Ararahih'urípih
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-kaam big, large

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lexicon ID #3668 | revised Nov 17 2014

-kaam ADJ • big, large

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Source: WB 846, p.359

Note: Plural -kaamsa. Bound stem; occurs only in combinations, such as asákaam 'big rock'. The corresponding independent form is kêech, plural kêechas.

  • xavish'úhraam uum vúra puvaaramákaamhara. An arrowwood pipe is not very long. [Reference: TK 158.34]


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  1. xas    áhkaam    kun'íkyav   
    then    big.fire    they.made.it   
    And they built a big fire.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. itha'ithvákaam    u'árihish   
    one.large.load    it.becomes   
    It made a big load.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  3. xás    uxuti    kunish    yíim    nîinamich    papúufich    xás    póo'uum    xás    vúra    uum    pufíchkaam   
    then    he.thought    sort.of    far    little    the.deer    then    when.he.got.there    then    Intensive    3.SG    big.deer   
    And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  4. asákaamsa    kaan    xás    vaa    á'        nukfukúraa   
    big.rocks    there    then    that    above    PERF    we.climbed.up   
    We used to climb those big rocks out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  5. hôoy    uum    patasákaam   
    where    3.SG    the.fence   
    Where is the big fence?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  6. kêech    saamvaróokaam   
    big    big.creek   
    It was big, a big creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  7. tu'invákaamha   
    there.had.been.a.big.forest.fire   
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  8. vúra    tu'invákaamha   
    Intensive    there.had.been.a.big.forest.fire   
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  9. vúra    tu'invákaamha   
    Intensive    there.had.been.a.big.forest.fire   
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  10. kári    xás    vaa    káan    tuyshipréekaam    úkrii   
    then    then    so    there    big.mountain    it.sat   
    And a big mountain sat there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  11. xás    yánava    tuthivtaparákaamha   
    then    visible    there.had.been.a.big.war.dance   
    And he saw there was a big war dance.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  12. xás    pihnêefich    upíip    thúfkaam    vúra    vúrunihi    nani'ífuth   
    then    coyote    he.said    big.creek    Intensive    flow.downhill!    behind.me   
    So Coyote said, "Let a big creek flow down behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  13. xás    yurúkthuuf    pookvíripma    xás    nani'ífuth    thúfkaam    kam'árihish   
    then    Bluff.Creek    when.he.ran.to.there    then    behind.me    big.creek    let.it.become.it!   
    And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  14. xás    pa'îin    kun'áharamuti    xára    xás    kunithyárukha    ayu'âach    ishahákaam   
    then    the.ones.that    they.were.following.him    long.time    then    they.went.across-river    it.was.because    lots.of.water   
    And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  15. xás    pihnêefich    vúra    uum    sípnukaam    tóo    thárish    pakáan    umáhyaaneesh   
    then    coyote    Intensive    3.SG    big.storage.basket    it.is    put.down    there    they.will.put.it.in   
    And Coyote put a big storage basket down where they were to put it in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  16. xás    vúra    patu'iinkáyaachha    xás    tée    imnakákaam   
    then    Intensive    when.it.had.burned.well    then    PERF    big.coal   
    And when (the bark) had burned well, then there was a big coal.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  17. víri    kún    amvákaam   
    so    meaning.unknown    big.salmon   
    There was a big salmon (in the net).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  18. kúkuum    vúra    amvákaam    úykar   
    again    Intensive    big.salmon    he.caught.it   
    Again he caught a big salmon.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  19. xás    póo'uum    víri    kún    amvákaam    tóo    thyúruripaa   
    then    when.she.arrived    so    meaning.unknown    big.salmon    he.had    pull.out   
    And when she arrived, there he had pulled out a big salmon.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  20. xás    pa'avansaxichákaam    utníshuk    vasasúruk   
    then    the.big.boy    he.peeked.out    under.the.blanket   
    And the big boy was peeking out from under the blanket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  21. xás    kaanvári    kunihmárava    yánava    ukrámkaam    u'íithra   
    then    in.that.direction    they.ran.there    visible    big.lake    it.lay   
    Then they ran there, they saw a big lake lying.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  22. xás    ikxuraráhaan    poopkêevish    páy nanu'ávahkam    atayrámkaam   
    then    evening.star    he.was.transformed    sky    a.big.star   
    Then Evening Star was transformed into a big star in the sky.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  23. kári    xás    asiktâan    kinipéer    chími    shipnúkaam    kiikvîiki   
    then    then    woman    they.were.told    soon    big.storage.basket    you.weave   
    And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  24. xás    áhkaam    tóo    kyav   
    then    a.big.fire    he.had    make   
    And they made a big fire.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  25. xás    asípkaam    tumáhyaan    pa'éekoons   
    then    a.big.soup-basket    he.had.put.it.in    the.acorns   
    And they put the acorns in a big soup-basket.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  26. púyava    îikam    áhkaam        kuníkyav   
    you.see    outdoors    big.fire    PERF    they.make.it   
    So they made a big fire outdoors.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  27. xás    asákaamsa    mûuk        kuniyáakoo   
    then    big.rocks    with.(by.means.of)    PERF    they.put.on   
    And they put them on with big rocks.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text
  28. píshiip        kuniptáthrip    imvarámkaam   
    first    PERF    they.strain.out    big.plate.baket   
    First they strained them with a big tray-basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text
  29. xás    vaa    yíiv    yúruk    xumvaroomáruk    áhkaam    tóo    kyav   
    then    so    far    downriver    uphill.from.xumvároov    big.fire    he.had    make   
    And he made a big fire far downriver, uphill from xumvároov.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  30. kuyûum    amkúfkaam   
    just.downriver    big.smoke   
    There's a big (lot of) smoke just downriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text
  31. káan    tishrámkaam    xás    úhthaamhitih    káru    ipahá'anamahach    káan    u'íihya   
    there    a.big.field    then    he.is.planting    also    a.little.tree    there    it.is.standing   
    A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  32. páy    uum    tishrámkaam    xás    utuyshíiprinahiti    yiiv   
    this    3.SG    a.big.valley    then    it.is.a.mountain.rising    far   
    This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text