Ararahih'urípih
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-xay not

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6880 | revised Aug 19 2014

-xay • SUFF • not

Derivatives (2)
ithvuyxâaha "to care, to be sorry, to grieve, to mourn"
púxay "not yet, still not, not at all"

Note: Reinforces a preceding pu- 'negative'.

Sentence examples (19)

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  1. chímiva    púxay    vúraxay    kaneekvárishap   
    soon    not.yet    really.not    they.buy.from.me   
    But it turned out that I couldn't.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. itnoopámahich    ník    kana'êeh    xás    váa    káru    vúra    pa'íshpuk    púvaxay    kana'êehap    káruma    chímiheesh    ithakûusrah    véenik    mit    paniykáranaat   
    five.each    a.little    they.gve.me    then    so    also    Intensive    the.money    not.yet    they.give.me    in.fact    soon.will    one.month    ago    near.past    that.I.killed.them   
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  3. púxay    vúraxay    naxútihara    káan    ukyíimeesh   
    not.yet    definitely.not    I.don't.think.so    there    the.shot.will.reach.that.far.down   
    I didn't think it (my shot) reached him there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    upíip    púxay    vúra    na'aráriihkanhivatheeshara    púxay    vúra    húunxayheeshara   
    then    then    he.said    not.yet    Intensive    I.can't.cure.him    not.yet    Intensive    it.will.not.be.harmful   
    Then he said, "I cannot cure him! I can't do any more for him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    upíip    púxay    vúra    húunxayheeshara    chími    akâay    kích    kiikpíkaan   
    then    then    he.said    not.yet    Intensive    it.will.not.be.harmful    soon    who    only    go.get.him   
    Then he said, "I cannot do any more for him, you better fetch someone else!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  6. púva    xay    vúr    úruha   
    not.yet    not    Intensive    it.buds   
    It has not budded yet.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text

  7. yánava    púra karáxay    vúra   
    visible    nobody    Intensive   
    He saw nobody.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás    chavúra    puyíthaxay    sakriivhára   
    then    finally    not.a.single.one    didn't.stick   
    And finally not one (stuck) fast.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  9. púyava    koovúra    uum    púxay    vúra    yíthaxay    kuhítihara    pa'áraaras    koovúra    vúra    yav    púxay    axvahkánxay   
    you.see    all    3.SG    not.yet    Intensive    not.one    he.was.not.sick    the.people    all    Intensive    good    not.yet    not.sick   
    And none of all the people was sick, they were all well, they weren't sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  10. púxay    vúraxay    yaas'ára    axvahkánxayheeshara   
    not.yet    Intensive    rich.person    will.not.be.sick   
    Mankind will not be sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  11. púxay    vúraxay    amkúufxay   
    not.yet    Intensive    not.smoke   
    There was no smoke.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  12. púxay    vúraxay    aapúnmutihara   
    not.yet    Intensive    it.did.not.know   
    (But) it didn't know.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  13. peekxúrar    púvaxay    thivrúhish    koovúra    axupa'ithvutiharamúrax   
    the.evening    not.yet    float.ashore    all    nothing.but.those.carrying.dressed.deer.meat.on.the.back   
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  14. yee    kári    xás    vúra    púxay    vúraxay    xay    vura    hûut-heesh    vúra    puxích    tuyíkiha   
    well    then    then    Intensive    not.yet    really.not    not    Intensive    will.be.somehow    Intensive    very.much    she.had.gotten.sick   
    Oh, nothing can be done, she's really sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  15. púxay    vúraxay    vúra    uum    too    kúha   
    not.yet    really.not    Intensive    3.SG    she.has    be.sick   
    She's really hurting.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play