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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.
Sentence examples (22)
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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 -
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 -
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 -
púyava ôok tá kunivyíhuk uknamxánahich.
So they came here to uknamxánahich.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
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
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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
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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 -
uthyúruripaa pa'apsunxára.
He hauled out the long snake.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
yánava apsunxarahtúnviiv.
He saw it was baby long-snakes.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text -
kári xás apsunxarah'îin kun'av.
But she was eaten by a long snakeSource: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
ifunihaxárahsas.
She is long-haired.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text -
káru pirishxárahsa uvêehrimva mupîimach.
And tall grass is standing next to him.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text