Ararahih'urípih
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vâaram long, tall

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6397 | revised Mar 27 2008

vâaram • ADJ • long, tall

Derivatives (4)
vaaraméeshiip "tallest, longest"
vitkirivâaram "name of a ridge near Orleans"
vitkirivâaram_mu'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
vaaramaséeshiip "tallest, longest"

Source: WB 1524, p.393

Note: Long vowel in this word is never shortened. Plural is vâaramas. When combined with a noun, this is replaced by -xára, e.g. avansaxára 'tall man'.

  • xavish'úhraam uum vúra puvaaramákaamhara. An arrowwood pipe is not very long. [Reference: TK 158.34]
  • mukunyáfus puvâaramasahara. Their dresses are not long. [Reference: WB T86.9]
  • xás yítha vâaram taníkruupka, vastaranxára. Then I sew a long one on, a long thong. [Reference: TK 125.9]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (18)

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  1. tá vâaram he's growin' fast.
    He's already tall, he's growing fast.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. vaa uum vúra hitíhaan araréethvaayvari vaa kóo vâaramas-hitih.
    But most of the time they come up to a person's chest.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. vâaramas.
    They are tall.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  4. vâaramas pamu'ikutunváramuu.
    The sections between its joints are long.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  5. vâaramsa, ipaníchihsha, peheerahapírish.
    The tobacco leaves are long, pointed.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  6. pa'ápsuun uum vúra vâaram, pa'áan uum ipshûunkinich.
    The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  7. páy uum pa'ápsuun vúra uum vâaram.
    This snake is the longest snake.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  8. naa ipshûunkinich, kúna pananitípa uum vâaram.
    My brother is taller than me. (I'm short, but my brother is tall.)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  9. pay uum ipshûunkinich. pay cup uum vâaram.
    That cup is smaller than this cup. (That cup is short. This cup is tall.)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  10. vâaram pamu'ífunih.
    She has long hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  11. vâaram ti'íf.
    You grew tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. apxantinihich'ávansa uum kúnish vâaramas.
    White men are tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. papúsihich vúra uum vâaram pamu'ápvuuy.
    The cat has a long tail.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  14. sáruk utfákutih, yánava paaxvâahar kári vâaramas uvêehriv.
    She looked downhill, she saw the pitch still standing long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  15. pa'urípi uum vâaram ukyâahitih.
    The net was made long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  16. xás panunu'ífunih vúra xávish mûuk nupákootih, kíri vâaramas u'if, panunu'ífunih.
    And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  17. vaa kumá'ii payêepshas pasárip itharípriik, aayâach vaa uum vâaramsas káru xúnutich.
    The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  18. mukunyáfus puvâaramasahara.
    Their dresses were not long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text