Ararahih'urípih
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kitaxríhar / kitaxrihara- a kind of dangerous spirit

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3879 | revised Jul 23 2015

kitaxríhar / kitaxrihara- • N • a kind of dangerous spirit

Literally: 'having wings'

Derivation:  kitáxrih-ar
wing-having

Derivatives (2)
kitaxríharaha "to be unfaithful to one's spouse"
kitaxriharáriik "dangerous place, full of evil spirits"

Source: WB 891.2, p.361

Sentence examples (6)

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  1. apsunmúnukich    ukitaxríharahitih   
    racer.snake    was.being.unfaithful.to.his.wife   
    Western Yellow-Bellied Racer (a snake) was being unfaithful to his wife.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  2. káruma    uum    ukitaxríharahitih   
    in.fact    3.SG    she.was.being.unfaithful   
    (But) the fact was, she was being unfaithful.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    ii    xás    upiip    vúra    ník    pukín'aapunmeeshap    panukitaxríharahitih   
    then    then    oh!    then    he.said    Intensive    a.little    they.mustn't.know.about.us    that.we.are.being.unfaithful   
    Then (hearing someone coming) he said, "Oh, they mustn't know that we're being unfaithful!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  4. xás    kári    ee    kári    xás    kunpiip    uum    apsunmúnukich    tukitaxríharahitih   
    then    then    oh!    then    then    they.said    3.SG    racer.snake    he.is.being.unfaithful   
    And (people) said, "Oh, Racer is being unfaithful!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  5. tá    kun'áapunma    pookitaxríharahitih   
    PERF    they.found.out    that.he.was.being.unfaithful   
    They found out that he was being unfaithful.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    apsunmúnukich    upiip    payaas'ára    u'iiníshrihaak    víri    pa'asiktávaan    vaa    ukupítihaak    ukitaxríharahitihaak    xáat    káru    uxúti    vúra    pu'aapúnmeeshap    víri    vaa    vúra    kun'áapunmeesh   
    then    then    racer.snake    he.said    when.humankind    it.comes.into.existence    so    when.a.woman    so    she.does    when.she.is.unfaithful    may    also    she.thinks    Intensive    they.won't.know    so    so    Intensive    they.will.find.out   
    Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text