Ararahih'urípih
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ixak to make a noise

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3497 | revised Nov 07 2005

ixak • V • to make a noise

Derivatives (2)
ixakáxak "to make a rattling noise"
ixakaxákar "gold-cradle"

Source: WB 801, p.356

Note: Initial /i/ is lost after prefixal vowels. Cf. ishxax 'to become smashed'.

  • îifiti chími axmáy îim úxak. Then sure enough all at once he heard a noise outside. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 020]
  • hûut áta tu'iin, pa'íshaha úxaakti. I wonder what's wrong, the water is sounding. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 047]

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  1. xas    tá    ikxúrar    axmay    mâaka    úxak   
    then    PERF    evening    suddenly    in.other.room    it.made.a.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    úxak   
    suddenly    just.uphill    it.made.a.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. saamvároo    ithyárukirukam    súva    as    úxaakti    itharípriik    vúra    hôoyvarihva   
    creek    on.other.side.of.river    listen!    rock    it.is.making.a.noise    fir.forest    Intensive    somewhere.or.other   
    On the other side of the creek I could hear the noise of rocks somewhere in a fir thicket.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. mâa    vúrava    sâam    súva    vúrava    papírish    úxaaktih   
    look!    just    little.downhill    listen!    just    the.brush    it.is.making.a.noise   
    A little downhill I heard a noise in the brush.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  5. ishyâat    úpaanik    yaas'ára    vúra    u'aapúnmutiheesh    yakun    pa'îin    yíth    ukupeexákahitiheesh    patá    nipikrêehaak    nani'îin   
    king.salmon    long.ago.he.said    rich.person    Intensive    he.will.know    you.see    the.falls    other    it.will.make.noise.that.way    that.has    when.I.reside.again    my.falls   
    Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    yánava    pa'íshaha    pasaamvároo    úxaaktih   
    then    then    visible    the.water    the.creek    it.was.making.noise   
    Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    uthítiv    úxaaktih    pa'íshaha    úxaaktih   
    then    then    he.heard    it.was.making.noise    the.water    it.was.making.noise   
    Then he heard it, it was sounding, the water was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  8. vúra    vaa    uthítiimtih    úxaaktih    pa'íshaha    patuchunvákir   
    Intensive    so    he.was.hearing.it    it.was.making.noise    the.water    while.he.sneaked.up.on.it   
    He heard it that way, the water was sounding as he sneaked up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  9. kári    xás    yánava    kúkuum    káan    íshaha    úxaaktih    usaamvároohitih   
    then    then    visible    again    there    water    it.was.making.noise    there.was.a.creek   
    And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  10. súva    ník    asámyiith    uxákeesh    ixusêesh    tá    nupávyiihma   
    listen!    a.little    gravel    it.will.make.a.noise    you.will.know    PERF    we.went.back.to.there   
    You will hear gravel sound, you will know we have arrived.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. chavúra    xára    tah    axmáy    asámyiith    úxak   
    finally    long.time    already    suddenly    gravel    it.made.a.noise   
    Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. xás    axmáy    vúra    uthítiv    asámyiith    úxak   
    then    suddenly    Intensive    he.heard.it    gravel    it.made.a.noise   
    And suddenly he heard it, the gravel sounded.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  13. pamu'îin    hôoy    ník    úxaaktih   
    his.falls    where    a.little    it.was.making.noise   
    There was no sound of his falls.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  14. ôok    íp    nithítiimtihat    póoxaaktih   
    here    PAST    I.heard    that.it.was.sounding   
    Formerly I heard them sounding from here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  15. kári    xás    axmáy    vúra    káan    úxak   
    then    then    suddenly    Intensive    there    it.made.a.noise   
    And suddenly there was a noise there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text