Ararahih'urípih
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áachip middle, center

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5 | revised Nov 07 2014

áachip N • middle, center

Derivatives (14; show derivatives)

Source: WB 10, p.313

  • víri vaa vúra pa'asá'aachip upátakvaranik. He shot through the middle of the rock when he shot upslope. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 250]
  • áachip takunvúpakrav. They cut it in two crosswise. [Reference: KT 176.37]


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  1. xas páy nanu'ávahkam áachipak tá kun'ithyuruva.
    And right up into the middle of the sky they dragged him along, too.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. áankunish sú' usasípiithva, áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti, koovúra vookupíti pamupírish, áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih.
    They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  3. kári xás ishkéesh'aachip u'uum.
    And he got to the middle of the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  4. chavúra ôok ithivthaanéen'aachip tóo pthívruuhvarak.
    Finally he floated back downriver here to the center of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  5. vúra ishkéesh'aachip xasík ni'ísheesh."
    I'll drink in the middle of the river.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  6. kári xás ishkéesh'aachip ta'ítam ukúkuriheen.
    And in the middle of the river he stooped down to the water.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  7. víri pa'avansáxiich uum áachip pakun'íihtih.
    There were the boys dancing in the middle.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  8. asuxvuypihnîich áachip tóo hyárihish.
    Old Man Turtle stood in the middle.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text
  9. vúra vaa áachip tá kun'íihvarak.
    They danced down from upriver that way to the middle (of their course).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text
  10. xás xunyêep upíip " naa yáas áachip kóo nivíiktih."
    And Tan Oak said, "I've just woven it half-way."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  11. xás upíip " pûu, vaa vúra níthxuuneesh, káruma nik áachip kóo tuvíkahitih.
    And she said, "No, I'll wear it this way, (though) the fact is that it's only woven half-way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  12. xás paapsíh'aachip tu'uum.
    And she got to the middle of the leg.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  13. ôok ithivthanéen'aachip xasík nupinívruuhtunveesh."
    We will roll together here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  14. káruma ôok ithivthanéen'aachip xasík xákaan puráan kunipmáheesh.
    The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  15. xás irísh'aachip sú' usúrukurihahitih.
    And there was a hole in the middle of the floor.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text
  16. xás áachip ahíramhitih.
    And there was a fireplace in the center.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  17. xákarari áxak pa'ávansas káru áachip áxak.
    There were two men at each end and two in the middle.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  18. pa'avansáxiich áachip uhyárih, payeenipaxvúhich uum ápapkam.
    The boy is standing in the middle, the little girl is at the side.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text