Ararahih'urípih
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-'anamahach little, small

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lexicon ID #375 | revised Apr 23 2024

-'anamahach • ADJ • little, small Variant: -'anamahich.

Derivation:  -'aramah-ach
-child-DIM

Derivatives (28; show derivatives)

Source: WB 129.1, p.320

Note: Occurs in combination after a noun. The sequence -ana- behaves morphophonemically like a long vowel (G383). The suppletive plural is -tunvêech(as), 1398.1. The corresponding free forms are singular nîinamich, plural tûupichas.

See -'áramah2 'child' See -ach1 'diminutive (nouns)'

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  1. kári xás ni'ûufak pataskaná'anamahich kaan ni'íipma.
    I took my little pole and climbed down.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. pirísh'anammahach
    little leaf
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. eepúm'anamahach
    rootlet
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  4. pananichishíh'anamahach itháan káruk nu'ípasroovat, káan úkrii chishih'aneekyáavaan.
    Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  5. Kúkuum
    Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  6. kâarim ukyáati peehnohá'anamahach.
    She treated the little wife badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  7. xás pa'avansaxích'anamahach tóo kfuuyshur puxích vúra.
    Then the little boy got very tired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  8. hínupa akvíishich hôoyva pufích'anamahach tóo pêethuk.
    There Wildcat had brought a little deer from somewhere.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  9. yánava sít'anamahach, axicheekyamíichvar.
    She saw it was a little mouse, a children's toy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text

  10. pachishíi uhyári amkírak a', u'áamti asíp'anamahachak.
    The dog is standing on top of the table, he is eating from a small bowl.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  11. 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

  12. xás ipahá'anamahach káan u'íihya.
    A little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text