Ararahih'urípih
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kin- marker used for 'they' (subject) acting on 'them' (object)

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lexicon ID #3843 | revised Aug 12 2014

kin- PREF • marker used for 'they' (subject) acting on 'them' (object)


Sentence examples (31)


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  1. xás kúkuum papúufich kinpáthih pa'únuhich.
    Then again he threw the deer's kidney to them.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. kári xas payeeripáxvuhsa kin'ipêer.
    Well, then, people told the girls,
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. yaas'ára îin kinmáahtiheesh."
    And the people who live will see them."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. Xás uum paxanchíifich îin kinímuustih.
    And the frog is looking at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  5. xás pu'akara'îin kínmaahtihap.
    And nobody had seen them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  6. xás páy nanu'ávahkam kúuk kinpôonva.
    And they were taken to the sky.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  7. xás koovúra kinchifíchfip.
    And (the upriver people) beat them completely.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  8. xás ta'ítam kunihmárasipreeheen, tá kun'áharam pa'áraar îin tá kinipshítviik.
    And so they started to run, they chased the people who had stolen it from them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  9. ápapkam tá kinchífich.
    One side beat them (on the other side).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  10. vúra tá kinchífich.
    They beat them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  11. chavúra koovúra ixráam upikyafipáyaachha, pa'ípa kóo kinpáxeepat.
    Finally he won back all the stakes, as much as they had won away.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  12. âanaxus uthítiimti " táay tá kiníykar áraaras."
    Weasel heard that they were killing a lot of people.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  13. xás kinipêer " chími kiivyíhish."
    And they were told, "Gather together."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  14. xás kári chavúra tá pâanpay koovúra tá kín'ax.
    And finally after a while all of them were killed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  15. víri vaa îin pakín'aaxtih.
    It was that one that was killing them.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  16. xás uxús " kíri kinpíychaak pamutúnviiv."
    And he wished that his children would have bad luck.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  17. 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
  18. kári xás ta'ítam kinvítivrikaheen, ithyárukirum kinvítish.
    And someone rowed to meet them and landed them on the other shore.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  19. ta'ítam kin'íshunvaheen.
    So they hid them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  20. kári xás kinipéer, " chími kiikpiyâarami."
    Then they were told, "Go back home!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  21. kári xás kin'ákih amveeváxrah.
    And they were given dried salmon.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  22. kári xás kinipéer, " pa'áraar tu'ívahaak, vaa ík apmántiim kuyvúruktiheesh.
    And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  23. vaa vúra pa'atipimaamvan'îin kinpôonvuuk.
    The buzzard brought them back.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  24. víriva ithahárinay pukínmaahtihap.
    People didn’t see him for a year.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  25. kári pa'apxantínihich tá kunkôoha pakunváthiinaa kári xás pa'áraar afyíiv tá kínmah.
    When the white men finished fighting, then they were friendly to the Indians.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  26. kinípeenti " kêemish pa'apxantínihichas."
    They were told that the white men were devils.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  27. kári peeshpúk tá kin'éeh.
    Then (the whites) gave them money (i.e., coins).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  28. kári xás kinipêer " káan ík kúvyiihmeesh."
    And they told (the Indians) to come there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  29. xás peempúr kin'ákih.
    And (the whites) gave them flour.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  30. kári xás vaa kúna tá kin'ákih ipchimákananach.
    Then in addition they gave them handkerchiefs.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text