Ararahih'urípih
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-xárah long (of spatial measurement), tall

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6840 | revised Nov 17 2014

-xárah ADJ • long (of spatial measurement), tall

Derivatives (31; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1602, p.396

Note: Compounded with nouns, as in avansaxárah 'a tall man'. As an independent word, 'long' is vâaram.


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  1. xas upíip, "pihnîich ifunihaxarah'íshara pami'ífunih."
    And he said, "Old man! What long hair you have!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xas máruk níkfuukraa kaan xas taskaraxárah nivúpaksip.
    I climbed up on the hill and there I cut a long pole.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  3. xás xára chavúra apsíik nitápuchrishuk.
    After poking around a good while, I caught one by the leg and twisted him out of the hole. I put him in the sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  4. púyava ôok tá kunivyíhuk uknamxánahich.
    So they came here to uknamxánahich.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  5. kunxus, " uknamxánahich chími nu'íhukanveesh."
    They thought, "We'll go flower-dance at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  6. kun'íhukanveesh uknamxánahich.
    They were going to flower-dance at 'uknamxanahich.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  7. kári xás kunpíip " chími nupákmuuvanvi uknamxánahich."
    And they said, "Let's spend the night away from home, at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  8. kári xás yítha upiip, " naa uknamxánahich nipikvêeshriheesh."
    Then one said, "I will camp at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  9. púyava uknamxánahich tá kunpípasma, kári xás kunipêer " chími túraayvi."
    Then they brought him to uknamxánahich, and they told him, "Look around!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  10. xás úuth upiytúykaanva páyuux, uknamxánahich mú'uuthkam, víri vaa kumá'ii pakêech usirishkírahitih.
    And he kicked the dirt out in the river, out from uknamxánahich, that's why there's a big bar (there).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  11. " yée naa apsunxára káan úkuroovutih."
    "Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  12. uthyúruripaa pa'apsunxára.
    He hauled out the long snake.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  13. yánava apsunxarahtúnviiv.
    He saw it was baby long-snakes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  14. kári xás apsunxarah'îin kun'av.
    But she was eaten by a long snake
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  15. yáxa páy ifunihaxára paniníxuunak."
    Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  16. xás upiip, " hôoy páy tu'aramsîip pa'ifunihaxára."
    And he said, "Where did this long hair come from?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  17. yánava usáanvuti axvaharaxárahsas.
    (The boy) saw she was carrying long pieces of pitch-wood.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  18. xasík paaxvaharaxárahsas kuvêehkuriheesh yúuxak, u'ahítiheesh.
    You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  19. chí kunívyiihshipreevish uknamxánahich, káan chí kun'íhukvunaavish.
    They were going to leave for 'uknamxánahich, they were going to have a flower dance there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  20. xás pa'uripih'ípan anxára unhîishrih.
    And they tied a long string to the end of the net.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  21. ifunihaxárahsas.
    She is long-haired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  22. káru pirishxárahsa uvêehrimva mupîimach.
    And tall grass is standing next to him.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text