Ararahih'urípih
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haríxay sometimes ; never

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1377 | revised May 06 2014

haríxay • ADV • sometimes ; never

Derivation:  hári xay
sometime let.not

Source: WB 372, p.334

  • súva ník haríxay. See you later (later than today). [Reference: Richardson 1993:10]
  • xáyfaat ík vúra haríxay kâam kúuk i'íipma. Don't ever go back upriver there. [Reference: WB T35.25]

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  1. chavúra puharíxay naa neepthíthhara.
    But I never finish it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. puharíxay ipthíitheeshara, vaa vúra teekyâasip.
    You'll never finish it, you just start it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. vúra puharíxay pikyáareesh pamívik.
    You'll never finish your weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. xás uum pihnêefich káru vúra púva haríxay maahvúnaa.
    And Coyote had never yet seen them either.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  5. xás yaas'ara'îin kunipêer " iim kumá'ii pa'ára u'íinahaak i'áamtiheeshap, vaa kúth puharíxay xúrihitiheesh.
    Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  6. vúra uum puharíxay yav kupa'áraarahitihap.
    They never lived well.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  7. xás upêer " xáyfaat ík vúra haríxay kâam kúuk i'íipma.
    And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text