Ararahih'urípih
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-vah Distributive

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lexicon ID #6413 | revised Jul 15 2013

-vah • SUFF • Distributive Variant: -mah.

Derivatives (8)
chiimíchmahich "little by little"
ichámahich "one by one, one at a time, one after another (in turn)"
itnoopámahich "five each"
itnoopavámahich "five at a time"
itroopámahich "five each"
kôomahich "a little bit"
tupichasámahich "a little at a time"
umukíchmahich "every little way"

Source: WB G621.18

Sentence examples (24)

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  1. ikxúrar tá kunpavyíhuk koovúra ichámahich pamukunpúufich.
    In the evening they all return one by one with their deer.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. itnoopámahich ník kana'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa'íshpuk púvaxay kana'êehap káruma chímiheesh ithakûusrah véenik mit paniykáranaat.
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  3. chiimíchvahich pafâat panu'áapunma.
    We only know a little bit of all that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  4. xás achvúun uppiip: " naa îin pukinîikyáreeshara, vaa vúra páy kyôomahich nuníshsheesh."
    Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  5. kôomahich vúra pooveehpîithvuti pamúptiik.
    Its branches just spread a little.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  6. peheerahásaan xúus kunish ithváaykamkam, kôomahich vúra u'áxvuh?ha?hitihach peheerahasanvásihkamkam.
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  7. manâa vaa kôomahich tá nipikróok.
    That’s as much as I remember.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. xás uxúti " tîi matée kóomahich kan'ífapvi paxathímtas.
    And he thought, "Let me pick up a few roasted grasshoppers for a moment!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. xánpuut káru xánthiip itheekxarámva vúra pákunvik.
    Maul Oak and Black Oak wove day and night.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  10. xás upíip " uumkun itheekxarámva kunvíiktih.
    And she said, "They wove day and night.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  11. kári xás kun'áv papúufich, niinamíchmahich kun'av, ipa u'áxupfurukat.
    Then they ate the deer, they ate a little bit of each, which he had brought in dressed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  12. púyava vúra kóomahich.
    That's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  13. púyava ichámahich kúuk kunchúnvavuti.
    Then they sneaked up to it one by one.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  14. púyava vúra koomahich.
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  15. púyava vúra koomahich.
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  16. kóomahich ník kóovan tá kun'áraarahitih.
    They would stay with him a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  17. púyava kóomahich ník kóovan tá kun'áraarahitih.
    So they would stay with him a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  18. pamukun'átimnam tá axyaráva.
    Their burden baskets were all full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  19. káru pamukrívraam upikchákiroopithva, pasípnuuk axyaráva.
    And they were lined up around (the inside of) his house, the storage baskets were all full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  20. víri kún axyaráva, pakóo kuma'arará'uup.
    There they were all full, there was all kinds of Indian treasure.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  21. púyava vúra kóomahich.
    That's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  22. víriva itheekxarámva vúra pakunpikvahrúpukva.
    They made hunting medicine, night after night.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text

  23. púyava vúra páy kóomahich.
    That's all.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  24. axyaráva tá kun'ífik átimnam.
    They picked the burden baskets full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text