Ararahih'urípih
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itaharâan ten times

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lexicon ID #3201 | revised Feb 16 2015

itaharâan • ADV • ten times

Derivation:  itráhyar-yaan
ten-times

  • chavúra itaharâan takunparihíshriihva. Finally they sang ten times. [Reference: WB T2.32]
  • itaharâan upikyávaanhatak vaa pakéevniikich. She'd been ikyávaan (priestess at the world-renewal ceremony) 10 times, that old woman. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 010]

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  1. chavúra    itaharâan    tá    kunparihíshriihva   
    finally    ten.times    PERF    they.sang.repeatedly   
    Finally they sang ten times.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    kunpíip    nuu    páy    peethívthaaneen    itaharâan    nupíhiroopithvutih   
    then    then    they.said    we    this    the.earth    ten.times    we.dance.around   
    And they said, "We dance around this earth ten times."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    kunpíip    pûuhara    hôoy    íf    vaa    ikupheesh    itaharâan    ipíhiroopithveesh   
    then    then    they.said    no    where    truly    so    you.will.do.it    ten.times    you.will.dance.around   
    And they said, "No, you can't do that, you will (have to) dance around ten times!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text