Ararahih'urípih
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húuntah peculiar, sly (of a person)

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lexicon ID #1408 | revised Jul 10 2009

húuntah • ADJ • peculiar, sly (of a person) Variant: vuuntaka.

Derivative (1)
huntáhich "funny"

Source: WB 391, p.334, variant form by Sonny Davis

Note: Plural húuntahsa (JPH "Grammar" 92).

  • huntah'áraar, puyávhara pa'áraar, fâat vúra vookupheesh. He's a sly man, a no-good person, he'll do just anything. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 326]
  • xás hâari vúra uum pa'áraar pahúuntahaak, ára vúra tupitaxyárih. And sometimes when a person is peculiar, he will "swear". [Reference: WB G144.45]

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  1. xás hâari vúra uum pa'áraar pahúuntahaak ára vúra tupitaxyárih.
    Sometimes when a person was peculiar, he "swore" (on purpose).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text