Ararahih'urípih
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kôomahich a little bit

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3922 | revised Apr 21 2015

kôomahich ADV • a little bit

Derivation koo-vah-ich
so.much-Distributive-DIM

Source: WB 897.1, p.361, (T48.24)

  • xás kôomahich vúra vaa káan yúuxak uhyákurih pamushvírik. Then she just jabs her elbow a little into the earth there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 052]
  • tîi matêe kôomahich kan'ífapvi paxathímtas. I think I'll just pick up a few roasted grasshoppers. [Reference: WB T3.34]


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  1. xás achvúun uppiip: " naa îin pukinîikyáreeshara, vaa vúra páy kyôomahich nuníshsheesh."
    Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  2. kôomahich vúra pooveehpîithvuti pamúptiik.
    Its branches just spread a little.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  3. peheerahásaan xúus kunish ithváaykamkam, kôomahich vúra u'áxvuh?ha?hitihach peheerahasanvásihkamkam.
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  4. manâa vaa kôomahich tá nipikróok.
    That’s as much as I remember.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. xás uxúti " tîi matée kóomahich kan'ífapvi paxathímtas.
    And he thought, "Let me pick up a few roasted grasshoppers for a moment!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  6. púyava vúra kóomahich.
    That's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  7. púyava vúra koomahich.
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  8. púyava vúra koomahich.
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text
  9. kóomahich ník kóovan tá kun'áraarahitih.
    They would stay with him a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  10. púyava kóomahich ník kóovan tá kun'áraarahitih.
    So they would stay with him a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  11. púyava vúra kóomahich.
    That's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  12. púyava vúra páy kóomahich.
    That's all.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text