Ararahih'urípih
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hâari sometime; at various times

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1361 | revised Nov 03 2005

hâari ADV • sometime; at various times Variant: hári.

Derivatives (2)
atahárish "always"
atahári "always, all the time, for some time, anytime"

Source: WB 377, p.334; JPH ethno ?:350

Note: Cf. hárivarih 'when?'

  • hâari kuníkshaahvunaati, kuníxtiivhinaati hâari. Sometimes they were laughing, they were playing once in a while. [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 006]
  • hâari ník vúra yítha kuniykárati. Sometimes (people) kill one of them. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 147]


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  1. hâari    víriva    káakum    kêe[chas]    úruhsas   
    sometime    so    some    big.ones    round.ones   
    Sometimes, some of the big ones are round.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  2. hâari    vúra    axvaahkúhaanaha    patóo    msákkarahaak   
    sometime    Intensive    to.be.one.who.makes.head-illness    that.he.has    when.[he].smells.it   
    Sometimes it makes a person's head ache when he smells it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  3. hâari        kunpakátkat    payaaf    pakári    kuntákkiritihat    kári    xás        kunpiip    ihêeraha    vúra    kári    kyóo    úux    payaaf   
    sometime    the    they.take.a.taste.of.it    the.acorn.dough    that.still    when.they.were.leeching.it    then    then    the    they.say    tobacco    Intensive    then    as.much.as    bitter    the.acorn.dough   
    Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  4. hâari    axmáy'ik    vúra    fátaak        kunmah    vaa    vúra    taay    pátayiith    xás    sú'    patá    kun'ûupvakurih   
    sometime    suddenly    Intensive    somewhere    PERF    they.see    that    Intensive    much    the.brodiaea    then    inside    that.has    they.dig.into.it.for.roots   
    Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  5. hâari    vaa    káan    vúra    mupîimach        kunmah    akthiptunveechiváxrah    âapun    ithivthaneensúruk   
    sometime    that    there    Intensive    next.to.it    PERF    they.see    wild.oat.straw    on.the.ground    under.ground   
    Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  6. hãã    hâari    upáthriihti    káru   
    yes    sometime    it.was.raining    also   
    Yes, sometimes it was even raining.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  7. xás    hâari        kunipíthvuuymath    míta    pakêemish    múthvuy   
    then    sometime    PERF    they.name.him.again    near.past    the.deceased.person    his.name   
    Sometimes they name someone again with the name of the deceased.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  8. xás    hâari    vúra    ára    puxútihara    víri    vúra    tóo    piip    peethvuy   
    then    sometime    Intensive    person    he.isn't.thinking    so    Intensive    he    say    the.name   
    Sometimes a person just wasn't thinking, so he said the name.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  9. hâari    itrôop    tu'ûukar    káru    hâari    vúra    itráhyar   
    sometime    five    he.pays    also    sometime    Intensive    ten   
    Sometimes he paid five dollars and sometimes ten.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  10. xás    hâari    vúra    uum    pa'áraar    pahúuntahaak    ára    vúra    tupitaxyárih   
    then    sometime    Intensive    3.SG    the.person    when.peculiar    person    Intensive    he.swears   
    Sometimes when a person was peculiar, he "swore" (on purpose).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  11. xás    patá    kunípeerahaak    fâat    iyúrish    xás    patu'ûurihaak    púyava    uum    hâari    ára    vaa    kúth    tóo    tháaniv   
    then    when    when.they.tell.him    what    pay    then    when.he.refuses    so    3.SG    sometime    person    so    because.of    PERF    sit   
    When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  12. hâari    vúra    xasík    napimusarûukvutiheesh   
    sometime    Intensive    then.(future)    you.will.visit.me.here   
    You can come back to see me sometime."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  13. kári    xás    hâari    vúra    piríshriik    patá    kun'áhoo    pamukunyáfus    tutatitítit   
    then    then    sometime    Intensive    brushy.place    where    they.traveled    their.dresses    it.had.become.tattered   
    And sometimes it was a brushy place where they traveled, their dresses got torn.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  14. vúra    hâari    tóosíinvar    hâari        pupitnúprihvara   
    Intensive    sometime    he.drowns    sometime    PERF    he.can't.be.seen.through.it   
    Sometimes he drowns, sometimes he doesn’t come back up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  15. hâari    pa'êem    kunpíkshaayvutih   
    sometime    the.Indian.doctors    they.practice.deception   
    Sometimes the Indian doctors practice deception.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text
  16. hâari    itroopa'átiv    káru    vúra    hâari    kumatêeshich   
    sometime    five.basket-loads    also    Intensive    sometime    still.more   
    Sometimes there were five basket-loads and sometimes more.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text
  17. púyava    vúra    káan    sú'    ukrítumkuri    hâari    ithahárinay    káru    hâari    kumáxara   
    you.see    Intensive    there    inside    it.piles.into    sometime    all.year    also    sometime    longer.time   
    So (the acorns) were piled in there, sometimes a year and sometimes longer.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text
  18. hâari    pufíchvaas    upathrívahitih    víriva    káan    pa'asiktávaansas    kun'áraarahitih   
    sometime    deerskin.blanket    it.was.spread    so    there    the.women    they.sat   
    Sometimes a deerskin blanket was spread, and the women sat on that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  19. xás    kuníshtaakti    hâari    pamukit'íin   
    then    she.held.it    sometime    its.grandmother   
    And sometimes it was held by its grandmother.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  20. 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
  21. púyava    hâari    vúra    pu'ikyívivrathtihara   
    you.see    sometime    Intensive    it.didn't.fall.over.the.goal.line   
    Sometimes (the tossel) didn't fall over (the goal line).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  22. púyava    hâari    uum    payu'kúkam    pa'ávansas    píshiip    tu'úum    patákasar    uphírivirak   
    you.see    sometime    3.SG    the.downriver.end    the.men    first    they.arrived    where.the.tossel    it.lay   
    Sometimes the men on the downriver end arrived first where the tossel lay.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  23. pa'aneekyávaan    uum    pírish    pa'óohruuvtih    káru    hâari    pirish'éepuum   
    the.sweating.doctor    3.SG    plant    he.used    also    sometime    plant.roots   
    The sweating doctor used plants and sometimes plant roots.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text
  24. káru    hâari    tu'ísh    káakum    pa'ánav   
    also    sometime    he.drank    some    the.medicine   
    And sometimes (the patient) drank some of the medicine.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text
  25. hâari    vúra    xára    kuníthtiitvanaatih    pahûutva    kóo    ararátaayhaak   
    sometime    Intensive    long.time    they.gamble    how.long    as.much.as    many.people   
    Sometimes they gambled for a long time, however long there were a lot of people.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text
  26. hâari    kunvûuksahinaatih   
    sometime    they.had.a.work.contest   
    Sometimes they had a work contest.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  27. hâari    tírihshas    káru    hâari    vúra    tûupichas    kuynákmahich    poosasipúniihva   
    sometime    wide.ones    also    sometime    Intensive    small.ones    three.at.a.time    it.runs.down.in.lines   
    Sometimes they were wide and sometimes they were narrow, and sometimes they were each (composed of) three little ones running down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text