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

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sêey to not know, to not know how

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5361 | revised Dec 03 2015

sêey • V • to not know, to not know how

Derivative (1)
seeykúupha "to not to get along with (someone)"

Source: WB 1223, p.377

  • ishêeytihum pakúriihva. Don't you know how to sing? [Reference: KV]
  • nuu nusêeyti pávaa kookapákurih. We don't know that kind of song. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 062]

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  1. xas   kun-píip   "nuu   nu-sêey-ti   pá-vaa   kooka-pákurih  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   "we   1pl(>3)-not.know-DUR   NOMZ-so   kind-song  
    Then they said, "We don't know that kind of song!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. hãã   víri   vaa   hûutva   kípa   hûutva   kupa-kuph-áh-eesh   tá   na-séey  
    yes   so   so   somehow   like   somehow   MODAL-do-Modal-FUT   PERF   1s(>3)-not.know  
    How would I do that? I don't know.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  3. víri   manâa   hôoy if   áta   i-shêey-ti   kumá'ii   p-ee-víik-ti  
    so   maybe   no.way   maybe   2s(>3)-not.know-DUR   because.of   NOMZ-2s(>3)-weave-DUR  
    Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play