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ããx ugh! ; exclamation of disgust
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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]
Sentence examples (6)
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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