Ararahih'urípih
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-áyaachha / -áyaachhi- well, in a good way

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1021 | revised Nov 14 2014

-áyaachha / -áyaachhi- • SUFF • well, in a good way

Derivation:  -a-yâach-ha  (= -a yav-ach-ha)
-DEVERB-Intensive-DENOM  (= -DEVERB good-DIM-DENOM)

Derivatives (6)
chafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
ikyaafipáyaachha "to gather, bring together"
ikyafipáyaachha "to gather, bring together"
imfipishniháyaachha "to assemble from all over"
thafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
xuniháyaachha "to be very hungry"

Source: WB G621.20

  • múkuusra vúra utoonayâachhitiheesh. He must count the moons good. [Reference: KS24. How the Ikxaréeyavs Varied the Pikyavish 015]

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. káruma    vúra    tá    neekvúrish    káru    vúra    tá    naxuniháyaachha    xás    panani'akunvarasímsiim    mûuk    nipárupkurih   
    in.fact    Intensive    PERF    I.am.tired    also    Intensive    PERF    I.am.very.hungry    then    the.my.hunting.knife    with.(by.means.of)    I.chisel.into.it   
    But I was getting tired and I was hungry besides. I took my hunting knife and began chiselling.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. káruk    tá    kunpávyiihma    tusupaháyaachha    pámita    káan    kun'arámsiiprintih   
    upriver    PERF    they.went.back.to    it.was.mid-morning    where.(yesterday)    there    they.were.coming.from   
    They arrived back upriver where they came from, it was mid-morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  3. ta'ítam    vúra    uchafipáyaachha   
    so    Intensive    he.ate.them.all.up   
    So he ate them all up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    uthafípkaanva    vúra    tuxuniháyaachha   
    then    then    he.ate.them.all.up    Intensive    he.had.been.very.hungry   
    And he ate them all up, he was really hungry.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  5. xás    vúra    patu'iinkáyaachha    xás    tée    imnakákaam   
    then    Intensive    when.it.had.burned.well    then    PERF    big.coal   
    And when (the bark) had burned well, then there was a big coal.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  6. vúra    koovúra    tá    kunpaxeepáyaachha    pamukún'uup   
    Intensive    all    PERF    they.win.from    their.possession   
    They won all their property from them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  7. xás    tá    kunkariháyaachha   
    then    PERF    they.were.well.ready   
    And they were all ready.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  8. íf    ta    naxuniháyaachha   
    truly    PERF    I.am.hungry   
    I'm really hungry!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text