Ararahih'urípih
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chémi all right

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1107 | revised Nov 07 2014

chémi • INTERJ • all right

Derivatives (2)
chéemyaach "quickly, fast; hurry!"
cheemyáchva "every now and then"

Source: WB 286, p.330

Note: Perhaps related to chími 'anticipative'. Sometimes abbreviated to chem'.

Sentence examples (40)

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  1. xas kunpíip, "chémi."
    So they said, "All right!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. " chémi."
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. kári xás kunpíip " chémi.
    And they said, "All right.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  4. " yee! chémi, yôotva, yôotva, ishávaas."
    "Well, all right, hurray, hurray, nephew!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  5. kári xás kunpíip " chémi.
    And they said, "All right.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  6. kári xás " chémi, chúvaarap."
    And (they said), "All right, let's go."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  7. xás kunipiip " chémi.
    And they said, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  8. xás kunipêer " chémi."
    And they told him, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  9. " chémi, ník ishávaas, punáyuupheeshara."
    "All right, nephew, I won't open my eyes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  10. xás kunpíip " chémi.
    And they said, "All right.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. " chémi, vaa ník nikupheesh.
    "All right, I'll do that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. " chémi, vaa ník nikupheesh."
    "All right, I'll do that."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  13. " chémi, chôora."
    "All right, let's go."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  14. xás kunpíip " chémi."
    And they said, "All right."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  15. xás upiip, " chémi, naa káru yúruk kan'árihrupi."
    And (the other) said, "All right, and let me go downriver."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  16. xás ta'ítam " chémi."
    So (they said), "All right."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  17. xás upiip " chémi."
    And he said, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  18. " chémi."
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  19. xás " chémi."
    And (they said) "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  20. " chémi, kúkuum tîi kan'am."
    "All right, let me eat it again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  21. kári xás " chémi."
    Then (they said), "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  22. xás upíti " chémi."
    And she said, "All right."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  23. xás upíti " chémi.
    And she said, "All right.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  24. víri chôora, chémi.
    All right, let's go.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  25. xás upiip, " chémi, imáan ník niykáreesh."
    And (Weasel) said, "All right, I'll kill it tomorrow."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  26. xás upiip, " chémi, tá níykar pa'áama."
    And he said, "All right, I've killed the salmon."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  27. xás upiip, " chémi, tá nivâaram."
    And he said, "All right, I'm going."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  28. " chémi."
    "All right."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  29. kári xás kunpíip" chémi, chúvaarap."
    And they said, "All right, let’s go!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

  30. " chémi, chôora."
    "All right, let's go!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  31. kári xás " chémi, kiikpiikívmathap."
    And (they said), "All right, put necklaces on them!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  32. " chémi."
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  33. kári xás áxvaay " chémi," xás tá koo, tá kunpiikívshiip koovúra.
    And Crane (said), "All right," and that was all, he had on all the necklaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  34. " chémi."
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  35. " chémi."
    "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  36. kári xás " chôora, chémi.
    Then (he said), "All right, let's go!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  37. kári xás upiip, " chôora, chémi."
    Then he said, "All right, let's go!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  38. " chémi."
    "All right."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  39. víri vaa kích ta'ítam xánkiit, " chémi."
    Then Bullhead said, "Okay."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  40. kári xás " chémi."
    [Hummingbird said], "Okay."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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