Ararahih'urípih
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-ach Diminutive (verbs)

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lexicon ID #84 | revised Aug 18 2005

-ach • SUFF • Diminutive (verbs)

Derivatives (9)
ithxupkôoch "flat feathering of an arrow"
sayníihvach "name of a woman from Amekyaram, living at Orleans"
taaknúpach "Brown's Frog Pond, a placename near Orleans"
unúkooch "to bud"
upichváyuuphitihach "name for a dog with spots over its eyes"
voonvánaach "shirt"
a'iknêechhan "peregrine falcon"
a'ikneechhan'ímkaanva "thistle"
voonvánaachha "to put on a shirt"

Sentence examples (14)

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  1. xás muvêeshurak tupikniivtákishnihach.
    Then he just sat back down on top of its horns.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. " tîi matêe kanipvínaxsunachi.
    "Let me taste it by sticking out my tongue.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  3. xás kúkuum upvínaxsunach.
    Then he tasted it again by sticking out his tongue.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  4. yáan vúr u'íkkyusunutihach peheerahappírish.
    The tobacco is just starting to come up.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  5. peheerahásaan xúus kunish ithváaykamkam, kôomahich vúra u'áxvuh?ha?hitihach peheerahasanvásihkamkam.
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  6. ikxúrar tóo kxánamhach, púyava tá kunvítvarakva, páahak sú' tá kun'írunaa.
    It was just getting dark in the evening, then they paddled down from upriver, they traveled in boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  7. tîi kanvínaxsunachi.
    Let me lick it off!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  8. pa'ípun u'êechtihach.
    He was carrying just the tail.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  9. ta'ítam peekpát u'ínihnamnihach
    So the marrow dribbled into (the soup).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  10. kári xás úkpaatrav pamúpsiih, aax kúna u'ínihnamnihach.
    And she broke her leg, but (only) blood dribbled in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  11. ii! xás uxnánatihach.
    Oh! then he cried piteously.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  12. kári xás chîimich sáruk ník u'ákichnimach pamú'iikiv.
    And his necklaces were just a little dab down at the bottom (of his neck)
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  13. vúra vaa kári uxnánatihach.
    He was still crying like that a little.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  14. á' úknuuptihach.
    It's shaped like a mushroom.
    Source: Various speakers, "Miscellaneous Sentences" (WB_KV) | read full text