Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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-ihi Benefactive

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1544 | revised May 07 2013

-ihi SUFF • Benefactive

Derivatives (5)
ikmárihivrik "to meet (someone) coming"
ikyáviichvih "to work for (someone)"
iphih "to give (two objects) to (someone)"
tachyúrih "give (something) as a present (to someone)"
thárih "to pass to (someone), to transfer to (someone); to pay to (someone)"

Source: WB G754.7

  • pakurîihvihi 'to sing to (someone)' [Reference: WB notes]


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  1. kári   xás   káan   áraar   t-óo   kmárihivrik  
    then   then   there   human   PERF-3s(>3)   meet  
    Then he met a man coming there.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. xás   káan   ni-kmárihivrik   pihnîich   wagon   áxak   pa-donkey   kun-ithyúru-ti  
    then   there   1s(>3)-meet   old.man   wagon   two   the-donkey   3pl(>3s)-drag-DUR  
    And I met him, an old man, two donkeys were pulling a wagon.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  3. xás   yitheekúna   t-óo   thári   p-eeshnanich-tâapas  
    then   next.one   PERF-3s(>3)   pass.to   the-light-most  
    Then he passed her to the next fastest one.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  4. xás   u-piip   tâak   naa   kana-thárih-i  
    then   3s(>3)-say   give.me!   1sg.   2pl>1s-pass.to-IMPER  
    And he said, "Here, pass her to me!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  5. xás   u-piip   pûuhara   vúra   kana-thárih-i   chí   kii-páhariithun-eesh-ap  
    then   3s(>3)-say   no   Intensive   2pl>1s-pass.to-IMPER   soon   1/3>2pl-catch.up.with.(someone)-FUT-INV  
    And he said, "No, pass her to me, they're about to catch up with you."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  6. kári   xás   kun-thárih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-pass.to  
    So they passed her to him.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  7. túus   máruk   xás   t-óo   mah   káan   t-óo   kmárihivrik  
    mockingbird   uphill   then   PERF-3s(>3)   see   there   PERF-3s(>3)   meet  
    He saw Mockingbird uphill, he went to meet him there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text
  8. kári   xás   u-piip   chími   nee-p-thárih-i   pa-nani-'ápuroon  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   soon   2s/3s>1s-ITER-pass.to-IMPER   the-1sPOSS-magic.charm  
    And he said, "Give me back my charms!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  9. yítha   áraar   apxantínihich   u-kyavíichvihi-tih-anik  
    one   human   white.man   3s(>3)-work.for-DUR-ANC  
    A certain Indian once worked for a white man.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text