. Oh, maybe it's Coyote."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  3. kári   xás   yítha   u-píip   pa-'ifápiit   ããx   u-piip   ããx   atafâat   pihnêefich  
    then   then   one   3s(>3)-say   the-young.unmarried.woman   ugh!   3s(>3)-say   ugh!   maybe   coyote  
    Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "ugh! maybe it's Coyote.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  4. kári   xás   ansáfriik   va-'ára   u-píip   ããx  
    then   then   Weitchpec   3sPOSS-person   3s(>3)-say   ugh!  
    And Weitchpec person said, "ããx!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  5. kári   xás   kachakâach   u-piip   ããx   naa   fatamakêesh   kích   ára   ú-peer-eesh  
    then   then   bluejay   3s(>3)-say   ugh!   1sg.   anything   only   person   3s(>3)-say.to-FUT  
    Bluejay said, "Ããx, she would just say anything to anybody.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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