Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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-ihi Benefactive
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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]
Sentence examples (9)
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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 textxás 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 texttúus 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 textkári 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 textyítha 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