Ararahih'urípih
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araraxus'úmaan doctor

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #537 | revised Feb 08 2014

araraxus'úmaan • N • doctor

Derivation:  áraar xúus uum-aan
human thought arrive-Agentive

See áraar1 'person' See xúus + uum 'to doctor' See -aan 'Agentive'

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. xás kunipêer " atafâat íim araraxus'úmaan."
    And they said to him, "Maybe you're a doctor."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  2. kári xás upiip " hãã naa araraxus'úmaan."
    And he said, "Yes, I'm a doctor."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  3. hínu páy uum upíkshaayvutih, putáktahara, pu'araraxus'úmaanhara.
    There he was lying, he wasn't a doctor, he wasn't a shaman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text