Ararahih'urípih
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-xárah long (of spatial measurement), tall

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6840 | revised Nov 17 2014

-xárah ADJ • long (of spatial measurement), tall

Derivatives (31; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1602, p.396

Note: Compounded with nouns, as in avansaxárah 'a tall man'. As an independent word, 'long' is vâaram.


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  1. xas upíip, "pihnîich ifunihaxarah'íshara pami'ífunih."
    And he said, "Old man! What long hair you have!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xas máruk níkfuukraa kaan xas taskaraxárah nivúpaksip.
    I climbed up on the hill and there I cut a long pole.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  3. xás xára chavúra apsíik nitápuchrishuk.
    After poking around a good while, I caught one by the leg and twisted him out of the hole. I put him in the sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  4. yáxa páy ifunihaxára paniníxuunak."
    Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  5. xás upiip, " hôoy páy tu'aramsîip pa'ifunihaxára."
    And he said, "Where did this long hair come from?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  6. yánava usáanvuti axvaharaxárahsas.
    (The boy) saw she was carrying long pieces of pitch-wood.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  7. xasík paaxvaharaxárahsas kuvêehkuriheesh yúuxak, u'ahítiheesh.
    You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  8. xás pa'uripih'ípan anxára unhîishrih.
    And they tied a long string to the end of the net.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  9. ifunihaxárahsas.
    She is long-haired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  10. káru pirishxárahsa uvêehrimva mupîimach.
    And tall grass is standing next to him.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text