Ararahih'urípih
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kachakâach bluejay, Steller's jay

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3690 | revised Aug 22 2005

kachakâach • N • bluejay, Steller's jay Cyanocitta stelleri.

Derivatives (2)
kachakâachich "dimin. of kachakâach 'bluejay'"
kachakach'ápuroon "cocoon, cocoon-rattle"

Source: WB 838, p.358; JPH ani 06:815

Note: Dimin. is kachakâachich.

  • kachakâach uum vúra apurúvaanhanik. Bluejay used to be a sorcerer. [Reference: KM 19.11]
  • kári xás kachakâach âapun upikrîish. And then Bluejay sat down on the ground. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 021]

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  1. kári    xás    kachakâach    kunpikyâarat   
    then    then    bluejay    they.went.to.go.get.him   
    So they went to fetch Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    kunpíip    chími    kúkuum    kiikpíkaan    kachakâach   
    then    then    they.said    soon    again    go.get.him    bluejay   
    So they said, "You had better go and fetch Bluejay again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    kachakâach    âapun    upikrîish   
    then    then    bluejay    on.the.ground    he.sat.down   
    Then Bluejay sat down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    kachakâach    âapun    u'piiri    uum    tupikrîish   
    then    then    bluejay    on.the.ground        3.SG    he.was.sitting.down   
    But Bluejay was still sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    kachakâach    upíip    ããx    fatamakêesh    kich    ára    upêereesh   
    then    then    bluejay    he.said    ugh!    anything    only    person    he.will.say.it   
    Then Bluejay said, "Indeed! Maybe he will say something!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  6. xás    xanpuchíniishveenach    upíip    kachakâach    mu'ápuroon    úpsiinvutih   
    then    hummingbird    he.said    bluejay    his.medicine    he.doesn't.know.it   
    Then Hummingbird said, "Bluejay does not know his medicine!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    upiip    kachakâach    naa    ník    nipshansîipreevish   
    then    then    he.said    bluejay    1sg.    a.little    I.will.carry.away   
    Then Blue Jay said, "I'll carry them away."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  8. kachakâach    u'eemhîichva   
    bluejay    she.pretends.to.be.a.doctor   
    Blue Jay pretended to be a 'doctor.'
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  9. hínupa    vúra    uum    u'apunkôonaatih    kachakâach    uum    u'apunkôonaatih   
    surprise    Intensive    3.SG    she.bewitches    bluejay    3.SG    she.bewitches   
    There she was bewitching them, Blue Jay herself was bewitching them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  10. kári    xás    kachakâach    káan    ukrîish   
    then    then    bluejay    there    she.sits.down   
    And Blue Jay sat down there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  11. mán    kachakâach    muvéeniichva   
    why...    bluejay    her.mischief   
    Why, it's Blue Jay's mischief."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  12. hínupa    uum    kachakáach    u'apunkôonaatih   
    surprise    3.SG    bluejay    she.bewitches   
    There Blue Jay herself was bewitching them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  13. kachakâach    mu'ápuroon    kumáheesh    hôoyva    ípahak    utákararihva    sú'    vákay    úkrii   
    bluejay    her.devil.machine    you.will.see    somewhere    on.a.tree    it.is.hanging    inside    worm    it.lives   
    You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  14. sunyíthi    tá    kun'íshavsip    kachakâach   
    chinquapin.nut    PERF    they.paid.them.as.a.fee.to.her    bluejay   
    They paid Blue Jay her fee with chinquapin nuts.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  15. kachakâach    muvéeniichva   
    bluejay    her.mischief   
    It's Blue Jay's mischief."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  16. ukachakâachhiti   
    she.made.a.blue.jay.noise   
    She made a noise like a blue jay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  17. kachakâach    ípat    yíchaach    mukun'ávanhanik   
    bluejay    doe    together    their.husband.once   
    Bluejay and Doe had a single husband.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  18. kári    xás    uxúti    pakachakâach    hûut    áta    kumá'ii    pa'ípat    múxuun    kích    kúnish    poopátatih   
    then    then    she.was.thinking    the.bluejay    how    maybe    because.of    the.doe    her.acorn.soup    only    sort.of    that.he.is.eating   
    And Blue Jay thought, "I wonder why he sort of eats only Doe's acorn soup?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  19. kári    xás    uxús    kachakâach    tîi    kantharampûuki   
    then    then    she.thought    bluejay    let...    let.me.cook.acorn.soup   
    Then Blue Jay thought, "Let me make acorn soup!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  20. kári    xás    úpthaaniv    kachakâach    aayâach    ápsii    tóo    spat   
    then    then    she.was.laid.up    bluejay    it.was.because    leg    it.was    be.broken   
    Then Blue Jay was laid up, it was because her leg was broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  21. púyava    pakachakâach    tóo    pyávpa   
    you.see    bluejay    she.now.was    well.again   
    Blue Jay was well again by now.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  22. púyava    xás    paaxíich    upêer    pamútaat    úma    kachakâach    vaa    ukupítih    kachakáach    uyveeshrîihvuti    paxuun   
    you.see    then    the.child    she.told.her    her.mother    emphatic(?)    bluejay    that    she.is.doing    bluejay    she.is.pouring.it.out    the.acorn.soup   
    So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  23. kári    xás    ta'ítam    chími    kiikpíkaan    kachakáach   
    then    then    so    soon    go.get.her    bluejay   
    Then they said to go get Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  24. kachakâach    káan    vúra    úkrii   
    bluejay    there    Intensive    she.was.sitting   
    And Bluejay was just sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  25. kári    xás    kachakâach    upiip    ããx    naa    fatamakêesh    kích    ára    úpeereesh   
    then    then    bluejay    she.said    ugh!    1sg.    anything    only    person    she.will.tell.him   
    Bluejay said, "Ããx, she would just say anything to anybody.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  26. kachakâach    muvéeniichva   
    bluejay    her.mischief   
    It's Bluejay's doings.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  27. kachakâach    muvéeniichva   
    bluejay    her.mischief   
    It's Bluejay's doings.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  28. kári    xás    u'árihshipriv    kachakâach    chanchaksúrak    u'árihrupuk    kchkchkchkchkch   
    then    then    she.jumped.up    bluejay    at.the.door    she.rushed.outside    kchkchkchkchkch   
    Now Bluejay jumped up and she went out the door, "kchkchkchkchkch".
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  29. mâa    vúra    vóokxiipshiprin    pakachakâach    tu'árihishrih   
    look!    Intensive    so.she.flew.away    the.bluejay    she.became   
    She flew away, she turned into Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play