Ararahih'urípih
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ithâan once

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3219 | revised Feb 09 2015

ithâan • ADV • once

Derivation:  yítha-yaan
one-times

Derivatives (2)
ichâanich "at one time, all at once"
ithaneeyâaram "immediate departure"

Source: WB 1679.2, p.401

Note: Dimin. is ichâanich.

  • áxvaay uum ithâan muhrôohanikitkaar. Crane had a wife once, Merganser. [Reference: KS Crane 002]
  • vaa kunkúphaanik, ithâan. They did this way once. [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 001]

Sentence examples (14)

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  1. ithâan    mit    masúruk    saamváruk    níshxaaytihat   
    once    near.past    up.a.creek    at.a.creek    I.was.fishing.with.hook.and.line   
    Once I went up the creek, fishing with hook and line.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  2. naníaunt    Ramona    ithâan    néemuustih    naníaunt    Ramona    kári    xás    upítih    hã'ii    tipíshriivpa   
    my.aunt    Ramona    once    she.looked.at.me    my.aunt    Ramona    then    then    she.said    EXCLAM    you.have.gotten.fat   
    My Aunt Ramona once looked at me and she said "Yikes, you've gotten fat!"
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Julian Lang | Download | Play

  3. chavúra    pâanpay    ithâan    poosúpaaha    xás    uchánchaaksurar   
    finally    after.while    once    when.it.became.day    then    he.went.to.close.the.roof-hatch   
    Then after a while one morning, then he opened it.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  4. ithâan    mít    káru    naa    kári    nîinamich    nanítaat    upiip    sáruk    nivâarameesh    ka'tim'íin   
    once    near.past    also    1sg.    then    little    my.mother    she.said    downhill    I.am.about.to.go    Ishi.Pishi.Falls   
    Once, I was also still little, my mother said, "I'm going downhill, to Katimin.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  5. pananichishíh'anamahach    itháan    káruk    nu'ípasroovat    káan    úkrii    chishih'aneekyáavaan   
    my.little.dog    once    upriver    we.took.it.up    there    he.lived    veterinarian   
    Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  6. vaa    kunkúphaanik    ithâan   
    so    they.did    once   
    They did this way once.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  7. kári    xás    itháan    uvâaram    kúkuum   
    then    then    once    he.went    again   
    So once he went away again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  8. xás    itháan    pakun'ípak    xás    úpeenvunaa    pamutunvêech    papuna'ípakahaak    kuxúseesh    tá    neeykáraheen   
    then    once    when.they.returned    then    she.told.them    her.little.ones    if.I.don't.come.back    you.will.know.it    PERF    she.killed.me   
    And once when they returned, (Deer) told her little ones, "If I don't come back, you will know (lit., think) that she's killed me."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  9. xás    itháan    u'ípak    pakéevriik   
    then    once    she.came.back    the.old.woman   
    And once the old woman (i.e., Bear) came back.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  10. kusrípan    uum    itháan    avansahanik   
    madrone.tree    3.SG    once    was.a.man   
    Madrone was once a man.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  11. xás    ithâan    kumamáh'iit    uxus    ithyáruk    kanvâarami   
    then    once    its.morning    he.thought    across    let.me.go!   
    And one morning he thought, "Let me go across-river!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  12. ithâan    kumamáh'iit    umá    pachánchaaf    yíiv    á'    vúra    úkrii   
    once    once.morning    she.saw    the.foam    far    above    Intensive    it.sits   
    One morning she saw the foam was up high.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  13. kári    xás    ithâan    ávansa    uxus    tîi    kanikrûuntih   
    then    then    once    man    he.thought    let...    let.me.wait!   
    And once a man thought, "Let me wait (for her)!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  14. xás    ithâan    kuméeshyaav    vúra    puxích    tupáthrih    pa'íshaha    tu'uh   
    then    once    some.winter    Intensive    very.much    it.rained    the.water    it.rose   
    And one winter it rained hard, the water rose.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text