Ararahih'urípih
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kachakâach bluejay, Steller's jay

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3690 | revised Aug 22 2005

kachakâach N • bluejay, Steller's jay Cyanocitta stelleri.

Derivatives (2)
kachakâachich "dimin. of kachakâach 'bluejay'"
kachakach'ápuroon "cocoon, cocoon-rattle"

Source: WB 838, p.358; JPH ani 06:815

Note: Dimin. is kachakâachich.

  • kachakâach uum vúra apurúvaanhanik. Bluejay used to be a sorcerer. [Reference: KM 19.11]
  • kári xás kachakâach âapun upikrîish. And then Bluejay sat down on the ground. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 021]


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  1. kári xás kachakâach kunpikyâarat.
    So they went to fetch Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  2. kári xás kunpíip, " chími kúkuum kiikpíkaan kachakâach."
    So they said, "You had better go and fetch Bluejay again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  3. kári xás kachakâach âapun upikrîish.
    Then Bluejay sat down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  4. kári xás kachakâach âapun u'piiri uum tupikrîish.
    But Bluejay was still sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  5. kári xás kachakâach upíip, " ããx fatamakêesh kich ára upêereesh!"
    Then Bluejay said, "Indeed! Maybe he will say something!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  6. xás xanpuchíniishveenach upíip, " kachakâach mu'ápuroon úpsiinvutih!"
    Then Hummingbird said, "Bluejay does not know his medicine!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  7. kári xás upiip kachakâach " naa ník nipshansîipreevish."
    Then Blue Jay said, "I'll carry them away."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  8. kachakâach u'eemhîichva.
    Blue Jay pretended to be a 'doctor.'
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  9. hínupa vúra uum u'apunkôonaatih, kachakâach uum u'apunkôonaatih.
    There she was bewitching them, Blue Jay herself was bewitching them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  10. kári xás kachakâach káan ukrîish.
    And Blue Jay sat down there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  11. mán kachakâach muvéeniichva.
    Why, it's Blue Jay's mischief."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  12. hínupa uum kachakáach u'apunkôonaatih.
    There Blue Jay herself was bewitching them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  13. kachakâach mu'ápuroon kumáheesh hôoyva, ípahak utákararihva, sú' vákay úkrii.
    You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  14. sunyíthi tá kun'íshavsip kachakâach.
    They paid Blue Jay her fee with chinquapin nuts.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  15. kachakâach muvéeniichva."
    It's Blue Jay's mischief."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  16. ukachakâachhiti.
    She made a noise like a blue jay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  17. kachakâach ípat yíchaach mukun'ávanhanik.
    Bluejay and Doe had a single husband.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  18. kári xás uxúti pakachakâach " hûut áta kumá'ii pa'ípat múxuun kích kúnish poopátatih."
    And Blue Jay thought, "I wonder why he sort of eats only Doe's acorn soup?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  19. kári xás uxús kachakâach " tîi kantharampûuki."
    Then Blue Jay thought, "Let me make acorn soup!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  20. kári xás úpthaaniv kachakâach, aayâach ápsii tóo spat.
    Then Blue Jay was laid up, it was because her leg was broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  21. púyava pakachakâach tóo pyávpa.
    Blue Jay was well again by now.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  22. púyava xás paaxíich upêer pamútaat, " úma kachakâach vaa ukupítih, kachakáach uyveeshrîihvuti paxuun."
    So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  23. kári xás ta'ítam, " chími kiikpíkaan kachakáach."
    Then they said to go get Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  24. kachakâach káan vúra úkrii.
    And Bluejay was just sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  25. kári xás kachakâach upiip, " ããx, naa fatamakêesh kích ára úpeereesh.
    Bluejay said, "Ããx, she would just say anything to anybody.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  26. kachakâach muvéeniichva.
    It's Bluejay's doings.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  27. kachakâach muvéeniichva.
    It's Bluejay's doings.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  28. kári xás u'árihshipriv kachakâach chanchaksúrak u'árihrupuk, " kchkchkchkchkch."
    Now Bluejay jumped up and she went out the door, "kchkchkchkchkch".
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  29. mâa vúra vóokxiipshiprin pakachakâach tu'árihishrih.
    She flew away, she turned into Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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