Ararahih'urípih
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-kaam big, large

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lexicon ID #3668 | revised Nov 17 2014

-kaam ADJ • big, large

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Source: WB 846, p.359

Note: Plural -kaamsa. Bound stem; occurs only in combinations, such as asákaam 'big rock'. The corresponding independent form is kêech, plural kêechas.

  • xavish'úhraam uum vúra puvaaramákaamhara. An arrowwood pipe is not very long. [Reference: TK 158.34]


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  1. xas áhkaam kun'íkyav.
    And they built a big fire.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. itha'ithvákaam u'árihish
    It made a big load.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  3. xás uxuti kunish yíim nîinamich papúufich, xás póo'uum xás vúra uum pufíchkaam.
    And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  4. asákaamsa kaan xás vaa á' tá nukfukúraa.
    We used to climb those big rocks out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  5. hôoy uum patasákaam?
    Where is the big fence?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  6. kêech, saamvaróokaam.
    It was big, a big creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  7. tu'invákaamha.
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  8. vúra tu'invákaamha.
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  9. vúra tu'invákaamha.
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  10. kári xás vaa káan tuyshipréekaam úkrii.
    And a big mountain sat there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  11. xás yánava tuthivtaparákaamha.
    And he saw there was a big war dance.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  12. xás pihnêefich upíip " thúfkaam vúra vúrunihi nani'ífuth."
    So Coyote said, "Let a big creek flow down behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  13. xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás " nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish."
    And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  14. xás pa'îin kun'áharamuti xára xás kunithyárukha, ayu'âach ishahákaam.
    And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  15. xás pihnêefich vúra uum sípnukaam tóo thárish pakáan umáhyaaneesh.
    And Coyote put a big storage basket down where they were to put it in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  16. xás vúra patu'iinkáyaachha xás tée imnakákaam.
    And when (the bark) had burned well, then there was a big coal.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  17. víri kún amvákaam.
    There was a big salmon (in the net).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  18. kúkuum vúra amvákaam úykar.
    Again he caught a big salmon.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  19. xás póo'uum, víri kún amvákaam tóo thyúruripaa.
    And when she arrived, there he had pulled out a big salmon.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  20. xás pa'avansaxichákaam utníshuk vasasúruk.
    And the big boy was peeking out from under the blanket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  21. xás kaanvári kunihmárava, yánava ukrámkaam u'íithra.
    Then they ran there, they saw a big lake lying.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  22. xás ikxuraráhaan poopkêevish páy nanu'ávahkam atayrámkaam
    Then Evening Star was transformed into a big star in the sky.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  23. kári xás asiktâan kinipéer " chími shipnúkaam kiikvîiki."
    And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  24. xás áhkaam tóo kyav.
    And they made a big fire.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  25. xás asípkaam tumáhyaan pa'éekoons.
    And they put the acorns in a big soup-basket.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  26. púyava îikam áhkaam tá kuníkyav.
    So they made a big fire outdoors.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  27. xás asákaamsa mûuk tá kuniyáakoo.
    And they put them on with big rocks.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text
  28. píshiip tá kuniptáthrip imvarámkaam.
    First they strained them with a big tray-basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text
  29. xás vaa yíiv yúruk xumvaroomáruk áhkaam tóo kyav.
    And he made a big fire far downriver, uphill from xumvároov.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  30. kuyûum amkúfkaam.
    There's a big (lot of) smoke just downriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text
  31. káan tishrámkaam, xás úhthaamhitih, káru ipahá'anamahach káan u'íihya.
    A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  32. páy uum tishrámkaam, xás utuyshíiprinahiti yiiv.
    This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text