Ararahih'urípih
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chiimíchmahich little by little

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lexicon ID #1116 | revised Mar 18 2014

chiimíchmahich • ADV • little by little

Derivation:  chîimich-vah-ich  (= thîim-ich-vah-ich)
little.bit-Distributive-DIM  (= thîim-DIM-Distributive-DIM)

  • vúra pu'aapunmútihap chiimíchmahich pakunpihtáanvuti. Nobody ever noticed them, for little by little (the mice) were taking out (acorns). [Reference: KS38. Mice story 028]

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  1. chiimíchvahich pafâat panu'áapunma.
    We only know a little bit of all that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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