Ararahih'urípih
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-sa / -sas Plural of nouns

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lexicon ID #5201 | revised Oct 31 2014

-sa / -sas • SUFF • Plural of nouns Variant: -sas.

Derivatives (9)
asaxárahsa_uvêehrivirak "a placename, Allison's Lodge"
fath'úruhsa "green manzanita"
ifyayêepsha "such good ones"
-iivshas "plural"
kafíchkaamsa "a plant, coltsfoot"
kusturivnárahsa "grass sp., a type of sedge"
tivxárahsa "mule"
úruhsa "shell disk bead"
yêepsha "good (plural)"

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  1. xás    kári    ifápiitsha    kun'iin   
    then    then    young.unmarried.women    they.live   
    And two young women lived there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    pa'ifápiitsha    kunpiip    chôora    êev    íshaha    nuktávan   
    then    then    the.young.unmarried.women    they.say    let's.go    greeting.to.women    water    let.us.carry   
    And the young women said (to each other), "Let's go, dear, let's go get water."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  3. xás    asákaamsa    mûuk    tá    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

  4. mukunyáfus    puvâaramasahara   
    their.dress    not.long   
    Their dresses were not long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text