Ararahih'urípih
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chémi all right

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1107 | revised Nov 07 2014

chémi INTERJ • all right

Derivatives (2)
chéemyaach "quickly, fast; hurry!"
cheemyáchva "every now and then"

Source: WB 286, p.330

Note: Perhaps related to chími 'anticipative'. Sometimes abbreviated to chem'.


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  1. xas    kunpíip    "chémi   
    then    they.said    all.right   
    So they said, "All right!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. chémi   
    all.right   
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  3. kári    xás    kunpíip    chémi   
    then    then    they.said    all.right   
    And they said, "All right.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  4. yee    chémi    yôotva    yôotva    ishávaas   
    well    all.right    hurray!    hurray!    child.of.deceased.sibling   
    "Well, all right, hurray, hurray, nephew!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  5. kári    xás    kunpíip    chémi   
    then    then    they.said    all.right   
    And they said, "All right.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  6. kári    xás    chémi    chúvaarap   
    then    then    all.right    let's.go   
    And (they said), "All right, let's go."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  7. xás    kunipiip    chémi   
    then    they.said    all.right   
    And they said, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  8. xás    kunipêer    chémi   
    then    they.told.him    all.right   
    And they told him, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  9. chémi    ník    ishávaas    punáyuupheeshara   
    all.right    a.little    child.of.deceased.sibling    I.won't.open.my.eyes   
    "All right, nephew, I won't open my eyes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  10. xás    kunpíip    chémi   
    then    they.said    all.right   
    And they said, "All right.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  11. chémi    vaa    ník    nikupheesh   
    all.right    so    a.little    I.will.do.it   
    "All right, I'll do that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  12. chémi    vaa    ník    nikupheesh   
    all.right    so    a.little    I.will.do.it   
    "All right, I'll do that."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. chémi    chôora   
    all.right    let's.go   
    "All right, let's go."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  14. xás    kunpíip    chémi   
    then    they.said    all.right   
    And they said, "All right."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  15. xás    upiip    chémi    naa    káru    yúruk    kan'árihrupi   
    then    he.said    all.right    1sg.    also    downriver    let.me.go.downriver   
    And (the other) said, "All right, and let me go downriver."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  16. xás    ta'ítam    chémi   
    then    so    all.right   
    So (they said), "All right."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  17. xás    upiip    chémi   
    then    he.says    all.right   
    And he said, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  18. chémi   
    all.right   
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  19. xás    chémi   
    then    all.right   
    And (they said) "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  20. chémi    kúkuum    tîi    kan'am   
    all.right    again    let...    let.me.eat.it   
    "All right, let me eat it again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  21. kári    xás    chémi   
    then    then    all.right   
    Then (they said), "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  22. xás    upíti    chémi   
    then    she.is.saying    all.right   
    And she said, "All right."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  23. xás    upíti    chémi   
    then    she.is.saying    all.right   
    And she said, "All right.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  24. víri    chôora    chémi   
    so    let's.go    all.right   
    All right, let's go.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  25. xás    upiip    chémi    imáan    ník    niykáreesh   
    then    he.said    all.right    tomorrow    a.little    I.will.catch.it   
    And (Weasel) said, "All right, I'll kill it tomorrow."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  26. xás    upiip    chémi        níykar    pa'áama   
    then    he.said    all.right    PERF    I.killed.it    the.salmon   
    And he said, "All right, I've killed the salmon."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  27. xás    upiip    chémi        nivâaram   
    then    he.said    all.right    PERF    I.go   
    And he said, "All right, I'm going."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  28. chémi   
    all.right   
    "All right."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  29. kári    xás    kunpíip    chémi    chúvaarap   
    then    then    they.said    all.right    let's.go   
    And they said, "All right, let’s go!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  30. chémi    chôora   
    all.right    let's.go   
    "All right, let's go!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  31. kári    xás    chémi    kiikpiikívmathap   
    then    then    all.right    let's.put.necklaces.on.you.guys!   
    And (they said), "All right, put necklaces on them!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  32. chémi   
    all.right   
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  33. kári    xás    áxvaay    chémi    xás        koo        kunpiikívshiip    koovúra   
    then    then    crane    all.right    then    PERF    all    PERF    they.put.on.all.the.necklaces    all   
    And Crane (said), "All right," and that was all, he had on all the necklaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  34. chémi   
    all.right   
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text
  35. chémi   
    all.right   
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text
  36. kári    xás    chôora    chémi   
    then    then    let's.go    all.right   
    Then (he said), "All right, let's go!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  37. kári    xás    upiip    chôora    chémi   
    then    then    he.said    let's.go    all.right   
    Then he said, "All right, let's go!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  38. chémi   
    all.right   
    "All right."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  39. víri    vaa    kích    ta'ítam    xánkiit    chémi   
    so    so    only    so    bullhead    all.right   
    Then Bullhead said, "Okay."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  40. kári    xás    chémi   
    then    then    all.right   
    [Hummingbird said], "Okay."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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