Ararahih'urípih
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xákaan with (one other person)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6757 | revised Jan 27 2016

xákaan POSTP • with (one other person)

Derivation áxak-aan
two-Agentive

Derivative (1)
ipxákaanpa "to go with (one person), to go together, to accompany"

Source: WB 1586, p.396

Note: Used as a postposition in the sense 'with (one other)', with plural pronoun in agreement, as in the above example (kana- 'they ... me').

  • nanu'áka xákaan tanu'áhoo. We went with our father. [Reference: WB files]
  • xás upiip, xánkiit ík îin kanapátumkarukeesh, xanpuchíniishveenach xákaan. She said, "Bullhead and Hummingbird together must come and suck (doctor) me." [Reference: Chipmunk & Hummingbird 011]


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  1.     kunithvíripunih    muchíshiih    xákaan   
    PERF    they.two.run.downhill    his.dog    with.(one.person)   
    They're running down, the dog too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  2. ta'ítam        nupimnîish    nanitípah    xákaan   
    so    PERF    we.cooked    my.brother    with.(one.person)   
    So we cooked, my brother and I.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  3. xás    upêer    pa'avansáxiich    imáankam    sáruk    astíip    pamíchaas    xákaan    ík    kuyâarameesh    ikxúrar   
    then    she.told.him    the.boy    next.day    downhill    shore    your.younger.brother    with.(one.person)    must    you.two.will.go    evening   
    And she told the boy, "Tomorrow evening you and your younger brother must go down to the river-bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  4. xás    pamúchaas    xákaan    sáruk    kunithvíripfak   
    then    his.younger.brother    with.(one.person)    downhill    they.ran.downhill   
    And he and his younger brother ran downhill.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  5. ith'aranihrôoha    xákaan    kun'ásimtih   
    another's.wife    with.(one.person)    they.were.sleeping   
    He was sleeping with another's wife.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  6. ikxunanáhaanich    kun'íin    mukeechíkyav    xákaan   
    evening.star    they.were.living    his.sweetheart    with.(one.person)   
    Evening Star lived with his sweetheart.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  7. yukún    vaa    xákaan    u'iifshípreenik    pamutákasar   
    you.see    that    with.(one.person)    he.had.grown.up    his.shinny-tossel   
    You see, he had grown up with that tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  8. ta'ítam    u'îimasaraheen    asaxêevar    veekxaréeyav    xákaan   
    so    he.grappled.with    mossy    its.spirit    with.(one.person)   
    So he grappled with Baldy Peak Spirit.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  9. víri    akâay    vúra    xákaan    kunvúunveesh   
    so    who    Intensive    with.(one.person)    they.will.wrestle   
    Who will wrestle with him?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  10. ta'ítam    uxúsanik    peekpihantâapas    tîi    xákaan    núvuunvi   
    so    he.thought    the.strongest.one    let...    with.(one.person)    let.us.wrestle!   
    So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  11. yícheech    vúra    kích    kári    muhrôoha    xákaan   
    alone    Intensive    only    then    his.wife    with.(one.person)   
    Only one man and his wife were still (there).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  12. púyava    xákaan    vúra    patá    kunxús    kíri    nutâatsip   
    you.see    with.(one.person)    Intensive    that    they.thought    I.wish    we.should.toss.it   
    Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  13. púyava    xás    hâari    xákaan    vúra        kunithyívish   
    you.see    then    sometime    with.(one.person)    Intensive    PERF    they.fell.down   
    Sometimes both of them fell down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  14. xás    uum    kunchúuphiti    pa'ávansa    xákaan   
    then    3.SG    they.are.talking    the.man    with.(one.person)   
    She and the man are talking.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text