Ararahih'urípih
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aaxkúnish red

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #78 | revised Feb 17 2014

aaxkúnish • ADJ • red

Literally: 'like blood'

Derivation:  áax-kúnish
blood-like

Derivatives (2)
íp'aaxkunish "red deer"
ithváy'aaxkunishich "name for a dog with a red chest"

Source: WB215.4, p.327; Shivshaneen, 1996, (7.2)

Note: Always short -n-. Dimin. is aaxkúnishich, dim. pl. aaxkúnishichas.

  • íp tanimáhat peekrívram'aaxkunish / ikrivrám'aaxkunish tánimah / axkunish'ikrívraam tánimah. I saw the red house. [Reference: Harrington "Grammar" 384-86]
  • pamútiiv káru vúra aaxkúnishichas, vaa vúra pánaa neemúsahiti pananítiiv. His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 015]

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  1. ishvitáva aaxkúnish.
    Part of it was red colored.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. tá nimah pa'ikrivrám'aaxkunish.
    I see the red house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  3. hôoy peekrivrám'aaxkunish?
    Where's the red house?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  4. pamítiiv aaxkúnish."
    Your ears are red."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  5. pamutiiv káru vúra aaxkúnishichas, vaa vúra pánaa neemúsahiti pananítiiv.
    His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  6. paasmáax yúp'aaxkunish.
    Towhee has red eyes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  7. púyava kumá'ii pamúyuup aaxkúnish poomchaaxrípaanik.
    So for that reason his eyes are red from the heat that came out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  8. peepchimákananach aaxkúnish.
    The handkerchiefs were red.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  9. xás patíiptiip uum aaxkúnish ukyâahitih.
    And the chain fern was made red.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text