Ararahih'urípih
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xánahich after a while

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6779 | revised Feb 02 2016

xánahich • ADV • after a while Variant: xánihich.

Derivation:  xára-ich
long.time-DIM

Derivatives (2)
xanahíchyav "for a good while"
xánahishich "a little while"

Source: WB 1603.1, p.396

  • víri poopikfúkuvraa, víri xánihich vúra uhyárih. So when he climbs up (to the top of Etna Mountain), he just stands there a while. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 233]
  • xánahichvarih axmáy u'áhoo, pihnêefich. In a little while, suddenly Coyote came. [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 010]

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  1. chavúra tá xánahich koovúra kunparatánmaahpanaa.
    Then after a while they all turned back.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. xás xánahich xás axmáy útraax.
    And in a little while, suddenly it struck.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. xánahichvari axmáy u'áhoo, pihnêefich.
    In a little while, suddenly Coyote came.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  4. xás vaa ukúupha, xánahich vúra uxapyuxúyux.
    And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. xás poofúmtaapsur víri yûuth pootrûuputih, xánahich axmáy vaa ukuupha, pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath axmáy u'áapuchur.
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  6. kári xás vaa ukuupha, xánahich uxapyuxúyux.
    And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  7. xás vaa vúra xánahich tupatúmkoo.
    And she sucked at it for a little while.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text