Ararahih'urípih
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ikxáramkunish black; dark

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2242 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikxáramkunish • ADJ • black; dark

Literally: 'night-like'

Derivation:  ikxáram-kúnish
night-like

Derivatives (4)
apsihikxánamkunishichas "gold fern, goldback fern"
ikxaramkunishsimsímyuup "sun glasses"
ikxurika'ikxáramkunish "black paper"
xanchifich'ikxáramkunish "tree frog"

Source: WB 538.4, p.342

  • pu'ikxáramkunishheeshhara. It will not be black. [Reference: Harrington "Grammar" 388]
  • thúkinkunish puxích pamúsaan, vaa uum káan ikxáramkunish páyuux. The leaves are very green, there on the black dirt. [Reference: TK 78.20]

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  1. hôoy    uum    pa'ikxáramkunish    púsihich   
    where    3.SG    the.black    cat.(dimin.)   
    Where is the black cat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  2. ikxáramkunish    pamuyukúkuh   
    black    her.shoes   
    Her shoes are black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  3. pa'áama    tóo    mnish    vúra    uum    kúnish    ikxáramkunish   
    the.fish    she.has    cook    Intensive    3.SG    sort.of    black   
    She cooked the fish, it was black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  4. xás    ikxáramkunish   
    then    black   
    Then it was black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  5. pa'ápxaan    vúra    tu'íinka    ikxáramkunish   
    the.hat    Intensive    it.has.burned    black   
    The hat burned black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  6. tóo    kxáramkunish   
    it.has    black   
    It is blackened.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  7. xás    patu'aráriihkanhaak    xás    pu'ikxáramkunishhara    kúnish    ámkuufkunish   
    then    when.it.healed    then    not.black    sort.of    blue   
    And when it healed, it was not black, it was sort of blue.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text