Ararahih'urípih
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táay / -taay much, many, lots

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lexicon ID #5541 | revised Dec 20 2015

táay / -taay N • much, many, lots

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Source: WB 1361, p.385

Note: This is combined after nouns, e.g. ararátaay 'lots of people'.

  • púya vúra uum tátaay, takuníkyav. So there was a lot (of food), they gathered it. [Reference: WB T38.7]
  • xás taay vúra áhup kunsánfurukva pa'asiktávaansas. And they brought a lot of wood inside, the women did. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 033]


Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (131)

  1. táay "many" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  2. táay púsihich "lots of cats" (spoken by Sonny Davis)
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