Ararahih'urípih
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pácheech all alone

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4450 | revised Aug 23 2005

pácheech • ADV • all alone

Source: WB 1089, p.371

  • tátaay, kíri pácheech ni'av. There's a lot (of food), I want to eat it all by myself. [Reference: WB T38.15]
  • papihnîich pácheech úkrii. The old man was alone. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 012]

Sentence examples (7)


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  1. papihnîich pácheech úkrii.
    The old man was sitting alone.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xás upíti " pûuhara, iim vúra pácheech ipvâarami."
    And he said, "No, you go back alone."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  3. xás pakáan kun'uum, yánava papihnîich kích pácheech úkrii.
    And when they got there, they saw only the old man sitting alone.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  4. chavúra kun'áapunma, hínupa êeth, hínupa uxúti, " tá taay, kíri pácheech ni'av."
    Finally they found out, there it was Slug, there he thought, "There's a lot, let me eat it by myself!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  5. pácheech tóo saam.
    (The littlest one) remained alone.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  6. pácheech tá nisaam.
    I am left alone.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  7. pa'ithyárukam tá pácheech.
    The one across-stream is alone by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text