Ararahih'urípih
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axmay suddenly; all at once

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #924 | revised Nov 07 2014

axmay ADV • suddenly; all at once

Derivative (1)
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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  1. xas        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 text
  2. axmay    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 text
  3. chí    '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 text
  4. xás    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 | Play
  5. îifiti        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 text
  6. chími    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 text
  7. chími    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 text
  8. chavúra        xánahishich    chími    axmáy    u'áasish    patáprihak    vúra    tóo    mchax        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 text
  9. 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
  10. chavúra        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 text
  11. xas    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 text
  12. chími    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 text
  13. chavúra    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 text
  14. xas    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
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  15. kári    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 text
  16. axmáy    vúra    kunvítish   
    suddenly    Intensive    they.paddled.down   
    Suddenly they paddled to shore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  17. axmáy    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
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  18. kári    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
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  19. chavúra    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
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  20. chími    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 text
  21. xás    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 text
  22. chavúra    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 text
  23. xás    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 text
  24. xás    axmáy    vúra    anoo    anoo        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 text
  25. xás    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 text
  26. xás    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 text
  27. xás    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 text
  28. xás    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 text
  29. xás    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 text
  30. axmáy    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 text
  31. xás    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 text
  32. xás    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 text
  33. xás    axmáy    chishíi    kuníkvuuhvunaa   
    then    suddenly    dog    they.howled   
    And suddenly dogs howled.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  34. xás    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 text
  35. kári    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 text
  36. axmáy    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 text
  37. xánahichvari    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
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  38. xás    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 text
  39. xás    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 text
  40. axmáy    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 text
  41. xás    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 text
  42. axmáy    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 text
  43. axmáy    umúuyha   
    suddenly    it.quivered   
    Suddenly the string attached to the fishnet quivered.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  44. kári    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 text
  45. púyava    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 text
  46. kári    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 text
  47. ee    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 text
  48. xás    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 text
  49. xás    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 text
  50. xás    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 text
  51. kári    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 text
  52. kári    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 text
  53. axmáy    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 text
  54. áxmay    vúra    kunpáxviipha   
    suddenly    Intensive    they.quarreled   
    Suddenly they quarreled.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  55. víri    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 text
  56. axmáy    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 text
  57. teepshítaanivanihich    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 text
  58. axmáy    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 text
  59. teepshítaanivanihich    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 text
  60. chavúra    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 text
  61. axmáy    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 text
  62. xás    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 text
  63. axmáy    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 text
  64. kári    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 text
  65. axmáy    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 text
  66. chavúra    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 text
  67. axmáy    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 text
  68. axmáy    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 text
  69. kári    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