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axmay suddenly; all at once
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lexicon ID #924 | revised Nov 07 2014
axmay • ADV • suddenly; all at once
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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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xas tá 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 textaxmay 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 textchí 'axmay u-'árihrishuk ni-xú-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 textxás 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 | Playîifiti tá 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 textchími 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 textchími 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 textchavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u-'áasish patápriha-k vúra t-óo mchax tá 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 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 textchavúra tá 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 textxas 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 textchími 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 textchavúra 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 textxas 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playkári 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 textaxmáy 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 textaxmáy 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
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playkári 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
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playchavúra 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
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playchími 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 textxás 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 textchavúra 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 textxás 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 textxás axmáy vúra anoo anoo tá 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textaxmáy 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textaxmáy 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 textxánahich-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
Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Playxás 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 textxás 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 textaxmáy 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 textxás 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 textaxmáy 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 textaxmáy 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 textkári 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 textpúyava 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 textkári 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 textee 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textaxmáy 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 textáxmay 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 textvíri 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 textaxmáy 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 textteepshítaanivanihich 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 textaxmáy 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 textteepshítaanivanihich 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 textchavúra 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 textaxmáy 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 textxás 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 textaxmáy 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 textkári 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 textaxmáy 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 textchavúra 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 textaxmáy 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 textaxmáy 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 textkári 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