Ararahih'urípih
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atahári always, all the time, for some time, anytime

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #744 | revised Oct 07 2014

atahári • ADV • always, all the time, for some time, anytime

Derivation:  áta hâari
maybe sometime

Derivative (1)
atahárish "always"

Source: WB 178.2, p.324

  • atahári vúra upvâaramaheen. He's been gone for some time. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 415]

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  1. xás    káan    atahári    vúra    ukrihankôotih   
    then    there    always    Intensive    he.was.going.fishing.there   
    He was always fishing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. pa'ávansa    atahári    vúra    u'ákunvutih   
    the.man    always    Intensive    he.was.hunting   
    The man was always hunting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  3. káru    uum    pa'asiktávaan    atahári    vúra    kunikyáviichvutih    ávaha    kunikyáatih   
    also    3.SG    the.women    always    Intensive    they.were.working    food    they.were.gathering   
    And the women were always working, they were gathering food.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. xás    pamu'átimnam    uum    vúra    axyár    atahári   
    then    her.burden.basket    3.SG    Intensive    full    always   
    And her burden basket was always full.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  5. uum    vúra    ataháriish    vúra    kunmáahtih    tá    kunpiip    u'apurúvaanhitih   
    3.SG    Intensive    all.the.time    Intensive    they.were.seeing    PERF    they.said    she.is.a.devil   
    People were always seeing (a certain woman), they said, "She's a devil."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  6. hínupa    páy    uum    vaa    ukupavêenahiti    atahári   
    surprise    this    3.SG    so    she.was.making.mischief    always   
    There (the doctor) was doing that mischief all the time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text