Ararahih'urípih
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ããx ugh! ; exclamation of disgust

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #73 | revised Jun 09 2015

ããx INTERJ • ugh! ; exclamation of disgust

Source: WB 216, p.327

Note: Pronounced with nasalized vowel.

  • kári xás yítha upíip pa'ifápiit, ããx! upiip, ããx! atafâat pihnêefich. Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "Ugh! maybe it's Coyote." [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 109]


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  1. kári xás kachakâach upíip, " ããx fatamakêesh kich ára upêereesh!"
    Then Bluejay said, "Indeed! Maybe he will say something!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  2. xás axmáy vúra kúnish ukéen, xás yíth upíip: " atafâat pihnêefich. ããx, atafâat pihnêefich."
    Then all at once it kind of moved, and one said: "Maybe it's Coyote. Oh, maybe it's Coyote."
    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. kári xás yítha upíip pa'ifápiit, " ããx!" upiip, " ããx! atafâat pihnêefich.
    Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "ugh! maybe it's Coyote.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  4. kári xás ansáfriik va'ára upíip " ããx!
    And Weitchpec person said, "ããx!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  5. kári xás kachakâach upiip, " ããx, naa fatamakêesh kích ára úpeereesh.
    Bluejay said, "Ããx, she would just say anything to anybody.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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