Ararahih'urípih
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axmay suddenly; all at once

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #924 | revised Nov 07 2014

axmay ADV • suddenly; all at once

Derivative (1)
axmáy'ik "suddenly; at one moment"

Source: WB 224, p.327

  • îifiti chími axmáy îim úxak. Then sure enough all at once there was a noise outside. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 020]


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  1. xas      ikxúrar   axmay   mâaka   ú-xak  
    then   PERF   evening   suddenly   in.other.room   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    And when evening came suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. axmay   ma'kúkam   ú-xak  
    suddenly   just.uphill   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    Suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. chí   'axmay   u-'árihrishuk   ni--ti   vinusuná'anamahich  
    soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-jump.out   1s(>3)-think-DUR   bear.cub  
    Suddenly something ran out. At first I thought it was a little bear cub.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  4. xás   axmáy   Daisy   u-'áhoo  
    then   suddenly   Daisy   3s(>3)-go  
    And suddenly Daisy came [and said,]
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  5. îifiti      xánahishich   chími   axmay   u-rikirikiha  
    sure.enough   PERF   little.while   soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-be.sound.of.footsteps  
    A while afterwards all at once there was a sound of people walking.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  6. chími   axmay   ára   u-tnûupni  
    soon   suddenly   person   3s(>3)-look.through  
    Then all at once some one looked in.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  7. chími   axmay   húut   t-u-'iin   máruk   u-tápichraa  
    soon   suddenly   how   PERF-3s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant   uphill   3s(>3)-slip.up.from.downriver  
    Then behold he slipped in upslope direction.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  8. chavúra      xánahishich   chími   axmáy   u-'áasish   patápriha-k   vúra   t-óo   mchax      pu-kunish   kêena-tih-ara  
    finally   PERF   little.while   soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-lie.down   paved.floor-Locative   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   get.hot   PERF   NEG-sort.of   move-DUR-NEG  
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  9. 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
  10. chavúra      pâanpay   axmáy   pihnêefich   u-p-vôonfuruk  
    finally   PERF   after.while   suddenly   coyote   3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house  
    Then after a while once Coyote came back into the house.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  11. xas   chími    axmáy   u-'ípak  
    then   soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-come.back  
    Then after a while he came back.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text
  12. chími   axmáy   u-'ípak  
    soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-come.back  
    Then he came back.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text
  13. chavúra   pâanpay   chím   axmay   yíth   u-kúha  
    finally   after.while   soon   suddenly   other   3s(>3)-be.sick  
    Then all at once one of the people got sick.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  14. xas   xára   xás   axmáy   u-'ípak   pa-píkchah   Riverside   xás   u-paramsîip  
    then   long.time   then   suddenly   3s(>3)-come.back   the-picture   Riverside   then   3s(>3)-start.out  
    And after a long time, one day the picture arrived, it arrived from Riverside.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  15. kári   xás   axmáy   vúra   u-píip   ishávaas   ishávaas   ishávaas  
    then   then   suddenly   Intensive   3s(>3)-say   child.of.deceased.sibling   child.of.deceased.sibling   child.of.deceased.sibling  
    And suddenly (Coyote) said, "Nephew, nephew, nephew!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  16. axmáy   vúra   kun-vítish  
    suddenly   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-beach.(a.boat)  
    Suddenly they paddled to shore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  17. axmáy   vúra   yítha   u-kyív-ivrath  
    suddenly   Intensive   one   3s(>3)-fall-over  
    Suddenly one fell in.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  18. kári   xás   axmáy   vúra   u-piip   ishávaas   ni-p-thivkée-vish   ishávaas   ni-p-thivkée-vish  
    then   then   suddenly   Intensive   3s(>3)-say   child.of.deceased.sibling   1s(>3)-ITER-go.along-FUT   child.of.deceased.sibling   1s(>3)-ITER-go.along-FUT  
    And suddenly (Coyote) said, "Nephew, I'll go along, nephew, I'll go along."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  19. chavúra   axmáy   vúra   kun-vítish  
    finally   suddenly   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-beach.(a.boat)  
    Finally they suddenly paddled to shore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  20. chími   axmáy   yúruk   u-trûupu-tih  
    soon   suddenly   downriver   3s(>3)-look.downriver.from.here-DUR  
    Suddenly he looked downriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  21. xás   axmáy   fâat   kúnish   u-thítiv  
    then   suddenly   what   sort.of   3s(>3)-hear  
    And suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  22. chavúra   xára   tah   axmáy   asámyiith   ú-xak  
    finally   long.time   already   suddenly   gravel   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  23. xás   axmáy   vúra   u-thítiv   ishnur  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   3s(>3)-hear   thunder  
    And suddenly he heard thundering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  24. xás   axmáy   vúra   anoo   anoo      née-mchak  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   ouch!   ouch!   PERF   1s-burn.oneself  
    And suddenly (he said), "Ouch! ouch! I'm burnt!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  25. xás   axmáy   vúra   pa-'áhup   t-óo   skaksîip  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   the-wood   PERF-3s(>3)   jump.upward  
    And suddenly the stick jumped up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  26. xás   axmáy   pa-'ávans-as   kun-pávyiihfuruk  
    then   suddenly   the-man-PL   3pl(>3s)-go.back.indoors.(pl.)  
    And suddenly the men came in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  27. xás   axmáy   vúra   u-thítiv   asámyiith   ú-xak  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   3s(>3)-hear   gravel   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    And suddenly he heard it, the gravel sounded.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  28. xás   axmáy   îim   kun-ihmárish  
    then   suddenly   outdoors   3pl(>3s)-stop.running.(pl.)  
    And suddenly they stopped running outside.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  29. xás   axmáy   ithyáruk   má'   pihnêefich   u-kpêehva   shúuuuuhuuuuu  
    then   suddenly   across   uphill   coyote   3s(>3)-shout   coyote.howl  
    And suddenly across river in the mountains, Coyote hollered "shúuuuuhuuuuu."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  30. axmáy   u-'árihvarak  
    suddenly   3s(>3)-come.down.from.upriver  
    Suddenly (the person) came down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  31. xás   xánahich   xás   axmáy   ú-traax  
    then   after.while   then   suddenly   3s(>3)-strike  
    And in a little while, suddenly it struck.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  32. xás   pihnêefich   axmáy   hôoyva   u-kpêehva   shúuuuuhuuuuu  
    then   coyote   suddenly   somewhere   3s(>3)-shout   coyote.howl  
    And suddenly Coyote hollered somewhere, "Shuuuuuhuuuuu."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  33. xás   axmáy   chishíi   kun-íkvuuhvu-naa  
    then   suddenly   dog   3pl(>3s)-howl-PL  
    And suddenly dogs howled.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  34. xás   p-eethyáruk   kun-itkára-ti   axmáy   ú-mkuufha   kufípriik  
    then   NOMZ-across   3pl(>3s)-look.into.river-DUR   suddenly   3s(>3)-give.off.smoke   willow.grove  
    And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-grove.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  35. kári   xás   axmáy   vúra   pa-'asiktávaan   u-piip   yáxa   ee!   yáxa   ithyáruk  
    then   then   suddenly   Intensive   the-woman   3s(>3)-say   look!   oh!   look!   across  
    Then suddenly one woman said, "Look, oh look across-river!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  36. axmáy   ithyáruk   ú-skaakroov   u-pihnêefhi-tih  
    suddenly   across   3s(>3)-jump.away.upriver   3s(>3)-howl.like.coyote-DUR  
    Suddenly he jumped upriverward across-river, he gave a coyote-howl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  37. xánahich-vari   axmáy   u-'áhoo   pihnêefich  
    after.while-toward   suddenly   3s(>3)-go   coyote  
    In a little while, suddenly Coyote came.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  38. xás   kári   axmáy   vúra   sáruk   u-tápichfak  
    then   then   suddenly   Intensive   downhill   3s(>3)-slip.down.from.uphill  
    And suddenly he slipped downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  39. xás   axmáy   vúra   máruk   kúna   u-tápichraa  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   uphill   in.addition   3s(>3)-slip.up.from.downriver  
    And suddenly he slipped upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  40. axmáy   ík   vúra   yav  
    suddenly   must   Intensive   good  
    At one moment it would be good.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  41. xás   axmáy   u-kréemyah   u-kréemyah  
    then   suddenly   3s(>3)-blow   3s(>3)-blow  
    And suddenly the wind blew and blew.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  42. axmáy   kun-'áhoo   pa-'avansáxiich  
    suddenly   3pl(>3s)-go   the-boy  
    Suddenly the boys came.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  43. axmáy   u-múuyha  
    suddenly   3s(>3)-quiver  
    Suddenly the string attached to the fishnet quivered.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  44. kári   xás   axmáy   u-p-vôonfuruk   pa-thufkírik  
    then   then   suddenly   3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house   the-owl.sp.  
    And suddenly Owl came in again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  45. púyava   kúkuum   axmáy   t-u-yíkiha   mahnûuvanach  
    you.see   again   suddenly   PERF-3s(>3)-get.sick   chipmunk  
    Then Chipmunk suddenly got sick again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  46. kári   xás   axmáy   vúra   káan   ú-xak  
    then   then   suddenly   Intensive   there   3s(>3)-make.noise  
    And suddenly there was a noise there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  47. ee   axmáy   áxup   ú-kyiimnuprih  
    oh!   suddenly   dressed.deermeat   3s(>3)-be.propelled.in.through  
    Oh! Suddenly dressed deer meat fell in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  48. xás   kári   axmáy   káruk   ára   u-'árihvarak  
    then   then   suddenly   upriver   person   3s(>3)-come.down.from.upriver  
    And suddenly a person came down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  49. xás   axmáy   vúra   yítha   ú-kfuukiraa   u-'ax  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   one   3s(>3)-grab   3s(>3)-bite  
    And suddenly she grabbed one, she killed him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  50. xás   káruk   ú-troovu-tih   axmay   u-'árihvarak  
    then   upriver   3s(>3)-look.away.upriver-DUR   suddenly   3s(>3)-come.down.from.upriver  
    Then he looked upriver, suddenly (Grizzly) came down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  51. kári   xás   pa-kúuk   kun-pávyiihma   axmáy   vúra   fâatva   kun-thítiv  
    then   then   NOMZ-to.there   3pl(>3s)-go.back.to.(pl.)   suddenly   Intensive   something   3pl(>3s)-hear  
    And when they came back there, suddenly they heard something.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  52. kári   xás   apsunmúnukich   axmáy   u-vôonuprav  
    then   then   racer.snake   suddenly   3s(>3)-crawl.up.out  
    And suddenly Racer crawled out (prematurely).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  53. axmáy   ík   máruk   ára   u-'íhunih-eesh  
    suddenly   must   uphill   person   3s(>3)-dance.down.from.uphill-FUT  
    Suddenly a person was about to dance down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  54. áxmay   vúra   kun-páxviipha  
    suddenly   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-quarrel  
    Suddenly they quarreled.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  55. víri   teepshítaanivanihich   axmáy   kúnish   fâat   u-thítiv  
    so   after.a.while   suddenly   sort.of   what   3s(>3)-hear  
    After a while suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  56. axmáy   kun-ithvíripvarak   p-eekxareeyav-'ifápiit-ich-as  
    suddenly   3pl(>3s)-run.downriver.(two)   the-spirit.person-young.unmarried.woman-DIM-PL  
    Suddenly the spirit girls ran down from upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  57. teepshítaanivanihich   axmáy   kúnish   fâat   u-thítiv  
    after.a.while   suddenly   sort.of   what   3s(>3)-hear  
    In a little while, suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  58. axmáy   yúruk   kun-ithvíripraa   p-eekxareeyav-'ifápiit-ich-as  
    suddenly   downriver   3pl(>3s)-run.up.from.downriver.(two)   the-spirit.person-young.unmarried.woman-DIM-PL  
    Suddenly the spirit girls ran up from downriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  59. teepshítaanivanihich   axmáy   kun-íthyiimfuruk   p-eekxareeyav-'ifápiit-ich-as  
    after.a.while   suddenly   3pl(>3s)-fall.into.house.(two)   the-spirit.person-young.unmarried.woman-DIM-PL  
    In a little while, suddenly the spirit girls fell into the house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  60. chavúra   teepshítaanivanihich   axmáy   vaa   u-kúupha   sâam   u-tfáku-tih  
    finally   after.a.while   suddenly   so   3s(>3)-do   little.downhill   3s(>3)-look.away.downhill-DUR  
    Finally after a while suddenly he did this, he looked downhill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  61. axmáy   ára   u-'árih-raa  
    suddenly   person   3s(>3)-jump-here  
    Suddenly a person came up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  62. xás   p-oo-fúmtaapsur   víri   yûuth   p-oo-trûupu-tih   xánahich   axmáy   vaa   u-kuupha   pa-mukun-furax-pikshipíkmath   axmáy   u-'áapuchur  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-blow   so   downriver.and.across-stream   the-3s(>3)-look.downriver.from.here-DUR   after.while   suddenly   so   3s(>3)-do   the-3plPOSS-woodpecker.head-sun-shade   suddenly   3s(>3)-collapse  
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  63. axmáy   xás   vúra   pa-'íshaha   u-chánchaaksur  
    suddenly   then   Intensive   the-water   3s(>3)-close.roof-hatch  
    Suddenly the water opened up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  64. kári   xás   axmáy   u-chúupha  
    then   then   suddenly   3s(>3)-speak  
    And suddenly (a voice) spoke.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  65. axmáy   kúnish   pay'ôok   fâat   u-pmahóonkoon  
    suddenly   sort.of   right.here   what   3s(>3)-feel  
    Suddenly he sort of felt something right here (on his body).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  66. chavúra   púxay   xára-hara   axmáy   yeenipaxvúhich   káan   u-'uum  
    finally   not.yet   long.time-NEG   suddenly   girl   there   3s(>3)-arrive  
    Finally it wasn't a long time after, (when) suddenly a little girl arrived there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  67. axmáy   xás   u-kôoha   p-oo-xrára-tih  
    suddenly   then   3s(>3)-stop   NOMZ-3s(>3)-weep-DUR  
    And suddenly he stopped crying.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  68. axmáy   xás   pa-'úuhyan   hôoyva   u-'aramsîiprin  
    suddenly   then   the-word   somewhere   3s(>3)-start.out  
    Suddenly a voice came from somewhere.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  69. kári   xás   ikxáram   axmáy   u-thítiv   axmáy   u-vôonfuruk   pa-'apurúvaan  
    then   then   night   suddenly   3s(>3)-hear   suddenly   3s(>3)-enter.a.house   the-sorcerer  
    Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text