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ããx ugh! ; exclamation of disgust
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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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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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textkári 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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