Ararahih'urípih
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aaníhich my older brother

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #35 | revised Feb 12 2014

aaníhich • N • my older brother

Derivation:  árih-ich
older.brother-DIM

Source: WB 137, p.321

  • aaníhich mutúnviiv chími u'óonvuukeesh. My older brother is going to bring his children over. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 174]
  • aaníhich uum chími u'ípakeesh. Big brother is going to come back. [Reference: WB 27: Peregrine Falcon 3: 007]

See árih 'older brother' See -ich 'diminuitive'

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. kári xás upíip " aaníhich uum chími u'ípakeesh.
    And he said, "Big brother is going to come back.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  2. kári xás siit upiip, " aaníhich chími u'ípakeesh, sôomvaan u'ípasukeesh."
    Then Mouse said, "Big brother is going to come back, he's going to bring home a new wife."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  3. xás pamu'aaníhich upêer " chôora nupíkniihvan ikmaháchraam."
    And he told his older brother (i.e., the Bear's son), "Let's go sweat ourselves in the sweathouse!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. kári xás uxus, " máva aaníhich tá kunchífich."
    And he thought, "Look, big brother's getting beaten."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text