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ããx ugh! ; exclamation of disgust
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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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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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textkári 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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