Ararahih'urípih
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yaxéek you'll see

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7056 | revised Nov 14 2014

yaxéek • PCL • you'll see

Derivation:  yáxa ik
look! must

  • maník yaxéek pamukun'ípih xáy vúra nipmáahvanaavish. All right, look out I don't find their bones. [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 023]
  • yaxéek vúra ník kunxúseesh, xuntápan tu'ífar. You'll see, (Humans) will think, "Tan Oak Acorn has come to grow here." [Reference: WB T30.13]

See yáxa 'look!' See ik 'must'

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. víri kunipêer'' hôoy íf yaxéek i'úumeesh.
    They told him, "You can't get there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  2. xás poopáhariithvunaa pamuhrooha'îin kunipêer " yaxéek iim vaa kích ikupítiheesh.
    And when he caught up with them, his wife told him, "You're going to be doing nothing but this.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  3. yaxéek vúra nik kunxúseesh ' xuntápan tu'ífar.'
    They'll know (lit., think) that Tan Oak Acorn has come to grow.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  4. hôoy íf yaxéek yaas'ara'îin kunxúseesh húut.'"
    Mankind won't think (about her) in any way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text