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xára for a long time
Dictionary Entry
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]
Sentence examples (36)
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kári xás kaan níkrii xára.
There I sat down and waited a while.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
xás kúkuum vura xára níhmachiichva.
Then I tried quite a while.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
You can't tell, xâat xára ishanpíithva pasárip.
You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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naa vúra punathitíveeshara,
xâat xára kaan kú'uuhyanati,
naa vúra vaa punatákirara fâat vúra pakuchuphúruthunatih.
I won't be able to hear, even if you talk a long time, I won't be able to leach acorn or whatever you're talking about.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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xas xára vura u'êethithun pa'as.
Then he packed that rock around.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text -
chavúra káan xára tóo krii.
Then he stayed there a long time.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
peehêeraha apmáan ukrixyúpxupti ára,
úux,
xára vúr apmáan u'ákkatih.
Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
íf xára xás tá nupmah.
I haven't seen you in a long time.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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vúra xára xás vúra tu'íf.
And after a long time it raised.
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íkiich vúra xára vúra tá níkrii.
Maybe I have lived a long time.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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xára tá níkrii
I have lived for a long time.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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xas xára xás axmáy u'ípak papíkchah,
Riverside xás uparamsîip.
And after a long time, one day the picture arrived, it arrived from Riverside.Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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chavúra tá xára kuníthtiit.
In the end they gambled for a long time.Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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vúra uum xára pookúkuri pa'íshaha,
tu'ísh taay.
He stooped down to the water for a long time, he drank a lot.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
chavúra xára tah,
axmáy asámyiith úxak.
Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás vúra xára u'áhoo.
And he traveled a long time.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás vúra uum xára tá kunípvit.
And they paddled for a long time.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
xás pa'îin kun'áharamuti xára xás kunithyárukha,
ayu'âach ishahákaam.
And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
vúra xára tá kun'uuhyániichva.
They chatted for a long time.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text -
xás póokyiimti tukuchnáxavrin,
xás tóo krírihivrin,
xás vúra xára ukyiivúur.
And when he fell, he turned head over heels, and he rolled over sideways, and he was falling for a long time.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
kári xás úkyiv,
xás vúra xára póokyiv.
And he fell, and it was a long time that he fell.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
vúra xára tusínmoo.
He was away for a long time.Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text -
xás kúmateech ikxúrar vúra xára xás vúra u'ípak.
And later on, in the evening, she came back late.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás kúkuum vúra xára xás u'ípak ikxúrar.
And again (Bear) came back late in the evening.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
chavúra xára usínmoo.
Finally he was gone a long time.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
xás xárahirurav usínmoo kusrípan.
But Madrone stayed away too long.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
kári xás xára vúra yâamach kunkupá'iinahitih.
And they lived nicely for a long time.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
xás vúra xára kunvikúur.
And they wove for a long time.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text -
vúra xára tá kun'áchakutih.
They floated in a bunch for a long time.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
tá xára vúra tá kun'iin.
They lived (there) a long time.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
yukún vúra uum xára tá kun'íchunva áasiv.
You see, (the couple) had hid for a long time in a cave.Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text -
chavúra púxay xárahara,
axmáy yeenipaxvúhich káan u'uum.
Finally it wasn't a long time after, (when) suddenly a little girl arrived there.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text -
xás xára vúra upápiv.
And she looked for him for a long time.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
púyava vúra tá xára kári xás pa'apurúvaan umah.
So after a long time, then the devil found her.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text -
púyava vúra káan sú' ukrítumkuri hâari ithahárinay káru hâari kumáxara.
So (the acorns) were piled in there, sometimes a year and sometimes longer.Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text -
hâari vúra xára kuníthtiitvanaatih,
pahûutva kóo ararátaayhaak.
Sometimes they gambled for a long time, however long there were a lot of people.Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text