Ararahih'urípih
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ithâan once

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3219 | revised Feb 09 2015

ithâan • ADV • once

Derivation:  yítha-yaan
one-times

Derivatives (2)
ichâanich "at one time, all at once"
ithaneeyâaram "immediate departure"

Source: WB 1679.2, p.401

Note: Dimin. is ichâanich.

  • áxvaay uum ithâan muhrôohanikitkaar. Crane had a wife once, Merganser. [Reference: KS Crane 002]
  • vaa kunkúphaanik, ithâan. They did this way once. [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 001]

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  1. ithâan mit masúruk saamváruk níshxaaytihat.
    Once I went up the creek, fishing with hook and line.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  2. naníaunt Ramona ithâan néemuustih naníaunt Ramona kári xás upítih " hã'ii tipíshriivpa."
    My Aunt Ramona once looked at me and she said "Yikes, you've gotten fat!"
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Julian Lang | Download | Play

  3. chavúra pâanpay ithâan poosúpaaha, xás uchánchaaksurar.
    Then after a while one morning, then he opened it.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  4. ithâan mít káru naa kári nîinamich, nanítaat upiip, " sáruk nivâarameesh, ka'tim'íin.
    Once, I was also still little, my mother said, "I'm going downhill, to Katimin.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  5. pananichishíh'anamahach itháan káruk nu'ípasroovat, káan úkrii chishih'aneekyáavaan.
    Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  6. vaa kunkúphaanik, ithâan.
    They did this way once.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  7. kári xás itháan uvâaram kúkuum.
    So once he went away again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  8. xás itháan pakun'ípak, xás úpeenvunaa pamutunvêech " papuna'ípakahaak kuxúseesh ' tá neeykáraheen.'"
    And once when they returned, (Deer) told her little ones, "If I don't come back, you will know (lit., think) that she's killed me."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  9. xás itháan u'ípak pakéevriik.
    And once the old woman (i.e., Bear) came back.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  10. kusrípan uum itháan avansahanik.
    Madrone was once a man.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  11. xás ithâan kumamáh'iit uxus, " ithyáruk kanvâarami.
    And one morning he thought, "Let me go across-river!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  12. ithâan kumamáh'iit umá " pachánchaaf yíiv á' vúra úkrii".
    One morning she saw the foam was up high.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  13. kári xás ithâan ávansa uxus, " tîi kanikrûuntih."
    And once a man thought, "Let me wait (for her)!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  14. xás ithâan kuméeshyaav vúra puxích tupáthrih, pa'íshaha tu'uh.
    And one winter it rained hard, the water rose.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text