Ararahih'urípih
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tinihyâach quite wide

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6072 | revised Nov 03 2015

tinihyâach • ADJ • quite wide

Derivation:  tírih-yâach  (= tírih yav-ach)
wide-Intensive  (= wide good-DIM)

Source: JPH "Grammar" 136

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. peheerahásaan    tiníhyaachas    vaa    pakun'ihêeratih   
    the.tobacco.leaf    wide.ones    that    that.they.are.smoking.it   
    The tobacco leaves are widish ones; those are what they smoke.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  2. pirishyâamachas    xútnahichas    tinihyâachas    ipaníchihsha    tíimxuuskunishas   
    nice.leaves    thin.ones    wide.ones    little.pointed.ones    smooth-edged.ones   
    They are nice leaves, thin [sheetlike], not very wide, sharp pointed, smooth-edged.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  3. xás    pamusípnuuk    uum    ipshûunkinich    kúna    vúra    tinihyâach    káan    u'uuchnímach   
    then    his.storage.basket    3.SG    low    in.addition    Intensive    quite.wide    there    it.was.squatting   
    And his storage basket was short, but it was sort of wide, it was squatting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  4. xás    pa'avansatinihyâach    upíip    chími    naa    paniní'aan    kiikuníhuraa   
    then    the.little.flat.man    he.said    soon    1sg.    my.string    shoot.it.up   
    Then the little flat man said, "Shoot my string up!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text