Ararahih'urípih
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xay Vetative; let not ...!; watch out you don't...!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6879 | revised Aug 24 2005

xay • PCL • Vetative; let not ...!; watch out you don't...!

Derivatives (3)
haríxay "sometimes ; never"
xáayha "to save, to keep"
xayhúruthun "to keep for someone"

Source: WB 1616, p.398

  • áraar mít uum vúra puchishíih chuphûunishtihat, mít u'áaytihat xáy na'íhivrik. An Indian never used to talk to his dog, he was afraid the dog might answer. [Reference: Dog talked 021]
  • xáy itaknihchákish. Watch out it don't roll on you [Reference: [chk]]
  • xáy uum ni'ax, xáy u'áapunma panani'ávan. I better not bite him, my husband might find out. [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 031]

Sentence examples (19)

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  1. chavúra puharíxay naa neepthíthhara.
    But I never finish it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. puharíxay ipthíitheeshara, vaa vúra teekyâasip.
    You'll never finish it, you just start it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  3. vúra puharíxay pikyáareesh pamívik.
    You'll never finish your weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. manâa puxutihara xáy kêechas nihruv.
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. xás uxus: "vúra puna'áveeshara. xáy áas néexrah."
    Then he thought: "I am not going to eat it, I shouldn't get thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  6. káruma uum pihnêefich uxúti " xáy kanátaatripaa."
    Coyote was thinking, "Let them not hook me out."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás uum pihnêefich káru vúra púva haríxay maahvúnaa.
    And Coyote had never yet seen them either.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. pûuhara, xáy ápsii néeshpat.
    No, I might get a leg broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  9. pûu, xáy vási néeshpat.
    No, I might get my back broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  10. pûu, xáy axvâa néeshxax."
    No, I might get my head smashed."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  11. xás upíip papihnîich " vúra káan ípahoo kúkuum, xáy húun i'íin.
    And the old man said, "Just go there again! Something might happen to you (otherwise).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  12. xáy iykárap."
    Don't let them kill you."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  13. xás yaas'ara'îin kunipêer " iim kumá'ii pa'ára u'íinahaak i'áamtiheeshap, vaa kúth puharíxay xúrihitiheesh.
    Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  14. vúra uum puharíxay yav kupa'áraarahitihap.
    They never lived well.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  15. xás upêer " xáyfaat ík vúra haríxay kâam kúuk i'íipma.
    And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  16. uxus, " xáy kunmah."
    He thought, "Let them not see it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  17. xáy nutáapxuv."
    We might capsize.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  18. xáy kíikmahap."
    Let them not see you!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  19. kunxúti " xáy peekxariya'áraar úkviit-ha."
    They thought, "Let the priest not fall asleep!"
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text