Ararahih'urípih
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vâaram long, tall

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6397 | revised Mar 27 2008

vâaram • ADJ • long, tall

Derivatives (4)
vaaraméeshiip "tallest, longest"
vitkirivâaram "name of a ridge near Orleans"
vitkirivâaram_mu'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
vaaramaséeshiip "tallest, longest"

Source: WB 1524, p.393

Note: Long vowel in this word is never shortened. Plural is vâaramas. When combined with a noun, this is replaced by -xára, e.g. avansaxára 'tall man'.

  • xavish'úhraam uum vúra puvaaramákaamhara. An arrowwood pipe is not very long. [Reference: TK 158.34]
  • mukunyáfus puvâaramasahara. Their dresses are not long. [Reference: WB T86.9]
  • xás yítha vâaram taníkruupka, vastaranxára. Then I sew a long one on, a long thong. [Reference: TK 125.9]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (18)

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  1. tá    vâaram    he's growin' fast   
    PERF    long    he's growin' fast   
    He's already tall, he's growing fast.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. vaa    uum    vúra    hitíhaan    araréethvaayvari    vaa    kóo    vâaramas-hitih   
    that    3.SG    Intensive    always    towards.a.person's.chest    so    as.much.as    being.tall   
    But most of the time they come up to a person's chest.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. vâaramas   
    tall.ones   
    They are tall.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  4. vâaramas    pamu'ikutunváramuu   
    long.ones    its.long.between-joint.sections   
    The sections between its joints are long.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  5. vâaramsa    ipaníchihsha    peheerahapírish   
    long.ones    little.pointed.ones    the.tobacco.leaf   
    The tobacco leaves are long, pointed.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  6. pa'ápsuun    uum    vúra    vâaram    pa'áan    uum    ipshûunkinich   
    the.snake    3.SG    Intensive    long    the.rope    3.SG    low   
    The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  7. páy    uum    pa'ápsuun    vúra    uum    vâaram   
    this    3.SG    the.snake    Intensive    3.SG    long   
    This snake is the longest snake.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  8. naa    ipshûunkinich    kúna    pananitípa    uum    vâaram   
    1sg.    low    in.addition    my.brother    3.SG    long   
    My brother is taller than me. (I'm short, but my brother is tall.)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  9. pay    uum    ipshûunkinich    pay    cup    uum    vâaram   
    this    3.SG    low    this    cup    3.SG    long   
    That cup is smaller than this cup. (That cup is short. This cup is tall.)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  10. vâaram    pamu'ífunih   
    long    her.hair   
    She has long hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  11. vâaram    ti'íf   
    long    you.have.grown   
    You grew tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. apxantinihich'ávansa    uum    kúnish    vâaramas   
    white.man    3.SG    sort.of    tall.ones   
    White men are tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. papúsihich    vúra    uum    vâaram    pamu'ápvuuy   
    the.cat    Intensive    3.SG    long    its.tail   
    The cat has a long tail.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  14. sáruk    utfákutih    yánava    paaxvâahar    kári    vâaramas    uvêehriv   
    downhill    she.was.looking.downhill    visible    the.pitch-wood    then    long.ones    they.stand   
    She looked downhill, she saw the pitch still standing long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  15. pa'urípi    uum    vâaram    ukyâahitih   
    the.net    3.SG    long    it.was.made   
    The net was made long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  16. xás    panunu'ífunih    vúra    xávish    mûuk    nupákootih    kíri    vâaramas    u'if    panunu'ífunih   
    then    our.hair    Intensive    mock.orange    with.(by.means.of)    we.were.whipping.our.hair    I.wish    long    it.grows    our.hair   
    And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  17. vaa    kumá'ii    payêepshas    pasárip    itharípriik    aayâach    vaa    uum    vâaramsas    káru    xúnutich   
    so    because.of    the.good.ones    the.hazel.twigs    fir.forest    it.was.because    so    3.SG    long.ones    also    flexible.(dimin.)   
    The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

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