Ararahih'urípih
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xay Vetative; let not ...!; watch out you don't...!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6879 | revised Aug 24 2005

xay • PCL • Vetative; let not ...!; watch out you don't...!

Derivatives (3)
haríxay "sometimes ; never"
xáayha "to save, to keep"
xayhúruthun "to keep for someone"

Source: WB 1616, p.398

  • áraar mít uum vúra puchishíih chuphûunishtihat, mít u'áaytihat xáy na'íhivrik. An Indian never used to talk to his dog, he was afraid the dog might answer. [Reference: Dog talked 021]
  • xáy itaknihchákish. Watch out it don't roll on you [Reference: [chk]]
  • xáy uum ni'ax, xáy u'áapunma panani'ávan. I better not bite him, my husband might find out. [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 031]

Sentence examples (19)

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  1. chavúra    puharíxay    naa    neepthíthhara   
    finally    never    1sg.    I.do.not.finish.it   
    But I never finish it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. puharíxay    ipthíitheeshara    vaa    vúra    teekyâasip   
    never    you.will.not.finish.it    so    Intensive    you.start.it   
    You'll never finish it, you just start it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. vúra    puharíxay    pikyáareesh    pamívik   
    Intensive    never    you.will.finish    your.weaving   
    You'll never finish your weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. manâa    puxutihara    xáy    kêechas    nihruv   
    maybe    don't.try    let.not    big.ones    I.use   
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. xás    uxus    "vúra    puna'áveeshara    xáy    áas    néexrah   
    then    he.thought    Intensive    I.will.not.eat.it    let.not    water    I.thirst.for   
    Then he thought: "I am not going to eat it, I shouldn't get thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  6. káruma    uum    pihnêefich    uxúti    xáy    kanátaatripaa   
    in.fact    3.SG    coyote    he.was.thinking    let.not    they.hook.me.out.of.water   
    Coyote was thinking, "Let them not hook me out."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás    uum    pihnêefich    káru    vúra    púva    haríxay    maahvúnaa   
    then    3.SG    coyote    also    Intensive    not.yet    sometimes    he.saw.them   
    And Coyote had never yet seen them either.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. pûuhara    xáy    ápsii    néeshpat   
    no    let.not    leg    I.become.broken   
    No, I might get a leg broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  9. pûu    xáy    vási    néeshpat   
    no    let.not    back    I.become.broken   
    No, I might get my back broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  10. pûu    xáy    axvâa    néeshxax   
    no    let.not    head    I.get.smashed   
    No, I might get my head smashed."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  11. xás    upíip    papihnîich    vúra    káan    ípahoo    kúkuum    xáy    húun    i'íin   
    then    he.says    the.old.man    Intensive    there    go.back    again    let.not    harmful    have.something.happen.to.you   
    And the old man said, "Just go there again! Something might happen to you (otherwise).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  12. xáy    iykárap   
    let.not    they.kill.you   
    Don't let them kill you."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  13. xás    yaas'ara'îin    kunipêer    iim    kumá'ii    pa'ára    u'íinahaak    i'áamtiheeshap    vaa    kúth    puharíxay    xúrihitiheesh   
    then    Humankind    they.told.her    2sg.    because.of    when.humanity    it.exists    it.will.eat.you    so    because.of    never    it.will.be.hungry   
    Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  14. vúra    uum    puharíxay    yav    kupa'áraarahitihap   
    Intensive    3.SG    never    good    they.were.not.living.in.that.way   
    They never lived well.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  15. xás    upêer    xáyfaat    ík    vúra    haríxay    kâam    kúuk    i'íipma   
    then    he.said    don't!    must    Intensive    sometimes    little.upriver    to.there    you.go.back   
    And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  16. uxus    xáy    kunmah   
    he.thought    let.not    they.see.it   
    He thought, "Let them not see it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  17. xáy    nutáapxuv   
    let.not    we.capsize   
    We might capsize.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  18. xáy    kíikmahap   
    let.not    they.see.you.guys   
    Let them not see you!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  19. kunxúti    xáy    peekxariya'áraar    úkviit-ha   
    they.think    let.not    the.priest    he.falls.asleep   
    They thought, "Let the priest not fall asleep!"
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text