Ararahih'urípih
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ithéekxaram all night long

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3241 | revised Feb 09 2015

ithéekxaram • ADV • all night long

Derivation:  yítha ikxáram
one night

  • ithéekxaram ukuchatnákeesh. All night long she cracked acorns. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 314]
  • xás káruk vúra itíhaan vúra ithéekxaram xúus ni'éethti. And upriver I was taking care of him all night. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 007]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. xás    káruk    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    ithéekxaram    xúus    ni'éethti   
    then    upriver    Intensive    always    Intensive    all.night    thought    1s(>3)   
    And upriver ... I was taking care of him all night.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  2. ithéekxaram    âanxus    pu'ikviit-hára   
    all.night    weasel    he.didn't.sleep   
    Weasel did not sleep the whole night.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  3. xánpuut    káru    xánthiip    itheekxarámva    vúra    pákunvik   
    maul.oak.acorn    also    black.oak    night.after.night    Intensive    they.weaved   
    Maul Oak and Black Oak wove day and night.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  4. xás    upíip    uumkun    itheekxarámva    kunvíiktih   
    then    she.said    they    night.after.night    they.were.weaving   
    And she said, "They wove day and night.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  5. ithéekxaram    vúra    hôoyva    kunikvéesh   
    all.night    Intensive    somewhere    they.spent.the.night   
    They spent the whole night somewhere.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  6. ithéekxaram    uvakíriihva   
    all.night    he.danced.in.front   
    He danced in front all night.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  7. víriva    itheekxarámva    vúra    pakunpikvahrúpukva   
    so    night.after.night    Intensive    that.they.sang.good-luck.songs.for.hunting   
    They made hunting medicine, night after night.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text

  8. axaksúpaa    asuuxáras    nu'íin    káru    ithéekxaram   
    two.days    fasting.ones    we.(two).stayed    also    all.night   
    We two stayed fasting for two days and a night.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text