Ararahih'urípih
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-xay not

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6880 | revised Aug 19 2014

-xay • SUFF • not

Derivatives (2)
ithvuyxâaha "to care, to be sorry, to grieve, to mourn"
púxay "not yet, still not, not at all"

Note: Reinforces a preceding pu- 'negative'.

Sentence examples (19)

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  1. chímiva púxay vúraxay kaneekvárishap.
    But it turned out that I couldn't.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. itnoopámahich ník kana'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa'íshpuk púvaxay kana'êehap káruma chímiheesh ithakûusrah véenik mit paniykáranaat.
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  3. púxay vúraxay naxútihara káan ukyíimeesh.
    I didn't think it (my shot) reached him there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. kári xás upíip, " púxay vúra na'aráriihkanhivatheeshara! púxay vúra húunxayheeshara!"
    Then he said, "I cannot cure him! I can't do any more for him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  5. kári xás upíip, " púxay vúra húunxayheeshara, chími akâay kích kiikpíkaan!"
    Then he said, "I cannot do any more for him, you better fetch someone else!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  6. púva xay vúr úruha.
    It has not budded yet.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text

  7. yánava púra karáxay vúra.
    He saw nobody.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás chavúra puyíthaxay sakriivhára.
    And finally not one (stuck) fast.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  9. púyava koovúra uum púxay vúra yíthaxay kuhítihara pa'áraaras, koovúra vúra yav, púxay axvahkánxay.
    And none of all the people was sick, they were all well, they weren't sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  10. púxay vúraxay yaas'ára axvahkánxayheeshara."
    Mankind will not be sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  11. púxay vúraxay amkúufxay.
    There was no smoke.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  12. púxay vúraxay aapúnmutihara.
    (But) it didn't know.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  13. peekxúrar púvaxay thivrúhish, koovúra axupa'ithvutiharamúrax.
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  14. yee kári xás vúra púxay vúraxay xay vura hûut-heesh, vúra puxích tuyíkiha.
    Oh, nothing can be done, she's really sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  15. púxay vúraxay, vúra uum too kúha.
    She's really hurting.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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