Ararahih'urípih
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xay Vetative; let not ...!; watch out you don't...!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6879 | revised Aug 24 2005

xay • PCL • Vetative; let not ...!; watch out you don't...!

Derivatives (3)
haríxay "sometimes ; never"
xáayha "to save, to keep"
xayhúruthun "to keep for someone"

Source: WB 1616, p.398

  • áraar mít uum vúra puchishíih chuphûunishtihat, mít u'áaytihat xáy na'íhivrik. An Indian never used to talk to his dog, he was afraid the dog might answer. [Reference: Dog talked 021]
  • xáy itaknihchákish. Watch out it don't roll on you [Reference: [chk]]
  • xáy uum ni'ax, xáy u'áapunma panani'ávan. I better not bite him, my husband might find out. [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 031]

Sentence examples (12)

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  1. manâa puxutihara xáy kêechas nihruv.
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  2. xás uxus: "vúra puna'áveeshara. xáy áas néexrah."
    Then he thought: "I am not going to eat it, I shouldn't get thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. káruma uum pihnêefich uxúti " xáy kanátaatripaa."
    Coyote was thinking, "Let them not hook me out."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. pûuhara, xáy ápsii néeshpat.
    No, I might get a leg broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  5. pûu, xáy vási néeshpat.
    No, I might get my back broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  6. pûu, xáy axvâa néeshxax."
    No, I might get my head smashed."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  7. xás upíip papihnîich " vúra káan ípahoo kúkuum, xáy húun i'íin.
    And the old man said, "Just go there again! Something might happen to you (otherwise).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  8. xáy iykárap."
    Don't let them kill you."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  9. uxus, " xáy kunmah."
    He thought, "Let them not see it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  10. xáy nutáapxuv."
    We might capsize.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  11. xáy kíikmahap."
    Let them not see you!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  12. kunxúti " xáy peekxariya'áraar úkviit-ha."
    They thought, "Let the priest not fall asleep!"
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text