Ararahih'urípih
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-ich Diminutive; little

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lexicon ID #1420 | revised Aug 20 2005

-ich SUFF • Diminutive; little

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  1. káru    pa'axíitichas    uum    ataynamtunvêech    kunpárihish   
    also    the.children    3.SG    Pleiades    they.transformed.into.it   
    And the children turned into the Pleiades.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xás    mâamvanihich        kun'írunaa   
    then    a.little.uphill.    PERF    they.traveled   
    Then they traveled up slope a little ways.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  3. vaa    uum    ifápiitich    îin    natâatripaavish   
    so    3.SG    young.woman    TOPIC    she.will.hook.me.out.of.the.water   
    Then a young girl can hook me out.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. xás    áxak    ifápiitichas    sah'áhup    kunturar    astiip   
    then    two    young.women    driftwood    they.went.to.gather.wood    shore   
    Then two girls went to the river to get driftwood."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  5. xás    puráan    kunpímuustih    pa'ifápiitichas   
    then    each.other    they.looked.at.    the.young.women   
    Then they looked at each other, those young girls did.
    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. afiv'ávahkam    a'vánihich    vaa    poopírishhiti    pamu'iheerahásaan    áfiv    uum    vúra    piríshiipux   
    above.the.base    a.little.above    that    that.it.is.putting.forth.leaves    its.leaves    bottom    3.SG    Intensive    without.leaves   
    Somewhat up the stem the leaves commence; the base is without leaves.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  7. ipansúnukich    vaa    káan    payêepsha    ikpíhan    peehêeraha    kunish    ár    u'iftakankôoti    vaa    peheerahayêepsha    káanvári   
    toward.the.top    so    there    the.good.ones    strong    the.tobacco    sort.of    person    it.is.sticking.to.it    so    the.good.tobacco    toward.there   
    Toward the top they are good leaves, it is strong tobacco, like it would stick to a person, they are good tobacco leaves that side.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  8. paxiitíchas    kich    uumkun    vúra    táv    kun'ikyâatihanik    kunvíiktihanik    peethríhar    aanmûuk    aksanváhich    kár    axpaheekníkinach    káru    tiv'axnukuxnúkuhich    xás    vaa    yúpin        kunpúuhkhin   
    the.little.children    only    they    Intensive    visor    they.were.making.it.long.ago    they.were.weaving.it.long.ago    the.flower    with.string    flower.sp.    also    plant.sp.    also    bluebell.(dimin.)    then    that    forehead    PERF    they.put.on.a.headband   
    Only the children used to make a vizor, weaving the flowers with string, shooting stars, and white lilies, and bluebells, and they put it around their foreheads.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  9. îikam    paaxíitichas    kunihmárathunanaatih    xás    vúra    vaa    káan    kuniksháahtih   
    outdoors    the.kids    they.are.running.around    then    Intensive    that    there    they.are.laughing   
    The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  10. îikam    paaxíitichas    kunihmárathununaatih    xas    vúra    koovúra    yáv    kunipmahóonkoonatih   
    outdoors    the.kids    they.are.running.around    then    Intensive    all    good    they.are.feeling   
    The kids are running around outside, they are all feeling happy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  11. koovúra    pa'axíitichas    vúra    yav   
    all    the.kids    Intensive    good   
    All the kids are good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
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  12. xás    uxus    vúra    puna'ísheeshara    astíipich   
    then    he.thought    Intensive    I.will.not.drink    right.at.the.bank   
    And he thought, "I won't drink right by the bank."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  13. xás    upiip    astíipich    vúra    kanthivrúhi    astíipich    vúra    kanthivrúhi   
    then    he.said    right.at.the.bank    Intensive    let.me.float!    right.at.the.bank    Intensive    let.me.float!   
    And he said, "Let me float to the bank, let me float to the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  14. mukunsá'kukamich    xasík    nipthivrúhrooneesh   
    just.downhill.from.them    then.(future)    I.will.keep.floating.back.upriver   
    I will keep floating back upriver just downhill from them.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  15. apapíichyuup   
    one.little.eye   
    (I'll just open) one little eye."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  16. kári    xás    kári    uxus    tîi    kányuuphi    apapíichyuupich   
    then    then    then    he.thinks    let...    I.open.my.eyes    little.eye.on.one.side   
    And (Coyote) thought, "Let me open my eyes, just one little eye."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  17. kúna    vúra    pu'astíipich    na'ísheeshara   
    in.addition    Intensive    not.by.the.bank    I.will.not.drink.it   
    But I won't drink by the bank.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  18. xás    yánava    éeruun    vúra    impukáchnihich   
    then    visible    vacant    Intensive    nice.warm.place   
    And he saw it was vacant, it was a nice warm place.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  19. kári    xás        kuntaxvukrípan    pa'áhup    pa'ifápiitichas   
    then    then    PERF    they.were.hooking.them.out    the.wood    the.young.women   
    And the young girls were hooking out the wood.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  20. chíva    koovúra    kunímuutarahinaa    pa'ifápiitichas   
    soon.thusly    all    they.were.pregnant    the.young.women   
    Soon all the young girls were pregnant.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  21. pamutiiv    káru    vúra    aaxkúnishichas    vaa    vúra    pánaa    neemúsahiti    pananítiiv   
    his.ear    also    Intensive    reddish    that    Intensive    as.I    it.looks.like.me    my.ear   
    His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  22. xás    sâamvanihich    pamukunchíshii    vaa    káru    asaxyípit    tóo    párihish   
    then    a.little.downhill    their.dog    that    also    quartz    PERF    be.transformed   
    And a little downhill, their dog had turned to quartz.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  23. víriva    kumá'ii    kunípeenti    xúux    mukrivruhvánamich   
    so    because.of    they.are.saying    placename    her.little.rolling-place   
    For that reason they call it "xuux's little rolling-place."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text
  24. kári    xás    upíip    payaas'ára    u'iiníshrihaak    víri    naa    pa'avanihichtâapasheesh   
    then    then    she.said    mankind    when.it.comes.to.be    so    1sg.    will.be.the.highest   
    And she said "When Mankind comes into existence, I will be the most important (lit. the highest).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  25. kári    xás    akvíishich    ukvit-hayâaha   
    then    then    wildcat    he.had.a.good.dream   
    Then Wildcat had a good dream.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  26. xás    vúra    húukava    u'uum    akvíishich   
    then    Intensive    to.somewhere    he.went    wildcat   
    Then Wildcat went somewhere.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  27. hínupa    akvíishich    hôoyva    pufích'anamahach    tóo    pêethuk   
    surprise    wildcat    somewhere    a.little.deer    he.had    brought.back   
    There Wildcat had brought a little deer from somewhere.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  28. kári    xás    kun'áv    papúufich    niinamíchmahich    kun'av    ipa    u'áxupfurukat   
    then    then    they.ate    the.deer    a.little.bit.of.each    they.ate    PAST    he.brought.dressed.deermeat.inside   
    Then they ate the deer, they ate a little bit of each, which he had brought in dressed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  29. kári    xás    akvíishich    upiip    naa    píshiich   
    then    then    wildcat    he.said    1sg.    first   
    And Wildcat said, "Me first.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  30. ôok    kun'ífanik    ithivthanéen'aachip    áxak    ikxareeyav'ifápiitichas   
    here    they.grew.up    center.of.world    two    spirit.girls   
    Two spirit girls grew up here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  31. axmáy    kunithvíripvarak    peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas   
    suddenly    they.ran.down.from.upriver    the.spirit.girls   
    Suddenly the spirit girls ran down from upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  32. axmáy    yúruk    kunithvíripraa    peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas   
    suddenly    downriver    they.ran.up.from.downriver    the.spirit.girls   
    Suddenly the spirit girls ran up from downriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  33. teepshítaanivanihich    axmáy    kuníthyiimfuruk    peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas   
    after.a.while    suddenly    they.fell.inside    the.spirit.girls   
    In a little while, suddenly the spirit girls fell into the house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  34. kári    xás    poovâaram    mâamvanihich    tóo    kfuukra   
    then    then    when.he.went    towards.uphill.a.little    he.had    climb.up.from.downhill   
    So when he went, he climbed a little ways uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  35. xás    pamúpaa    upíkvaatsip    kufípniich    xás    uthárish   
    then    his.boat    he.put.it.back.on.his.shoulder    little.willow.grove    then    he.put.it.down   
    And he picked up his boat, and put it down in a willow grove.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  36. kunípeenti    axicha'êechkeepuhich    yáxa    íkrii   
    they.were.telling.him    kidnapped.child    look!    you.are   
    He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  37. púya    mâam    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii   
    and.so    uphill    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am   
    "Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  38. ayu'âach    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii   
    it.was.because    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am   
    It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  39. kári    xás    upiip    ishávaasich    hôoy    áta    uvâaramaheen   
    then    then    he.said    little.niece    where    maybe    she.went   
    And he said, "I wonder where little niece has gone?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  40. ithéekxurar    vúra    kunvuhvúhiichvanaatih   
    all.evening    Intensive    they.do.the.imitation.deerskin.dance   
    The people did the imitation deerskin dance all evening.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text