Ararahih'urípih
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kâanimich poor; ugly; pitiable; impoverished

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3671 | revised Mar 02 2015

kâanimich • ADJ • poor; ugly; pitiable; impoverished

Derivation:  kâarim-ich
bad-DIM

Source: WB 851, p.359

Note: Long vowel is never shortened; cf. pakaanimichtâapas 'the worst one' (JPH "Grammar" 147). Corresponds to bound form -kêemich.

  • púyava uum kâanimich ukupa'íifshipreehanik. He was raised up ugly. [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 111]
  • pahûut pa'ararakâanimichas kunkupíti hâari kunípshiitvuti peehêeraha ... How poor people did, sometimes stealing tobacco ... [Reference: TK 90.37]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. vúra    uum    kâanimich    pa'asiktávaan   
    3s(>3)    3.SG    poor    the.woman   
    The lady is poor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. ayu'âach    kanaxúseenti    kâanimich   
    it.was.because    they.were.thinking.that.about.me    poor   
    It was because they thought, 'She's poor.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  3. xás    kâanimich    kunkupa'áraarahitih   
    then    poor    they.were.living.in.that.way   
    But they lived poorly.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  4. uum    vúra    kâanimich   
    3.SG    Intensive    poor   
    She was poor.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  5. vaa    vúra    ukupa'iifshípreenik    pakâanimich    u'iifshípreenik   
    so    Intensive    she.had.been.raised.that.way    since.poor    she.had.been.raised   
    She had grown up that way, since she had grown up poor.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  6. víri    pooksahárahitih    kuntákaamtih    pa'asiktávaan    pakâanimich    poo'ûupvutih   
    so    when.she.was.laughed.at    they.ridiculed.her    the.woman    the.poor.(one)    as.she.dug.roots   
    So they laughed, they ridiculed her, the woman, the poor one, as she dug roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  7. yánava    upakurîihvutih    pakâanimich   
    visible    she.was.singing    the.poor.(one)   
    They saw the poor one was singing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    uxus    payaas'ára    u'iiníshrihaak    víri    uum    káru    vúra    vaa    ukupheesh    xáat    kâanimich   
    then    then    she.thought    when.Humankind    it.comes.into.existence    so    3.SG    also    Intensive    so    she.will.do    may    poor   
    And she thought, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) will do this way also, (though) she may be poor.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  9. xás    upiip    pûu    naa    vúra    kâanimich   
    then    he.said    no    1sg.    Intensive    poor   
    And he said, "No, I'm poor.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text