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axmay suddenly; all at once
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lexicon ID #924 | revised Nov 07 2014
axmay • ADV • suddenly; all at once
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axmáy'ik "suddenly; at one moment"
Source: WB 224, p.327
- îifiti chími axmáy îim úxak. Then sure enough all at once there was a noise outside. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 020]
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xas tá ikxúrar axmay mâaka úxak then PERF evening suddenly in.other.room it.made.a.noise And when evening came suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textaxmay ma'kúkam úxak suddenly just.uphill it.made.a.noise Suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textchí 'axmay u'árihrishuk nixúti vinusuná'anamahich soon suddenly he.jumps.out I.am.thinking bear.cub Suddenly something ran out. At first I thought it was a little bear cub. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textxás axmáy Daisy u'áhoo then suddenly Daisy she.came And suddenly Daisy came [and said,] Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playîifiti tá xánahishich chími axmay urikirikiha sure.enough PERF little.while soon suddenly sound.of.their.footsteps A while afterwards all at once there was a sound of people walking. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full textchími axmay ára utnûupni soon suddenly person he.is.looking.through Then all at once some one looked in. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full textchími axmay húut tu'iin máruk utápichraa soon suddenly how it.was.wrong.with.him uphill he.slipped.uphill Then behold he slipped in upslope direction. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textchavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak vúra tóo mchax tá pukunish kêenatihara finally PERF little.while soon suddenly he.lay.down on.the.pavement Intensive he get.hot PERF not.sort.of. he.was.not.moving Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | 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 textchavúra tá pâanpay axmáy pihnêefich upvôonfuruk finally PERF after.while suddenly coyote he.came.back.inside Then after a while once Coyote came back into the house. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textxas chími axmáy u'ípak then soon suddenly he.comes.back Then after a while he came back. Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full textchími axmáy u'ípak soon suddenly he.comes.back Then he came back. Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full textchavúra pâanpay chím axmay yíth ukúha finally after.while soon suddenly other she/he.got.sick Then all at once one of the people got sick. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full textxas xára xás axmáy u'ípak papíkchah Riverside xás uparamsîip then long.time then suddenly it.arrived the.picture Riverside then it.arrived.from And after a long time, one day the picture arrived, it arrived from Riverside. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playkári xás axmáy vúra upíip ishávaas ishávaas ishávaas then then suddenly Intensive he.said child.of.deceased.sibling child.of.deceased.sibling child.of.deceased.sibling And suddenly (Coyote) said, "Nephew, nephew, nephew!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textaxmáy vúra kunvítish suddenly Intensive they.paddled.down Suddenly they paddled to shore. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textaxmáy vúra yítha ukyívivrath suddenly Intensive one he.falls.into.a.sweathouse Suddenly one fell in. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playkári xás axmáy vúra upiip ishávaas nipthivkéevish ishávaas nipthivkéevish then then suddenly Intensive he.says child.of.deceased.sibling I'll.go.along child.of.deceased.sibling I'll.go.along And suddenly (Coyote) said, "Nephew, I'll go along, nephew, I'll go along." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playchavúra axmáy vúra kunvítish finally suddenly Intensive they.paddled.to.shore Finally they suddenly paddled to shore. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playchími axmáy yúruk utrûuputih soon suddenly downriver he.was.looking.downriver Suddenly he looked downriver. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás axmáy fâat kúnish uthítiv then suddenly what sort.of he.heard.it And suddenly he sort of heard something. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textchavúra xára tah axmáy asámyiith úxak finally long.time already suddenly gravel it.made.a.noise Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás axmáy vúra uthítiv ishnur then suddenly Intensive he.heard.it thunder And suddenly he heard thundering. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás axmáy vúra anoo anoo tá néemchak then suddenly Intensive ouch! ouch! PERF I'm.burnt And suddenly (he said), "Ouch! ouch! I'm burnt!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás axmáy vúra pa'áhup tóo skaksîip then suddenly Intensive the.stick it.had jump.upward And suddenly the stick jumped up. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás axmáy pa'ávansas kunpávyiihfuruk then suddenly the.men they.came.back.inside And suddenly the men came in. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás axmáy vúra uthítiv asámyiith úxak then suddenly Intensive he.heard.it gravel it.made.a.noise And suddenly he heard it, the gravel sounded. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás axmáy îim kunihmárish then suddenly outdoors they.stopped.running And suddenly they stopped running outside. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textxás axmáy ithyáruk má' pihnêefich ukpêehva shúuuuuhuuuuu then suddenly across uphill coyote he.shouted coyote.howl And suddenly across river in the mountains, Coyote hollered "shúuuuuhuuuuu." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textaxmáy u'árihvarak suddenly he.came.down.from.upriver Suddenly (the person) came down from upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textxás xánahich xás axmáy útraax then after.while then suddenly it.struck And in a little while, suddenly it struck. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás pihnêefich axmáy hôoyva ukpêehva shúuuuuhuuuuu then coyote suddenly somewhere he.shouted coyote.howl And suddenly Coyote hollered somewhere, "Shuuuuuhuuuuu." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás axmáy chishíi kuníkvuuhvunaa then suddenly dog they.howled And suddenly dogs howled. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás peethyáruk kunitkárati axmáy úmkuufha kufípriik then when.across.river they.were.looking.across.river suddenly there.was.smoke willow.grove And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-grove. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textkári xás axmáy vúra pa'asiktávaan upiip yáxa ee! yáxa ithyáruk then then suddenly Intensive the.woman she.says look! oh! look! across Then suddenly one woman said, "Look, oh look across-river!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textaxmáy ithyáruk úskaakroov upihnêefhitih suddenly across he.jumps.away.upriver he.howls.like.a.coyote Suddenly he jumped upriverward across-river, he gave a coyote-howl. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textxánahichvari axmáy u'áhoo pihnêefich in.a.little.while suddenly he.arrives coyote In a little while, suddenly Coyote came. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Playxás kári axmáy vúra sáruk utápichfak then then suddenly Intensive downhill he.slips.downhill And suddenly he slipped downhill. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textxás axmáy vúra máruk kúna utápichraa then suddenly Intensive uphill in.addition he.slips.downriver And suddenly he slipped upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textaxmáy ík vúra yav suddenly must Intensive good At one moment it would be good. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxás axmáy ukréemyah ukréemyah then suddenly it.blew it.blew And suddenly the wind blew and blew. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textaxmáy kun'áhoo pa'avansáxiich suddenly they.came the.boys Suddenly the boys came. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textaxmáy umúuyha suddenly it.quivered Suddenly the string attached to the fishnet quivered. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkári xás axmáy upvôonfuruk pathufkírik then then suddenly he.came.in.again the.great.horned.owl And suddenly Owl came in again. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textpúyava kúkuum axmáy tuyíkiha mahnûuvanach you.see again suddenly she.got.sick chipmunk Then Chipmunk suddenly got sick again. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full textkári xás axmáy vúra káan úxak then then suddenly Intensive there it.made.a.noise And suddenly there was a noise there. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textee axmáy áxup úkyiimnuprih oh! suddenly dressed.deermeat it.fell.in.through.it Oh! Suddenly dressed deer meat fell in. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás kári axmáy káruk ára u'árihvarak then then suddenly upriver person she.came.down.from.upriver And suddenly a person came down from upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textxás axmáy vúra yítha úkfuukiraa u'ax then suddenly Intensive one she.grabbed.him she.killed.him And suddenly she grabbed one, she killed him. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textxás káruk útroovutih axmay u'árihvarak then upriver he.was.looking.upriver suddenly she.came.downriver Then he looked upriver, suddenly (Grizzly) came down. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textkári xás pakúuk kunpávyiihma axmáy vúra fâatva kunthítiv then then to.there they.go.back suddenly Intensive something they.hear And when they came back there, suddenly they heard something. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textkári xás apsunmúnukich axmáy uvôonuprav then then racer.snake suddenly he.crawled.out And suddenly Racer crawled out (prematurely). Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textaxmáy ík máruk ára u'íhuniheesh suddenly must uphill person he.will.dance.down Suddenly a person was about to dance down. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full textáxmay vúra kunpáxviipha suddenly Intensive they.quarreled Suddenly they quarreled. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textvíri teepshítaanivanihich axmáy kúnish fâat uthítiv so after.a.while suddenly sort.of what he.heard.it After a while suddenly he sort of heard something. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textaxmáy kunithvíripvarak peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas suddenly they.ran.down.from.upriver the.spirit.girls Suddenly the spirit girls ran down from upriver. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textteepshítaanivanihich axmáy kúnish fâat uthítiv after.a.while suddenly sort.of what he.heard.it In a little while, suddenly he sort of heard something. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textaxmáy yúruk kunithvíripraa peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas suddenly downriver they.ran.up.from.downriver the.spirit.girls Suddenly the spirit girls ran up from downriver. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textteepshítaanivanihich axmáy kuníthyiimfuruk peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas after.a.while suddenly they.fell.inside the.spirit.girls In a little while, suddenly the spirit girls fell into the house. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textchavúra teepshítaanivanihich axmáy vaa ukúupha sâam utfákutih finally after.a.while suddenly so he.did.it little.downhill he.was.looking.downhill Finally after a while suddenly he did this, he looked downhill. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textaxmáy ára u'árihraa suddenly person he.came.up Suddenly a person came up. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás poofúmtaapsur víri yûuth pootrûuputih xánahich axmáy vaa ukuupha pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath axmáy u'áapuchur then when.he.blew so downriver.and.across-stream as.he.looked.downriver after.while suddenly so they.did.it their.woodpecker-head.sun-shades suddenly they.collapsed And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textaxmáy xás vúra pa'íshaha uchánchaaksur suddenly then Intensive the.water it.opened.up Suddenly the water opened up. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkári xás axmáy uchúupha then then suddenly it.spoke And suddenly (a voice) spoke. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textaxmáy kúnish pay'ôok fâat upmahóonkoon suddenly sort.of right.here what he.felt.it Suddenly he sort of felt something right here (on his body). Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full textchavúra púxay xárahara axmáy yeenipaxvúhich káan u'uum finally not.yet not.a.long.time suddenly girl there she.arrived Finally it wasn't a long time after, (when) suddenly a little girl arrived there. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full textaxmáy xás ukôoha pooxráratih suddenly then he.stopped that.he.was.crying And suddenly he stopped crying. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textaxmáy xás pa'úuhyan hôoyva u'aramsîiprin suddenly then the.voice somewhere it.came.from Suddenly a voice came from somewhere. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textkári xás ikxáram axmáy uthítiv axmáy uvôonfuruk pa'apurúvaan then then night suddenly she.heard suddenly he.entered.the.house the.devil Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text