Ararahih'urípih
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ayu'âach it was because ; of course

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1031 | revised Oct 31 2014

ayu'âach • PCL • it was because ; of course Variant: aayâach ; eeyâach.

Derivative (1)
ayu'âachich "too bad; alas"

Source: WB 261, p.329

  • ayu'âach uxâatha. Of course it's rotten. [Reference: KT 149.25]
  • ayu'âach páy pasaamnúpahitihan chí kun'íihrupaavish. It was because they were going to dance downriver that way the stream flows. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 002]

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  1. víri    man    ayu'âach    uum    uyupsírihiti   
    so    why...    it.was.because    3.SG    she's.blind   
    Well of course, because she's blind.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. hãã    I couldn't do that    ayu'âach    vúra    vaa    yuxmúrax    u'árihishriheesh   
    yes    I couldn't do that    it.was.because    Intensive    so    nothing.but.sand    it.will.turn.into   
    Yes, I couldn't do that because it would turn into nothing but sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. manâa    naa    káru    nikuphêesh    ayu'âach    pa-sand    vúra    vaa   
    maybe    1sg.    also    I.will.do    it.was.because    the.sand    Intensive    so   
    That's what I do too, because of the sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  4. ayu'âach    uxaat.”   
    it.was.because    it.is.rotten   
    Of course it is rotten.”
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  5. ayu'âach    uxaat    ûunuhich    tu'íithra   
    it.was.because    it.is.rotten    long.time    it.is.filled   
    “Of course it is rotten, it has been in there a long time.”
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  6. ayu’âach    púfaat    pa'ávansa    iináak    panini'ákah    uum    támit    u'ívat   
    it.was.because    nothing    the.men    placename    my.father    3.SG    already.in.the.past    he.died   
    It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  7. xás    pa'îin    kun'áharamuti    xára    xás    kunithyárukha    ayu'âach    ishahákaam   
    then    the.ones.that    they.were.following.him    long.time    then    they.went.across-river    it.was.because    lots.of.water   
    And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. ayu'âach    vúra    uum    tá    naxúriha   
    it.was.because    Intensive    3.SG    PERF    I.am.hungry   
    It's because I'm hungry."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  9. ayu'âach    kanaxúseenti    kâanimich   
    it.was.because    they.were.thinking.that.about.me    poor   
    It was because they thought, 'She's poor.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  10. ayu'âach    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii   
    it.was.because    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am   
    It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text