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arákaas old man
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #509 | revised Nov 02 2005
arákaas • N • old man
Derivatives (3)
akviinakichkaru'arákaas "size of dentalium shell, a little larger or older than akviinakichkaru"
axakiichkaru'arákaas "a size of dentalium, larger than axákiichkaru"
itharip'arákaas "old fir tree"
Source: WB 128, p.320
Note: Equiv. to pihnîich.
- kúna vúra kúnish ta'arákaas. But he's sort of old. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 006]
- arákaas, mâa páy pamiváfish. Old man, here's your liver! [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 019]
Sentence examples (5)
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kúna vúra kúnish tá arákaas.'"
But he's sort of old.'"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
xás kunpiip, "
arákaas,
mâa páy pamiváfish."
And they said, "Old man, here! this is your liver.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
xás tá kunipêer pamukun'ákah, "
yee!
arákaas,
hûut ti'iin.
And they said to their father, "Hey, old man, what's wrong with you?Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
xás kári kunipêer pa'arákaas, "
hûut ti'iin.
Then (the sons) said to the old man, "What's wrong with you?Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
pa'arákaas íp îin kinípeerat, '
kiik'íchunvi.'
The old man told us to hide.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text