Ararahih'urípih
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kôomahich a little bit

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3922 | revised Apr 21 2015

kôomahich • ADV • a little bit

Derivation:  koo-vah-ich
so.much-Distributive-DIM

Source: WB 897.1, p.361, (T48.24)

  • xás kôomahich vúra vaa káan yúuxak uhyákurih pamushvírik. Then she just jabs her elbow a little into the earth there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 052]
  • tîi matêe kôomahich kan'ífapvi paxathímtas. I think I'll just pick up a few roasted grasshoppers. [Reference: WB T3.34]

Sentence examples (12)


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  1. xás    achvúun    uppiip    naa    îin    pukinîikyáreeshara    vaa    vúra    páy    kyôomahich    nuníshsheesh   
    then    hookbill.salmon    he.said    1sg.    TOPIC    I.shall.not.kill.you    so    Intensive    this    little.bit    I.shall.do.to.you   
    Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. kôomahich    vúra    pooveehpîithvuti    pamúptiik   
    little.bit    Intensive    that.it.spreads.out    its.branches   
    Its branches just spread a little.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. peheerahásaan    xúus    kunish    ithváaykamkam    kôomahich    vúra    u'áxvuh?ha?hitihach    peheerahasanvásihkamkam   
    the.tobacco.leaf    smooth    sort.of    outside.of.the.chest    little.bit    Intensive    it.is.hairy    outside.of.the.underside.of.the.tobacco.leaf   
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  4. manâa    vaa    kôomahich    tá    nipikróok   
    maybe    that    little.bit    PERF    I.remember   
    That’s as much as I remember.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. xás    uxúti    tîi    matée    kóomahich    kan'ífapvi    paxathímtas   
    then    he.was.thinking    let...    later    little.bit    let.me.pick.them.up!    the.roasted.grasshoppers   
    And he thought, "Let me pick up a few roasted grasshoppers for a moment!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  6. púyava    vúra    kóomahich   
    you.see    Intensive    little.bit   
    That's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  7. púyava    vúra    koomahich   
    you.see    Intensive    little.bit   
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  8. púyava    vúra    koomahich   
    you.see    Intensive    little.bit   
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  9. kóomahich    ník    kóovan    tá    kun'áraarahitih   
    little.bit    a.little    together.with.(plural)    PERF    they.were.staying   
    They would stay with him a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  10. púyava    kóomahich    ník    kóovan    tá    kun'áraarahitih   
    you.see    little.bit    a.little    together.with.(plural)    PERF    they.were.staying   
    So they would stay with him a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  11. púyava    vúra    kóomahich   
    you.see    Intensive    little.bit   
    That's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  12. púyava    vúra    páy    kóomahich   
    you.see    Intensive    this    little.bit   
    That's all.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text