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-xárah long (of spatial measurement), tall
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lexicon ID #6840 | revised Nov 17 2014
-xárah • ADJ • long (of spatial measurement), tall
Derivatives (31; show derivatives)
Source: WB 1602, p.396
Note: Compounded with nouns, as in avansaxárah 'a tall man'. As an independent word, 'long' is vâaram.
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xas upíip "pihnîich ifunihaxarah'íshara pami'ífunih then he.said old.man extremely.long.hair the.your.hair And he said, "Old man! What long hair you have!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas máruk níkfuukraa kaan xas taskaraxárah nivúpaksip then uphill I.climb.uphill there then a.long.pole I.start.to.cut.it I climbed up on the hill and there I cut a long pole. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textxás xára chavúra apsíik nitápuchrishuk then long finally by.the.leg I.twist.it.out. After poking around a good while, I caught one by the leg and twisted him out of the hole. I put him in the sack. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textyáxa páy ifunihaxára paniníxuunak look! this long.hair in.my.acorn.soup Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textxás upiip hôoy páy tu'aramsîip pa'ifunihaxára then he.said where this it.had.come.from.there the.long.hair And he said, "Where did this long hair come from?" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textyánava usáanvuti axvaharaxárahsas visible she.was.carrying long.pitch-woods (The boy) saw she was carrying long pieces of pitch-wood. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxasík paaxvaharaxárahsas kuvêehkuriheesh yúuxak u'ahítiheesh then.(future) the.long.pitch-woods you.will.stick.them.into.it in.the.sand it.will.burn You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás pa'uripih'ípan anxára unhîishrih then the.end.of.the.net a.long.string he.tied.it.to And they tied a long string to the end of the net. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full textifunihaxárahsas long.hair She is long-haired. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáru pirishxárahsa uvêehrimva mupîimach also long.grass it.is.standing next.to.him And tall grass is standing next to him. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text