Ararahih'urípih
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xakáanich just the pair (of them)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6759 | revised Jan 27 2016

xakáanich • ADV • just the pair (of them)

Literally: 'little-both'

Derivation:  xákaan-ich  (= áxak-aan-ich)
both-DIM  (= two-Agentive-DIM)

Source: WB 1586.3, p.396

  • xakáanich iinâak páxuus u'uumúti. There were just the two of them inside while he was doctoring. [Reference: WB T11.17]

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  1. xakáaniich iinâak páxuus u'uumútih.
    Just the two of them were indoors when he doctored.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text