Ararahih'urípih
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xáath grasshopper

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6737 | revised Jan 26 2016

xáath • N • grasshopper

Derivatives (5)
sáhxaath "a type of grasshopper ; green grasshopper "
xachmûumich "a type of grasshopper, "camel cricket""
xachmûumich "man's name, Frank Skenks"
xathímtas "roasted grasshoppers"
káhxaath "upriver grasshopper; a species of grasshopper living at the Klamath Lakes"

Source: WB 1611, p.396; TK 46.13

  • yánava vúra táay páxaath toomtupíshriihva. He saw lots of grasshoppers were cooked. [Reference: WB T4.31]

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  1. chavúra    vaa    káan    u'úum    paxathímtup    kunikyâatihirak    pakunikyâatihirak    paxathímtup   
    finally    that    there    he.arrived    the.cooked.grasshoppers    where.they.fix.    where.they.fix.    the.cooked.grasshoppers   
    Then he reached the place where they fix cooked grasshoppers, where they fix roasted grasshoppers.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    uxus    "tîi    yítha    kán'ám    paxathímtup   
    then    then    he.thought    let...    one    let.me.eat    the.cooked.grasshoppers   
    Then he thought: "Let me eat one of the roasted grasshoppers."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. xás    uxúsanik    "if    táay    tá    ni'av    paxathímtup   
    then    he.thought    truly    much    PERF    I.have.eaten    the.cooked.grasshoppers   
    Then he thought: "What a lot of roasted grasshoppers I have eaten."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. yánava    vúra    táay    páxaath    tóo    mtupíshriihva    xás    vúra    amáyav    kunish   
    visible    Intensive    much    the.grasshoppers    it.had    been.cooked    then    Intensive    good-tasting    sort.of   
    He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. yánava    páxaath    vaa    vúra    ukupa'íshipithunahiti    pookupavúrayvahitiheen   
    visible    the.grasshoppers    so    Intensive    it.was.strung.around.that.way    where.he.had.been.wandering.like.that   
    He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. yánava    vúra    uum    taay    paxathímtup   
    visible    Intensive    3.SG    much    the.cooked.grasshoppers   
    He saw there were lots of roasted grasshoppers.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text