Ararahih'urípih
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ikshah to laugh; (horse) to neigh

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2079 | revised Dec 02 2014

ikshah V • to laugh; (horse) to neigh

Derivatives (2)
iksháahvar "to laugh into"
iksháhunish "to laugh at"

Source: WB 503, p.340

Note: Idiom: iksháh u'ahvákir 'he died of laughing' (WB files).

  • imâahak sú' tanéekshah. I'm laughing to myself (inwardly). [Reference: KV]


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  1. xás púraan tá kun'êe pa'áhup, kuníkshaahtih: "if yâamachich pa'áhup!"
    They handed the wood to each other, they were laughing: "What nice wood!"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  2. xáyfaat íkshah.
    Don't laugh.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  3. naa níkshaatih.
    I am laughing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  4. naa tá níkshah.
    I am laughing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  5. níkshaahtih.
    I am laughing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  6. naa níkshaahti.
    I am laughing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  7. nipíkshaahtih.
    I am laughing at myself.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  8. naa níkshaahti vaa.
    I am laughing at myself.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  9. iim téekshah.
    You are laughing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  10. íp poovôonfuruk uksáahtih.
    When she came in the house she was laughing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  11. îikam paaxíitichas kunihmárathunanaatih, xás vúra vaa káan kuniksháahtih.
    The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. víri kún siit kích uksahárahitih.
    There only mice were squeaking.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  13. víri pooksahárahitih, kuntákaamtih, pa'asiktávaan, pakâanimich, poo'ûupvutih.
    So they laughed, they ridiculed her, the woman, the poor one, as she dug roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  14. ta'ítam uksáheen pamaruk'áraar, uxus, " íf nîinamich paxákaan nuvúunveesh."
    And the giant laughed, he thought, "He's really small for us to wrestle together!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  15. yítha pa'apurúvaan úksah.
    And a certain devil (accompanying the first one) laughed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  16. kári xás vúra iksháh u'ahvákir.
    And he died laughing.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  17. imáan umáh, utháaniv, vúra kári úksaahtih, káruma tu'ívaheen.
    The next day (the first devil) saw him, he was lying (there), he was still laughing; the fact was, he had died.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text