Ararahih'urípih
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tah already, by now, now

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5562 | revised Dec 20 2015

tah • ADV • already, by now, now

Derivative (1)
támit "already in the past"

Source: WB 1272, p.381

Note: Generally used at end of a clause; cf. proclitic ta- 'perfective'.

  • chavúra pâanpay tah, axmáy vúra húukava. Finally after a while, he went somewhere. [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 044]

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  1. chavúra    pâanpay    vúra    vaa    kóo    tah    pavaa    káan    nithyúrurupukeesh   
    finally    after.while    Intensive    so    as.much.as    already    who.that    there    I.will.drag.it.out   
    After a while it was big enough that I could pull one out.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. támit    u'ívat   
    already.in.the.past    he.died   
    "He died."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. 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

  4. ninivási    vúra    vitkiniyâach    tah   
    my.back    Intensive    exactly.like.a.ridge    already   
    My back is a regular ridge by now.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  5. 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

  6. káan    pihnêefich    úkrii    muyeeripáxvu    xákaan    kun'iin    muhrôoha    támit    u'ívat   
    there    coyote    he.lives    his.daughter    both    they.lived    his.wife    already.in.the.past    she.died   
    Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    víriva    tá    kunkuupha    pa'írahiv    tah    tá    kunpifkutíshiiprin   
    then    then    so    PERF    they.did    the.world-renewal.ceremony    already    PERF    they.put.on   
    Then (the Indians) made the world-renewal ceremony, they put (the handkerchiefs) on.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  8. payêem    uum    tá    kóo    patur    chishíi    mûuk    uum    tah   
    now    3.SG    PERF    all    the.packbasket    dog    with.(by.means.of)    3.SG    already   
    Now the use of burden baskets is all gone, it is with horses now.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  9. víri    payêem    kuyraak    tah    pa'ávansa   
    so    now    three    already    the.men   
    Now by this time there are three men.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text