Ararahih'urípih
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yaxéek you'll see

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lexicon ID #7056 | revised Nov 14 2014

yaxéek • PCL • you'll see

Derivation:  yáxa ik
look! must

  • maník yaxéek pamukun'ípih xáy vúra nipmáahvanaavish. All right, look out I don't find their bones. [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 023]
  • yaxéek vúra ník kunxúseesh, xuntápan tu'ífar. You'll see, (Humans) will think, "Tan Oak Acorn has come to grow here." [Reference: WB T30.13]

See yáxa 'look!' See ik 'must'

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. víri    kunipêer    hôoy íf    yaxéek    i'úumeesh   
    so    they.tell    no.way    you'll.see    you.will.arrive.there   
    They told him, "You can't get there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  2. xás    poopáhariithvunaa    pamuhrooha'îin    kunipêer    yaxéek    iim    vaa    kích    ikupítiheesh   
    then    when.he.caught.up.with.them    his.wife    she.told.him    you'll.see    2sg.    so    only    you.will.be.doing   
    And when he caught up with them, his wife told him, "You're going to be doing nothing but this.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  3. yaxéek    vúra    nik    kunxúseesh    xuntápan    tu'ífar   
    you'll.see    Intensive    a.little    they.will.think    acorn    she.has.come.to.grow   
    They'll know (lit., think) that Tan Oak Acorn has come to grow.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  4. hôoy    íf    yaxéek    yaas'ara'îin    kunxúseesh    húut   
    where    truly    you'll.see    Humankind    they.will.think    how   
    Mankind won't think (about her) in any way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text