Ararahih'urípih
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axmay suddenly; all at once

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #924 | revised Nov 07 2014

axmay ADV • suddenly; all at once

Derivative (1)
axmáy'ik "suddenly; at one moment"

Source: WB 224, p.327

  • îifiti chími axmáy îim úxak. Then sure enough all at once there was a noise outside. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 020]


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  1. xas tá ikxúrar axmay mâaka úxak.
    And when evening came suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. axmay ma'kúkam úxak.
    Suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. chí 'axmay u'árihrishuk nixúti " vinusuná'anamahich."
    Suddenly something ran out. At first I thought it was a little bear cub.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  4. xás axmáy Daisy u'áhoo,
    And suddenly Daisy came [and said,]
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  5. îifiti tá xánahishich chími axmay urikirikiha.
    A while afterwards all at once there was a sound of people walking.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  6. chími axmay ára utnûupni.
    Then all at once some one looked in.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  7. chími axmay húut tu'iin, máruk utápichraa.
    Then behold he slipped in upslope direction.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  8. chavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak, vúra tóo mchax tá pukunish kêenatihara.
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  9. 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
  10. chavúra tá pâanpay axmáy pihnêefich upvôonfuruk.
    Then after a while once Coyote came back into the house.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  11. xas chími axmáy u'ípak.
    Then after a while he came back.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text
  12. chími axmáy u'ípak.
    Then he came back.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text
  13. chavúra pâanpay chím axmay yíth ukúha.
    Then all at once one of the people got sick.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  14. xas xára xás axmáy u'ípak papíkchah, Riverside xás uparamsîip.
    And after a long time, one day the picture arrived, it arrived from Riverside.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  15. kári xás axmáy vúra upíip " ishávaas, ishávaas, ishávaas.
    And suddenly (Coyote) said, "Nephew, nephew, nephew!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  16. axmáy vúra kunvítish.
    Suddenly they paddled to shore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  17. axmáy vúra yítha ukyívivrath.
    Suddenly one fell in.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  18. kári xás axmáy vúra upiip, " ishávaas, nipthivkéevish, ishávaas, nipthivkéevish."
    And suddenly (Coyote) said, "Nephew, I'll go along, nephew, I'll go along."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  19. chavúra axmáy vúra kunvítish.
    Finally they suddenly paddled to shore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  20. chími axmáy yúruk utrûuputih.
    Suddenly he looked downriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  21. xás axmáy fâat kúnish uthítiv.
    And suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  22. chavúra xára tah, axmáy asámyiith úxak.
    Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  23. xás axmáy vúra uthítiv ishnur.
    And suddenly he heard thundering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  24. xás axmáy vúra " anoo! anoo! tá néemchak."
    And suddenly (he said), "Ouch! ouch! I'm burnt!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  25. xás axmáy vúra pa'áhup tóo skaksîip.
    And suddenly the stick jumped up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  26. xás axmáy pa'ávansas kunpávyiihfuruk.
    And suddenly the men came in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  27. xás axmáy vúra uthítiv, asámyiith úxak.
    And suddenly he heard it, the gravel sounded.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  28. xás axmáy îim kunihmárish.
    And suddenly they stopped running outside.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  29. xás axmáy ithyáruk má' pihnêefich ukpêehva " shúuuuuhuuuuu."
    And suddenly across river in the mountains, Coyote hollered "shúuuuuhuuuuu."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  30. axmáy u'árihvarak.
    Suddenly (the person) came down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  31. xás xánahich xás axmáy útraax.
    And in a little while, suddenly it struck.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  32. xás pihnêefich axmáy hôoyva ukpêehva " shúuuuuhuuuuu."
    And suddenly Coyote hollered somewhere, "Shuuuuuhuuuuu."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  33. xás axmáy chishíi kuníkvuuhvunaa.
    And suddenly dogs howled.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  34. xás peethyáruk kunitkárati axmáy úmkuufha kufípriik.
    And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-grove.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  35. kári xás axmáy vúra pa'asiktávaan upiip " yáxa, ee! yáxa ithyáruk."
    Then suddenly one woman said, "Look, oh look across-river!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  36. axmáy ithyáruk úskaakroov, upihnêefhitih.
    Suddenly he jumped upriverward across-river, he gave a coyote-howl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  37. xánahichvari axmáy u'áhoo, pihnêefich.
    In a little while, suddenly Coyote came.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  38. xás kári axmáy vúra sáruk utápichfak.
    And suddenly he slipped downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  39. xás axmáy vúra máruk kúna utápichraa.
    And suddenly he slipped upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  40. axmáy ík vúra yav.
    At one moment it would be good.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  41. xás axmáy ukréemyah, ukréemyah.
    And suddenly the wind blew and blew.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  42. axmáy kun'áhoo pa'avansáxiich.
    Suddenly the boys came.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  43. axmáy umúuyha.
    Suddenly the string attached to the fishnet quivered.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  44. kári xás axmáy upvôonfuruk pathufkírik.
    And suddenly Owl came in again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  45. púyava kúkuum axmáy tuyíkiha mahnûuvanach.
    Then Chipmunk suddenly got sick again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  46. kári xás axmáy vúra káan úxak.
    And suddenly there was a noise there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  47. ee! axmáy áxup úkyiimnuprih.
    Oh! Suddenly dressed deer meat fell in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  48. xás kári axmáy káruk ára u'árihvarak.
    And suddenly a person came down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  49. xás axmáy vúra yítha úkfuukiraa, u'ax.
    And suddenly she grabbed one, she killed him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  50. xás káruk útroovutih, axmay u'árihvarak.
    Then he looked upriver, suddenly (Grizzly) came down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  51. kári xás pakúuk kunpávyiihma axmáy vúra fâatva kunthítiv.
    And when they came back there, suddenly they heard something.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  52. kári xás apsunmúnukich axmáy uvôonuprav.
    And suddenly Racer crawled out (prematurely).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  53. axmáy ík máruk ára u'íhuniheesh.
    Suddenly a person was about to dance down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  54. áxmay vúra kunpáxviipha.
    Suddenly they quarreled.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  55. víri teepshítaanivanihich axmáy kúnish fâat uthítiv.
    After a while suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  56. axmáy kunithvíripvarak peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas.
    Suddenly the spirit girls ran down from upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  57. teepshítaanivanihich axmáy kúnish fâat uthítiv.
    In a little while, suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  58. axmáy yúruk kunithvíripraa peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas.
    Suddenly the spirit girls ran up from downriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  59. teepshítaanivanihich axmáy kuníthyiimfuruk peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas.
    In a little while, suddenly the spirit girls fell into the house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  60. chavúra teepshítaanivanihich axmáy vaa ukúupha, sâam utfákutih.
    Finally after a while suddenly he did this, he looked downhill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  61. axmáy ára u'árihraa.
    Suddenly a person came up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  62. xás poofúmtaapsur víri yûuth pootrûuputih, xánahich axmáy vaa ukuupha, pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath axmáy u'áapuchur.
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  63. axmáy xás vúra pa'íshaha uchánchaaksur.
    Suddenly the water opened up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  64. kári xás axmáy uchúupha.
    And suddenly (a voice) spoke.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  65. axmáy kúnish pay'ôok fâat upmahóonkoon.
    Suddenly he sort of felt something right here (on his body).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  66. chavúra púxay xárahara, axmáy yeenipaxvúhich káan u'uum.
    Finally it wasn't a long time after, (when) suddenly a little girl arrived there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  67. axmáy xás ukôoha pooxráratih.
    And suddenly he stopped crying.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  68. axmáy xás pa'úuhyan hôoyva u'aramsîiprin.
    Suddenly a voice came from somewhere.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  69. kári xás ikxáram axmáy uthítiv, axmáy uvôonfuruk pa'apurúvaan.
    Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text