Ararahih'urípih
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ixrar / ixrára- to weep, to cry; (cat) to meow

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3518 | revised Oct 31 2014

ixrar / ixrára- • V • to weep, to cry; (cat) to meow

Derivatives (2)
ixrarâava "to make cries"
ixnániichva "to whine"

Source: WB 808, p.356

Note: Also, of rattlesnake, 'to rattle'. Cf. ixáxanaa '(pl.) to weep'.

  • papúsih kunixrárati. The cats are meowing. [Reference: WB files]
  • vúra tooxrárati kich, xâatik niparatánmaahpa, vaa vúra kích uxus. He was just sort of weeping, he was sort of thinking, "I want to turn back!" [Reference: TK 71.32]

Sentence examples (27)

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  1. " fâat kumá'ii peexráratih? naa ník ôok páy níkrii."
    "What are you crying for? I'm here with you."
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text
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  2. xás úxrar.
    Then he cried.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  3. táay nik tá kunchífich vúra pu'ixraratihara, váa xás u'ívur pamúkiit muyáfus.
    They had won lots of things from him but he never cried, all he cried for was his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  4. xás úxrar pihnêeffich.
    Then Coyote cried.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  5. tá nithítiv payupsítanach uxráratih.
    I hear the baby crying.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  6. yupthúkirar uxráratih.
    A mountain lion is crying.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  7. yupsítanich tóo xrára.
    The baby cried.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  8. naa tá neexrára.
    I am crying.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  9. naa puneexráratihara.
    I am not crying.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  10. payupsítanich puxráratih.
    The baby is not crying.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  11. xáyfaat ixráratih.
    Don't cry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  12. xáyfaat ixrára.
    Don't cry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  13. naa nixráreesh.
    I am going to cry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  14. xás úxrar.
    Then he cried.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  15. xás vúra tóo xrar.
    Then he cried.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  16. xás úxrar pakeechxâach.
    Then the widow wept.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  17. xás úxrar papihnîich, hínupa mú'aramah.
    And the old man cried, it was his child.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  18. xás papihnîich úxrar, mú'arama tá kuníykar.
    And the old man cried, his child had been killed.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  19. pâanpay vúra tóo xráratih.
    Finally he was weeping.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  20. káan ník uxrarâavutih.
    He gave a cry now and then.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  21. xás pa'avansáxiich vúra uum uxráratih, kúna vúra u'íchunvuti pooxráratih.
    And the boy was crying, but he hid when he cried.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  22. ii! xás uxnánatihach.
    Oh! then he cried piteously.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  23. avansáxiich vúra uum hitíhaan uxráratih.
    A little boy was always crying.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  24. káan uxráratih.
    He was crying there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  25. vúra vaa kári uxnánatihach.
    He was still crying like that a little.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  26. axmáy xás ukôoha pooxráratih.
    And suddenly he stopped crying.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text