Ararahih'urípih
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chaka'îimich slowly; gently, quietly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1054 | revised Mar 29 2016

chaka'îimich • ADJ • slowly; gently, quietly Variant: kacha'îimich, chaka'îich.

Derivative (1)
chaka'iimichyâach "slower"

Source: WB 837, p.358

Note: Long vowel never shortens. The word also occurs in the contracted form chaka'îich.

  • xás chaka'îimich vúra uchunvákir. Then slowly she sneaks up. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 184]
  • xás tu'ípak, toopvôoruvrath chaka'îimich kunish. Then he comes in, he slowly comes back inside. [Reference: TK 206.32]

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. chak'îimich    papúufich    tu'áhoo   
    slowly    the.deer    it.has.walked   
    The deer is walking slow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  2. pachúufish    chaka'îimich    tóo    kxip   
    the.eagle    slowly    it.has    fly   
    The eagle flies slowly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  3. chaka'îimich    vúra    chuuphi   
    slowly    Intensive    speak!   
    Speak slowly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  4. kári    xás    chaka'îimich    ni'apúnmiik    pa'araráhih    pa'ararákuupha    pa'ararapíkvah   
    then    then    slowly    I.learned.it.from.them    the.Indian.language    the.Indian.customs    the.Indian.stories   
    And so I slowly learned the Indian language, the Indian customs, the Indian stories.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  5. víri    vaa    ukuupha    chaka'îich    kúnish    kun'ixipúniihva   
    so    so    he.did.it    slowly    sort.of    they.drifted.down   
    They did that, they sort of floated slowly down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text