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axiich / axicha- child; man's brother's child
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lexicon ID #920 | revised Oct 31 2014
axiich / axicha- • N • child; man's brother's child
Derivatives (9)
avansáxiich "boy (of pre-pubertal age)"
axichapíitich "newborn baby"
axichapipúniishich "children-tail"
axichavaaxvâax "crybaby"
axichaxus'éethaan "nurse for children"
axicheekrívraam "womb, uterus"
axicheekyamíichvar "toy"
axichéethvar "mat to hold a baby, made of everlasting flower and iris twine."
keemisháaxiich "halfbreed child (obsolete term)"
Source: WB 223, p.327
Note: Initial vowel is lost after a prefixal vowel. The dimin. is axíitich.
- xás uum asaxvuhpihnîich káru paaxíitichas, uum ataynamtunvêech kunpárihish. And Old Man Turtle and his children, they were transformed into the Pleiades ("little stars"). [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 082]
- hínupa pihnêefich áxak vúra axíich tookyéehinaa. Coyote made two babies for them. [Reference: KT 147.8]
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káru pa'axíitichas uum ataynamtunvêech kunpárihish also the.children 3.SG Pleiades they.transformed.into.it And the children turned into the Pleiades. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full texthínupa pihnêefich áxak vúra axiich tóo kyéehinaa surprise coyote two Intensive child he.had made The Coyote had made two babies for them. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textpaxiitíchas kich uumkun vúra táv kun'ikyâatihanik kunvíiktihanik peethríhar aanmûuk aksanváhich kár axpaheekníkinach káru tiv'axnukuxnúkuhich xás vaa yúpin tá kunpúuhkhin the.little.children only they Intensive visor they.were.making.it.long.ago they.were.weaving.it.long.ago the.flower with.string flower.sp. also plant.sp. also bluebell.(dimin.) then that forehead PERF they.put.on.a.headband Only the children used to make a vizor, weaving the flowers with string, shooting stars, and white lilies, and bluebells, and they put it around their foreheads. Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full textKári iish upáatvutih pa'axiich then flesh he.is.bathing.it the.child And the child is taking a bath. Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playîikam paaxíitichas kunihmárathunanaatih xás vúra vaa káan kuniksháahtih outdoors the.kids they.are.running.around then Intensive that there they.are.laughing The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playîikam paaxíitichas kunihmárathununaatih xas vúra koovúra yáv kunipmahóonkoonatih outdoors the.kids they.are.running.around then Intensive all good they.are.feeling The kids are running around outside, they are all feeling happy. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpaxíichas tá kunikyámiichvunaa the.children PERF they.play The children are playing. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'axíichas vúra yav the.kids Intensive good The kids are good. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkoovúra pa'axíitichas vúra yav all the.kids Intensive good All the kids are good. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás papihnêefich u'úum yánava axíich kích kun'áraarahitih then when.Coyote he.arrived visible child only they.were.living And when Coyote got there, he saw there were nothing but children. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás paaxíich upatánviishvunaa hôoy uumkun pa'ávansas then the.children he.asked.them where they the.men And he asked the children, "Where are the men?" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás paaxíich upiip má'ninay kun'ákunvunaatih then the.child he.said high.mountain.country they.are.hunting And the children said, "They're hunting in the mountains." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás pihnêefich úpeenvunaa paaxíich chími pamikún'aav kiik'âanvathap then coyote he.told.them the.children soon your.faces let.me.paint.your.faces And Coyote told the children, "Let me paint you on your faces! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás paaxich'îin kunímuustih then the.children they.were.looking.at.him And the children looked at him. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textyiimúsich úhyiivti chú páy axíich pipúniich táay íp imafúnvaansa little.ways.off he.was.shouting here! this child salmon.tail much PAST beggars Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textxás paaxíich tá kunithvíriprupuk then the.children PERF they.ran.outdoors Then the children ran out. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkúkuum vúra úhyiv chú páy axíich pipúniich táay íp imafúnvaansa again Intensive he.shouted here! this child salmon.tail much PAST beggars Again he shouted, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textxás kunthítiv sáruk úhyiivtih chú páy axíich pipúniich táay íp imafúnvaansa then they.heard.him downhill he.was.shouting here! this child salmon.tail much PAST beggars Then they heard him, he was shouting downhill, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textvúrava kári úhyiivti chú páy axíich pipúniich táay íp imafúnvaansa just then he.was.shouting here! this child salmon.tail much PAST beggars He was still shouting like that, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textpúyava vaa tá kunxúriha páaxiich you.see so PERF they.were.hungry the.children The children were hungry. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textkári xás tu'asimáchishrihvunaa páaxiich then then she.has.put.them.to.sleep the.children So she put the children to bed. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textkári xás tóo kmar páaxiich then then she.did meet the.child And she met the child. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textpúyava paaxíich yiivári tu'íipma xás tóo pviraxsîip you.see when.the.child rather.far she.went.back then she.did lick.it.back.up Then when the child went away, she licked it up. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textpúyava xás paaxíich upêer pamútaat úma kachakâach vaa ukupítih kachakáach uyveeshrîihvuti paxuun you.see then the.child she.told.her her.mother emphatic(?) bluejay that she.is.doing bluejay she.is.pouring.it.out the.acorn.soup So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down." Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textvíriva yítha usáam kéevniikich káru axiich so one she.remained old.woman.(dimin.) also child (Finally) one old woman and a child were left. Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full textaxíich tóo thiinátih child she.did have She had a child. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkunípeenti axicha'êechkeepuhich yáxa íkrii they.were.telling.him kidnapped.child look! you.are He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textpúya mâam kanéepeentih axicha'êechkeepuhich níkrii and.so uphill they.were.telling.me kidnapped.child I.am "Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textayu'âach kanéepeentih axicha'êechkeepuhich níkrii it.was.because they.were.telling.me kidnapped.child I.am It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textpuxích kúnish upáthriihtih víri puxútihap kíri nupêer paaxíitichas ôok kóova nu'am very.much sort.of it's.raining so they.do.not.think I.wish we.say the.children here so we.eat It's sort of raining hard, so they don't want to ask the (neighbor's) children to eat here with them. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full textpayôok kuyráak axíich kun'iruvêehriv right.here three child they.are.standing Here three children are standing. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás paaxíich kuníkshuupkuti pa'ápsuun then the.children they.are.pointing.at.it the.snake The children are pointing at the snake. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpaaxíich uumkun káru tá kunmah pa'ápsuun the.children they also PERF they.see.it the.snakes The children also see the snakes. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpa'ápsuun ithyáruk kuníshkaakaraanik xás paaxíich tá kun'áathva xás kuníhmar the.snakes across they.jumped.over.water then the.children PERF they.were.afraid then they.ran The snakes have jumped across, and the children are afraid, and they ran. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás yítha paaxíich tóo kyívish tóo kyívivruk then one the.child he.had fall.down he.had fall.down.over One child fell down, he fell down over (the bank). Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text