Ararahih'urípih
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-xay not

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6880 | revised Aug 19 2014

-xay SUFF • not

Derivatives (2)
ithvuyxâaha "to care, to be sorry, to grieve, to mourn"
púxay "not yet, still not, not at all"

Note: Reinforces a preceding pu- 'negative'.


Sentence examples (56)

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  1. púxay vúra chuuphítihara.
    But he never answered anything.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. púxay fuhíshtihap.
    But they didn't mind him.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. chímiva púxay vúraxay kaneekvárishap.
    But it turned out that I couldn't.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  4. itnoopámahich ník kana'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa'íshpuk púvaxay kana'êehap káruma chímiheesh ithakûusrah véenik mit paniykáranaat.
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  5. púxay vúraxay naxútihara káan ukyíimeesh.
    I didn't think it (my shot) reached him there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  6. púxay vúra xay hûut koo neethvávara, táma âapun.
    I could hardly pack it any distance at all, before (I had to put it) down again.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  7. kári xás upíip, " púxay vúra na'aráriihkanhivatheeshara! púxay vúra húunxayheeshara!"
    Then he said, "I cannot cure him! I can't do any more for him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  8. kári xás upíip, " púxay vúra húunxayheeshara, chími akâay kích kiikpíkaan!"
    Then he said, "I cannot do any more for him, you better fetch someone else!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  9. xás nixúti, vaa páy kip Violet ukupíti, the whole thing, vaa too sáankuri, púxay vúra fikríiptihara.
    And I thought, "This is the way Violet does it, the whole thing, she puts it in, she doesn't sort them out."
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  10. puxáy vúra vaa nakupéeshara paViolet ukupiti.
    I can't do it like Violet does.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  11. mâa yáxa vaa puxay íim pu'ipthíithtihara, vaa vúra tipáchish.
    You see, you don't finish it, you just throw it away.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. púxay vúra.
    Never.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  13. xás vúra púxay thitívara.
    Then he made believe he could not understand.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  14. uum vúra kích a' úkrii ma'tîimich pirishkâarim, púxay vúra kêenatihara.
    Grizzly Bear alone was sitting up in the back part of the sweathouse, he never moved.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  15. kóova uthvuyxâahanik pamuyáfus.
    She felt so sad about her dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  16. púva xay vúr úruha.
    It has not budded yet.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text
  17. yánava púra karáxay vúra.
    He saw nobody.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  18. xás vúra hûutva tu'iin, púxay ta'ítam yâavahitihara.
    But what was the matter with him? he wasn't getting full.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  19. pihnêefich vúra káan úyruuhriv, púxay vúra kêenatihara.
    Coyote lay there, he didn't stir.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  20. xás chavúra puyíthaxay sakriivhára.
    And finally not one (stuck) fast.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  21. kári xás pihnêefich uxús, " púxay vúra vaa kupítiheeshara."
    And Coyote thought, "They can't do that."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  22. uumkun kun'áapunmuti " púxay áamahara."
    They knew it was not a salmon.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  23. xás púxay fâat vúra pítihara.
    And he didn't say anything.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  24. xás púxay íhivriktihara.
    But he did not answer.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  25. púxay vúra kín'aapunmeeshap.
    They were not to know.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  26. yakún puxáy vúra mít ishkáxishrihmathat.
    You see, they couldn't stop it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  27. púyava koovúra uum púxay vúra yíthaxay kuhítihara pa'áraaras, koovúra vúra yav, púxay axvahkánxay.
    And none of all the people was sick, they were all well, they weren't sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text
  28. púxay vúraxay yaas'ára axvahkánxayheeshara."
    Mankind will not be sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text
  29. púxay iruvôonuptihara.
    They (the girls) wouldn't come out of the house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  30. púxay vúraxay amkúufxay.
    There was no smoke.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  31. púxay vúraxay aapúnmutihara.
    (But) it didn't know.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  32. peekxúrar púvaxay thivrúhish, koovúra axupa'ithvutiharamúrax.
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  33. xás vúra púxay kêenara.
    And he didn't stir.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  34. 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
  35. kóova uthvuyxâaha, pamúyuup axváha mûuk kuniptáxvah.
    She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  36. púxay vúra ihyáriheeshara patá îim kúuk tá kun'úumahaak, xás vúra tá kunvôonupuk.
    They didn't stand up when they went outside, they just crawled out.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  37. yee kári xás vúra púxay vúraxay xay vura hûut-heesh, vúra puxích tuyíkiha.
    Oh, nothing can be done, she's really sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  38. xás upiip, " púxay vura, chími xuus kíik'uumih."
    And he said, "Go on ahead and doctor her."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  39. púxay vúra hûut-heeshara.
    She (Chipmunk) might not make it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  40. púxay vúraxay, vúra uum too kúha.
    She's really hurting.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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