Ararahih'urípih
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ayu'âach it was because ; of course

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1031 | revised Oct 31 2014

ayu'âach • PCL • it was because ; of course Variant: aayâach ; eeyâach.

Derivative (1)
ayu'âachich "too bad; alas"

Source: WB 261, p.329

  • ayu'âach uxâatha. Of course it's rotten. [Reference: KT 149.25]
  • ayu'âach páy pasaamnúpahitihan chí kun'íihrupaavish. It was because they were going to dance downriver that way the stream flows. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 002]

Sentence examples (10)

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  1. víri man ayu'âach uum uyupsírihiti.
    Well of course, because she's blind.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. hãã, I couldn't do that, ayu'âach vúra vaa yuxmúrax u'árihishriheesh.
    Yes, I couldn't do that because it would turn into nothing but sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. manâa naa káru nikuphêesh, ayu'âach pa-sand vúra vaa.
    That's what I do too, because of the sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. ayu'âach uxaat.”
    Of course it is rotten.”
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  5. " ayu'âach uxaat ûunuhich tu'íithra."
    “Of course it is rotten, it has been in there a long time.”
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  6. ayu’âach púfaat pa'ávansa iináak, panini'ákah uum támit u'ívat.
    It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  7. xás pa'îin kun'áharamuti xára xás kunithyárukha, ayu'âach ishahákaam.
    And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. ayu'âach vúra uum tá naxúriha."
    It's because I'm hungry."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  9. ayu'âach kanaxúseenti ' kâanimich.
    It was because they thought, 'She's poor.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  10. ayu'âach kanéepeentih, axicha'êechkeepuhich níkrii."
    It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text