Ararahih'urípih
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-'íshara extremely

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lexicon ID #2947 | revised Nov 24 2014

-'íshara • ADJ • extremely

Note: Occurs only after nouns.

  • amayaa'íshara. It was very good-tasting. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 018]
  • pihnîich, tharampukayaa'íshar ikyâaheen. Old man, you made really good acorn soup! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 024]
  • ifunihaxara'íshar pami'ífunih. Your hair is really long! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 027]

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  1. xas    upíip    "pihnîich    tharampukayaa'íshara    ikyâaheen   
    then    he.said    old.man    extremely.good.acorn.soup    you.made.it   
    (One of the boys) said, "Old man, that's awfully good mush you fixed today!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xas    upíip    "pihnîich    ifunihaxarah'íshara    pami'ífunih   
    then    he.said    old.man    extremely.long.hair    the.your.hair   
    And he said, "Old man! What long hair you have!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. xas    kun'ipêer    "papihníich    íp    nik    nuxusat    tharampukayaa'íshara   
    then    they.said    old.man    PAST    a.little    we.thought    extremely.good.acorn.soup   
    Then one of them said, "Old man, we have been thinking about what a good cook you are!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  4. amayáa'ishar   
    very.good-tasting   
    It tastes good.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  5. yéehe    amakeem'íshara   
    interjection    extremely.bad.tasting   
    “Oh, it does not taste good,” (he said).
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  6. amayaa'íshara   
    extremely.good-tasting   
    It was very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás    poopakátkat    amayaa'íshara   
    then    when.he.took.a.taste.of.them    extremely.good-tasting   
    And when he tasted them, they were very good-tasting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    pa'âapun    tutúraayva    yee    asayaamach'íshara    ôok    páy    utháaniv   
    then    then    on.the.ground    he.looked.around    well    a.pretty.rock    here    this    sits   
    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  9. yee    amayaa'íshara   
    well    delicious   
    "My, it's delicious!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text