Ararahih'urípih
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yee exclamation, often translated 'well,...'

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7058 | revised Jun 09 2015

yee INTERJ • exclamation, often translated 'well,...'

Source: WB 1670, p.400

Note: Pronounced with [E] as in English "bet".


Sentence examples (27)


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  1. yée ôok pámit ni'ákunvarat.
    Not long ago I was out hunting.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. yée! víri íiv nipíivur kóova puxich nikvúrish.
    I was so tired I was nearly dead.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  3. hínupa yee u'apunkôoti pamahnûuvanach.
    That one kept poisoning Chipmunk.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  4. púyava " yee! chími ímpaan akich."
    Then (they said), "Well, how about you (singing), friend!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  5. kári xás pá'aas kunpíshmaar " yee! chúvaarap."
    And when they finished eating, (they said) "Well, let's go!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  6. kári xás kunpíip " yee! chími árihishrih."
    And they said, "Well, sing!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  7. " yee! chúvaarap."
    (And they said), "Well, let's go!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  8. yeee! káruma íp nípaat ' tu'áhooheen pihnêefich.'
    Well! I said Coyote had come!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  9. " yee! chémi, yôotva, yôotva, ishávaas."
    "Well, all right, hurray, hurray, nephew!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  10. xás upiip, " yée naa, pihnêefich tuvôoruvrathaheen.
    And he said, "Well, Coyote has come into the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  11. ta'ítam " yée chími árihish."
    Then (they said), "Well, sing!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  12. ta'ítam " yée naa hínupa páy uum vúra pihnêefich payûum uthívtaaptih.
    So (they said), "Well, that's Coyote who is dancing downriver!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  13. xás pihnêefich tóo piip " yée naa, yiivárih.
    And Coyote said, "Hey, go away!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  14. xás upíip " yee! vúra ník kúnish ûumukich.
    And he said, "Say, it's kind of close!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  15. kári xás pa'âapun tutúraayva, yee asayaamach'íshara ôok páy utháaniv.
    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  16. " yee! amayaa'íshara.
    "My, it's delicious!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  17. " yée naa apsunxára káan úkuroovutih."
    "Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  18. xás kunpiip, " yée naa, íf páy paxúun amáyav."
    And they said, "Say, this is really delicious acorn soup!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  19. xás tá kunipêer pamukun'ákah, " yee! arákaas, hûut ti'iin.
    And they said to their father, "Hey, old man, what's wrong with you?
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  20. xás upíip yítha pa'ávansa, " yee! páy fâat tá nimah.
    And one man said, "Hey, what's this I see?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  21. kári xás upíip pihnêefich, " yee! hûut inísheesh pamí'aan, húuk paathmi.
    And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  22. yee! xás uxútih, " hûut áta pánikupheesh."
    Well, then he thought, "How ever shall I do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  23. xás kári uxútih, " yee! fâat yáxa.
    And he thought, "Well, look! What is it?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  24. xás uxus, " yée naa, íf tá nakúha."
    And he thought, "Say, it really hurts me!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  25. yee! víri kún káan xás kun'iin, pakéevniikich káru pa'ifápiit.
    Well, there they were, the old woman and the girl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  26. 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
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  27. yée yáxa ithyáruk xás uvásip pakúusrah.
    There was the sun coming up from across (the next hill).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play