Ararahih'urípih
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ããx ugh! ; exclamation of disgust

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #73 | revised Jun 09 2015

ããx INTERJ • ugh! ; exclamation of disgust

Source: WB 216, p.327

Note: Pronounced with nasalized vowel.

  • kári xás yítha upíip pa'ifápiit, ããx! upiip, ããx! atafâat pihnêefich. Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "Ugh! maybe it's Coyote." [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 109]


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  1. kári    xás    kachakâach    upíip    ããx    fatamakêesh    kich    ára    upêereesh   
    then    then    bluejay    he.said    ugh!    anything    only    person    he.will.say.it   
    Then Bluejay said, "Indeed! Maybe he will say something!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  2. xás    axmáy    vúra    kúnish    ukéen    xás    yíth    upíip    atafâat    pihnêefich    ããx    atafâat    pihnêefich   
    then    suddenly    Intensive    sort.of    it.moved    then    other    she.said    maybe    coyote    ugh!    maybe    coyote   
    Then all at once it kind of moved, and one said: "Maybe it's Coyote. Oh, maybe it's Coyote."
    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. kári    xás    yítha    upíip    pa'ifápiit    ããx    upiip    ããx    atafâat    pihnêefich   
    then    then    one    she.said    the.young.woman    ugh!    she.said    ugh!    maybe    coyote   
    Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "ugh! maybe it's Coyote.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  4. kári    xás    ansáfriik    va'ára    upíip    ããx   
    then    then    Weitchpec    person    she.said    ugh!   
    And Weitchpec person said, "ããx!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  5. kári    xás    kachakâach    upiip    ããx    naa    fatamakêesh    kích    ára    úpeereesh   
    then    then    bluejay    she.said    ugh!    1sg.    anything    only    person    she.will.tell.him   
    Bluejay said, "Ããx, she would just say anything to anybody.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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