Ararahih'urípih
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kêen / kêena- to move, tremble

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3799 | revised Oct 31 2014

kêen / kêena- • V • to move, tremble

Derivative (1)
ipkêen "to be an earthquake"

Source: WB 869, p.360; Shivshaneen, 1996, (2.2)

Note: The idiom arátaanva ukêenati, lit. 'a pain is moving', means 'an illness exists', e.g. tíiv arátaanva ukêenati 'He has an earache'.

  • xás axmáy vúra kúnish ukêen. And suddenly something sort of moved. [Reference: KT 146.42]
  • xás púxay vúra kêenatihara. And he just wasn't moving at all. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 037]

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  1. uum   vúra   kích   a'   ú-krii   ma'tîimich   pirishkâarim   púxay   vúra   kêena-tih-ara  
    3.SG   Intensive   only   above   3s(>3)-live   back.corner.of.sweathouse   grizzly   not.yet   Intensive   move-DUR-NEG  
    Grizzly Bear alone was sitting up in the back part of the sweathouse, he never moved.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. chavúra   tá   xánahishich   chími   axmáy   u-'áasish   patápriha-k   vúra   t-óo   mchax   tá   pu-kunish   kêena-tih-ara  
    finally   PERF   little.while   soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-lie.down   paved.floor-Locative   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   get.hot   PERF   NEG-sort.of   move-DUR-NEG  
    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

  3. xás   axmáy   vúra   kúnish   u-kéen   xás   yíth   u-píip   atafâat   pihnêefich   ããx   atafâat   pihnêefich  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   sort.of   3s(>3)-move   then   other   3s(>3)-say   maybe   coyote   ugh!   maybe   coyote  
    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

  4. pihnêefich   vúra   káan   ú-yruuhriv   púxay   vúra   kêena-tih-ara  
    coyote   Intensive   there   3s(>3)-(sg.).lie   not.yet   Intensive   move-DUR-NEG  
    Coyote lay there, he didn't stir.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. xás   pá-'aan   u-kéen  
    then   the-string   3s(>3)-move  
    And the string quivered.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  6. xás   vúra   púxay   kêen-ara  
    then   Intensive   not.yet   move-NEG  
    And he didn't stir.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  7. púyava   pa-'ipanîich   pa-'áama   t-u-'uum-áhaak   púyava   pa-'áan   t-óo   kéen  
    you.see   NOMZ-very.end   the-salmon   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive-when   you.see   the-string   PERF-3s(>3)   move  
    When the salmon got to the end, the string quivered.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  8. xás   vaa   káan   t-u-pátum   pa-káan   pa-'arátaanva   u-kêena-tih  
    then   that   there   PERF-3s(>3)-put.head   NOMZ-there   the-disease   3s(>3)-move-DUR  
    She put her mouth there where the 'pain' (i.e. disease object) was quivering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text