Ararahih'urípih
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xára for a long time

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lexicon ID #6839 | revised Feb 02 2016

xára ADV • for a long time

Derivatives (9)
ishipxárahuraa "to extend upward in single file"
kaftunvaxáraharas "plant species"
tivxárahar "mule"
tivxárahsa "mule"
xánahich "after a while"
xanahíchyav "for a good while"
xánahishich "a little while"
xaravêenik "long ago"
xaravêetak "long before"

Source: WB 1603, p.397

Note: Cf. xárah 'long' (in space).

  • matêek xára ikrêevish. May you live to get old. [Reference: Richardson 1993:26]
  • yukún vúra uum xára takun'íchunva áasiv. For a long time they had hidden in a cave. [Reference: WB T58.4]


Sentence examples (51)

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  1. kári xás kaan níkrii xára.
    There I sat down and waited a while.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. xás kúkuum vura xára níhmachiichva.
    Then I tried quite a while.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  3. You can't tell, xâat xára ishanpíithva pasárip.
    You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. naa vúra punathitíveeshara, xâat xára kaan kú'uuhyanati, naa vúra vaa punatákirara fâat vúra pakuchuphúruthunatih.
    I won't be able to hear, even if you talk a long time, I won't be able to leach acorn or whatever you're talking about.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. 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
  6. xas xára vura u'êethithun pa'as.
    Then he packed that rock around.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. chavúra káan xára tóo krii.
    Then he stayed there a long time.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  12. peehêeraha apmáan ukrixyúpxupti ára, úux, xára vúr apmáan u'ákkatih.
    Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  13. íf xára xás tá nupmah.
    I haven't seen you in a long time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  14. vúra xára xás vúra tu'íf.
    And after a long time it raised.
    Source: Vina Smith, Biscuits (VS-23) | read full text
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  15. íkiich vúra xára vúra tá níkrii.
    Maybe I have lived a long time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  16. xára tá níkrii
    I have lived for a long time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  17. xas xára xás axmáy u'ípak papíkchah, Riverside xás uparamsîip.
    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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  18. chavúra tá xára kuníthtiit.
    In the end they gambled for a long time.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  19. vúra uum xára pookúkuri pa'íshaha, tu'ísh taay.
    He stooped down to the water for a long time, he drank a lot.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  20. 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
  21. chavúra xára tah, axmáy asámyiith úxak.
    Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  22. xás vúra xára u'áhoo.
    And he traveled a long time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  23. xás vúra uum xára tá kunípvit.
    And they paddled for a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  24. xás pa'îin kun'áharamuti xára xás kunithyárukha, ayu'âach ishahákaam.
    And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  25. vúra xára tá kun'uuhyániichva.
    They chatted for a long time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  26. 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
  27. xás póokyiimti tukuchnáxavrin, xás tóo krírihivrin, xás vúra xára ukyiivúur.
    And when he fell, he turned head over heels, and he rolled over sideways, and he was falling for a long time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  28. kári xás úkyiv, xás vúra xára póokyiv.
    And he fell, and it was a long time that he fell.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  29. 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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  30. vúra xára tusínmoo.
    He was away for a long time.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  31. xás kúmateech ikxúrar vúra xára xás vúra u'ípak.
    And later on, in the evening, she came back late.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  32. xás kúkuum vúra xára xás u'ípak ikxúrar.
    And again (Bear) came back late in the evening.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  33. chavúra xára usínmoo.
    Finally he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  34. xás xárahirurav usínmoo kusrípan.
    But Madrone stayed away too long.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  35. xanahíchyav vúra tóo kríi.
    She stayed quite a long time.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  36. kári xás xára vúra yâamach kunkupá'iinahitih.
    And they lived nicely for a long time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. xás vúra xára kunvikúur.
    And they wove for a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  41. vúra xára tá kun'áchakutih.
    They floated in a bunch for a long time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  42. xás xanahíchyav tóo krûuntih.
    So he waited a good while.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  43. tá xára vúra tá kun'iin.
    They lived (there) a long time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  44. yukún vúra uum xára tá kun'íchunva áasiv.
    You see, (the couple) had hid for a long time in a cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  45. 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
  46. chavúra púxay xárahara, axmáy yeenipaxvúhich káan u'uum.
    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
  47. xás xára vúra upápiv.
    And she looked for him for a long time.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  48. púyava vúra tá xára kári xás pa'apurúvaan umah.
    So after a long time, then the devil found her.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  49. púyava vúra káan sú' ukrítumkuri hâari ithahárinay káru hâari kumáxara.
    So (the acorns) were piled in there, sometimes a year and sometimes longer.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text
  50. 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
  51. hâari vúra xára kuníthtiitvanaatih, pahûutva kóo ararátaayhaak.
    Sometimes they gambled for a long time, however long there were a lot of people.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text