Ararahih'urípih
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aaxkúnish red

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #78 | revised Feb 17 2014

aaxkúnish • ADJ • red

Literally: 'like blood'

Derivation:  áax-kúnish
blood-like

Derivatives (2)
íp'aaxkunish "red deer"
ithváy'aaxkunishich "name for a dog with a red chest"

Source: WB215.4, p.327; Shivshaneen, 1996, (7.2)

Note: Always short -n-. Dimin. is aaxkúnishich, dim. pl. aaxkúnishichas.

  • íp tanimáhat peekrívram'aaxkunish / ikrivrám'aaxkunish tánimah / axkunish'ikrívraam tánimah. I saw the red house. [Reference: Harrington "Grammar" 384-86]
  • pamútiiv káru vúra aaxkúnishichas, vaa vúra pánaa neemúsahiti pananítiiv. His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 015]

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  1. ishvitáva    aaxkúnish   
    a.part    red   
    Part of it was red colored.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. tá    nimah    pa'ikrivrám'aaxkunish   
    PERF    I.see    the.red.house   
    I see the red house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. hôoy    peekrivrám'aaxkunish   
    where    the.red.house   
    Where's the red house?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  4. pamítiiv    aaxkúnish   
    the    red   
    Your ears are red."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  5. pamutiiv    káru    vúra    aaxkúnishichas    vaa    vúra    pánaa    neemúsahiti    pananítiiv   
    his.ear    also    Intensive    reddish    that    Intensive    as.I    it.looks.like.me    my.ear   
    His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  6. paasmáax    yúp'aaxkunish   
    Towhee    red.eyes   
    Towhee has red eyes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  7. púyava    kumá'ii    pamúyuup    aaxkúnish    poomchaaxrípaanik   
    you.see    because.of    his.eyes    red    because.it.(the.heat).came.out   
    So for that reason his eyes are red from the heat that came out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  8. peepchimákananach    aaxkúnish   
    the.handkerchiefs    red   
    The handkerchiefs were red.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  9. xás    patíiptiip    uum    aaxkúnish    ukyâahitih   
    then    the.chain.fern    3.SG    red    it.was.made   
    And the chain fern was made red.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text