Ararahih'urípih
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-áyaachha / -áyaachhi- well, in a good way

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1021 | revised Nov 14 2014

-áyaachha / -áyaachhi- • SUFF • well, in a good way

Derivation:  -a-yâach-ha  (= -a yav-ach-ha)
-DEVERB-Intensive-DENOM  (= -DEVERB good-DIM-DENOM)

Derivatives (6)
chafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
ikyaafipáyaachha "to gather, bring together"
ikyafipáyaachha "to gather, bring together"
imfipishniháyaachha "to assemble from all over"
thafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
xuniháyaachha "to be very hungry"

Source: WB G621.20

  • múkuusra vúra utoonayâachhitiheesh. He must count the moons good. [Reference: KS24. How the Ikxaréeyavs Varied the Pikyavish 015]

Sentence examples (4)

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  1. káruk tá kunpávyiihma, tusupaháyaachha, pámita káan kun'arámsiiprintih.
    They arrived back upriver where they came from, it was mid-morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. xás vúra patu'iinkáyaachha xás tée imnakákaam.
    And when (the bark) had burned well, then there was a big coal.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. vúra koovúra tá kunpaxeepáyaachha, pamukún'uup.
    They won all their property from them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  4. xás tá kunkariháyaachha.
    And they were all ready.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text