Ararahih'urípih
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ixak to make a noise

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3497 | revised Nov 07 2005

ixak • V • to make a noise

Derivatives (2)
ixakáxak "to make a rattling noise"
ixakaxákar "gold-cradle"

Source: WB 801, p.356

Note: Initial /i/ is lost after prefixal vowels. Cf. ishxax 'to become smashed'.

  • îifiti chími axmáy îim úxak. Then sure enough all at once he heard a noise outside. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 020]
  • hûut áta tu'iin, pa'íshaha úxaakti. I wonder what's wrong, the water is sounding. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 047]

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  1. xas tá ikxúrar axmay mâaka úxak.
    And when evening came suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. axmay ma'kúkam úxak.
    Suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. saamvároo ithyárukirukam súva as úxaakti itharípriik vúra hôoyvarihva.
    On the other side of the creek I could hear the noise of rocks somewhere in a fir thicket.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. mâa vúrava sâam súva vúrava papírish úxaaktih.
    A little downhill I heard a noise in the brush.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  5. ishyâat úpaanik: " yaas'ára vúra u'aapúnmutiheesh yakun pa'îin yíth ukupeexákahitiheesh, patá nipikrêehaak nani'îin."
    Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  6. kári xás yánava pa'íshaha, pasaamvároo úxaaktih.
    Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  7. kári xás uthítiv, úxaaktih, pa'íshaha úxaaktih.
    Then he heard it, it was sounding, the water was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  8. vúra vaa uthítiimtih, úxaaktih pa'íshaha patuchunvákir.
    He heard it that way, the water was sounding as he sneaked up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  9. kári xás yánava kúkuum káan íshaha úxaaktih, usaamvároohitih.
    And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  10. súva ník asámyiith uxákeesh, ixusêesh ' tá nupávyiihma.'
    You will hear gravel sound, you will know we have arrived.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. chavúra xára tah, axmáy asámyiith úxak.
    Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. xás axmáy vúra uthítiv, asámyiith úxak.
    And suddenly he heard it, the gravel sounded.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  13. pamu'îin hôoy ník úxaaktih.
    There was no sound of his falls.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  14. ôok íp nithítiimtihat póoxaaktih.
    Formerly I heard them sounding from here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  15. kári xás axmáy vúra káan úxak.
    And suddenly there was a noise there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text