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xánahich after a while
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lexicon ID #6779 | revised Feb 02 2016
xánahich • ADV • after a while Variant: xánihich.
| Derivation: | xára-ich |
| long.time-DIM |
Derivatives (2)
xanahíchyav "for a good while"
xánahishich "a little while"
Source: WB 1603.1, p.396
- víri poopikfúkuvraa, víri xánihich vúra uhyárih. So when he climbs up (to the top of Etna Mountain), he just stands there a while. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 233]
- xánahichvarih axmáy u'áhoo, pihnêefich. In a little while, suddenly Coyote came. [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 010]
Sentence examples (15)
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îifiti tá xánahishich chími axmay urikirikiha.
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 -
chavúra tá xánahich koovúra kunparatánmaahpanaa.
Then after a while they all turned back.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
chavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak,
vúra tóo mchax tá pukunish kêenatihara.
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 -
viri ta xánnahishich koovúra kuníkmuum achvúun,
atipimámvaan kunkoohímmach'va.
Then they all pitched on to Hookbill, they felt sorry for Buzzard.Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text -
chavúra tá xánahishich tíik mûuk vúra tumutváraatih.
Then a little while after he was just feeding it into his mouth by the handful.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
cháva tá xánahishich yánava xákaan vúra tá kunímuutaraha.
Sure enough, in a little while they saw they were both pregnant.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
xás xánahich xás axmáy útraax.
And in a little while, suddenly it struck.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xánahichvari axmáy u'áhoo,
pihnêefich.
In a little while, suddenly Coyote came.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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xanahíchyav vúra tóo kríi.
She stayed quite a long time.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
xás vaa ukúupha,
xánahich vúra uxapyuxúyux.
And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
xás poofúmtaapsur víri yûuth pootrûuputih,
xánahich axmáy vaa ukuupha,
pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath axmáy u'áapuchur.
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 -
kári xás vaa ukuupha,
xánahich uxapyuxúyux.
And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
xás xanahíchyav tóo krûuntih.
So he waited a good while.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
púyava vúra xánahishich káan tá kun'iin.
So they stayed there for a little while.Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text -
xás vaa vúra xánahich tupatúmkoo.
And she sucked at it for a little while.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text