Ararahih'urípih
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yáxa look!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7055 | revised Mar 13 2008

yáxa INTERJ • look!

Derivative (1)
yaxéek "you'll see"

Source: WB 1668, p.400

  • kári xás axmáy vúra pa'asiktávaan upiip, yáxa, ee! yáxa ithyaruk. And suddenly the woman said, "Look, oh, look acrossriver!" [Reference: WB T11:47]
  • yáxa chí papihnîich nupêen tanupiyâaram. Look, let's tell the old man we're going home. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 053]

See ya-, yána, yánava 'visible'


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  1. yáxa "look!" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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