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xára for a long time
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lexicon ID #6839 | revised Feb 02 2016
xára • ADV • for a long time
Derivatives (9)
ishipxárahuraa "to extend upward in single file"
kaftunvaxáraharas "plant species"
tivxárahar "mule"
tivxárahsa "mule"
xánahich "after a while"
xanahíchyav "for a good while"
xánahishich "a little while"
xaravêenik "long ago"
xaravêetak "long before"
Source: WB 1603, p.397
Note: Cf. xárah 'long' (in space).
- matêek xára ikrêevish. May you live to get old. [Reference: Richardson 1993:26]
- yukún vúra uum xára takun'íchunva áasiv. For a long time they had hidden in a cave. [Reference: WB T58.4]
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