Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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-paan Emphatic

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4418 | revised Aug 23 2005

-paan SUFF • Emphatic

Derivative (1)
tápaan "must(?)"


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  1. váa   ta   ifuchtîimich   váa   tápaan   u-xraam   pa--kiit   mu-yáfus  
    that   PERF   last.one   that   must(?)   3s(>3)-bet   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3sPOSS-dress  
    Then at last he even bet his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  2. kári   xás   púyava   úum-pan   mah'íitnihach      kun-pávyiihship   kúkuum   pa-astaah  
    then   then   you.see   3.SG-Emphatic   early.morning   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.away.again.(pl.)   again   the-duck  
    And then they, the ducks, left again in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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