Ararahih'urípih
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mah'íitnihach early morning, early in the morning

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lexicon ID #4172 | revised Jul 21 2014

mah'íitnihach • N • early morning, early in the morning

Source: WB 957.1, p.366

  • xás u'ákunvar pihnêefich mah'íitnihach. Then Coyote went hunting early in the morning. [Reference: KS Crane 051]
  • púyava ithâan kumamah'íitnihach vaa káan kunixrárati pahitíhaan kun'úmootihirak. So early one morning, they were weeping there, there where they always used to go. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 017]

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  1. mah'íitnihach tá kun'ivyíihrupuk, tá kun'ákunvanva.
    Early in the morning they go out hunting.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. aayâach papihníich tóo píip, "kúkuum mah'íitnihach ku'íchunveesh pachími kunpávyiihfurukheeshhaak."
    Because the old man had said, "You must hide again tomorrow morning before they come into the house."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. xas mah'íitnihach kun'iruvôonsip, xas kun'ímnish xuun.
    Early the next morning, they got up and cooked the acorn mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  4. kúkuum mah'íitnihach tá kun'ákunvanva patá kunpámvaar.
    And again in the early morning they went forth to hunt when they got through eating.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  5. imáankam xás mah'íitnihach xás ni'ákunvarat.
    Next morning early I went hunting.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  6. máh'iit mah'íitnihach.
    In the morning, early in the morning.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  7. tá ni'itxâarihvutih mah'íitnihach.
    I woke up in the early morning.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  8. mah'íitnihach ni'itxâarihva.
    I woke up early.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  9. naa vúra itíhaan máh'iitnihich níkfuuksipriv.
    I always get up early.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  10. mah'íitnihich.
    It's morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  11. payêem uum mah'íitnihich.
    It's morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  12. kári xás púyava úumpan mah'íitnihach tá kunpávyiihship, kúkuum, paastaah.
    And then they, the ducks, left again in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  13. xás mah'íitnihach uum vúrava ukvatankôotih.
    So he always went early in the morning to gather sweathouse wood.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  14. káan xás mah'íitnihach upapivankôoti pamusárum ishkêeshak hôoy kích tóo pthívruuhruprav.
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  15. xás vúra mah'íitnihach pishíich u'imkatáxrahvarak.
    And (when she looked) the light was first coming down from upriver, early in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  16. káru káakum mah'íitnihach kuntátapvunaati.
    And some men were trapping early in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text