Ararahih'urípih
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xaas almost

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6731 | revised Jan 26 2016

xaas • ADV • almost

Source: WB 1605, p.396

  • vaa kumá'ii paxáas tu'iv. That's why he almost died. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 015]
  • ífunih vúra xáas kóosamichas. (Sprouts) are pretty nearly the size of a hair. [Reference: TK 61.18]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. pahûut    pakunkupítihanik    xáas    vúra    kúnish    ikxáyxaytihaphanik   
    the.way    that.they.did.it.long.ago    almost    Intensive    sort.of    .   
    How they would say that [the ground] was sort of cultivated
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  2. vaa    kumá'ii    paxáas    tu'iv    pu'uum    vúra    fâat    kumakêemish    áamtihan   
    so    because.of    that.almost    he.died    not.he    Intensive    what    kind.of.poison    he.didn't.eat   
    "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  3. xás    vúra    ii    xáas    vúra    ukyívuni    pamupíkvas    tóo    xus    ii    tu'iv   
    then    Intensive    oh!    almost    Intensive    it.fell.downward    the.headdress-feather    she.had    think    oh!    he.had.died   
    Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text