Ararahih'urípih
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tháfip to devour, to eat up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5851 | revised Dec 29 2015

tháfip V • to devour, to eat up

Derivation tha-fip
tha--completely

Derivatives (5)
chafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
thafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
thafípkaanva "to eat all up"
tháfipship "to eat up everything"
tháfipshur "to eat up off of"

Source: WB 1414, p.388

  • púyava uxus, púyava hínupa ôok páy patakintháfip . So he thought, "This is the place they ate them up here." [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 029]
  • chavúra koovúra utháfip, pamukunpiykiríkir vaa káru utháfip. Finally (Coyote) ate up everything, he even ate up their ladders. [Reference: WB T3.133]


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  1. koovúra   vúra   mi-putíruh   ni-tháfip-eesh  
    all   Intensive   2sPOSS-potato   1s(>3)-devour-FUT  
    I am going to eat all of your potatoes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  2. koovúra   t-i-tháfip   pa-'áv  
    all   PERF-2s(>3)-devour   the-food  
    You ate up all the food.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  3. koovúra   pa-ni-tháfiip-tih  
    all   NOMZ-1s(>3)-devour-DUR  
    I ate all of it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  4. koovúra   t-i-tháfip   pa-'áama  
    all   PERF-2s(>3)-devour   the-salmon  
    You ate up all the salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  5. koovúra   t-i-tháfip   pa-'áama   púfaat   vúra   naa  
    all   PERF-2s(>3)-devour   the-salmon   nothing   Intensive   1sg.  
    You ate up all the salmon, and I don't have any.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. íim   t-i-tháfip   pa-'áama  
    2sg.   PERF-2s(>3)-devour   the-salmon  
    You ate up the salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. chavúra   koovúra   u-tháfip   pa-mukun-piykiríkir   vaa   káru   vúra   u-tháfip  
    finally   all   3s(>3)-devour   the-3plPOSS-ladder   that   also   Intensive   3s(>3)-devour  
    Finally he ate them all up, he ate their ladder up too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  8. vaa   -vaa      kupavêenah-an   koovúra   t-u-tháfip   pa-nunu-patúmkir  
    that   NOMZ-so   PERF   do-Participial   all   PERF-3s(>3)-devour   the-1plPOSS-head-rest  
    That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  9. xás   u-thafipshîip  
    then   3s(>3)-eat.up.everything  
    He ate them all up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  10. ta'ítam   vúra   u-chafipáyaachha  
    so   Intensive   3s(>3)-eat.up.completely  
    So he ate them all up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  11. kári   xás   u-piip   achiimuuch-pihnîich   akâay   t-u-tháfip   naní-xraat  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   lizard-old.man   who   PERF-3s(>3)-devour   1sPOSS-gooseberry  
    Then Old Man Lizard said, "Who ate up my gooseberries?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  12. kári   xás   u-thafípkaanva   vúra   t-u-xuniháyaachha  
    then   then   3s(>3)-eat.all.up   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-be.very.hungry  
    And he ate them all up, he was really hungry.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  13. káruma   t-i-tháfip-aheen   pa-nanu-patúmkir  
    in.fact   PERF-2s(>3)-devour-ANT   the-1plPOSS-head-rest  
    You ate up our pillows!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  14. víri   p-óo-'av   hínupa   vúra   t-u-tháfip   xás   ífuth   xás   ú-pxuuspa  
    so   NOMZ-3s(>3)-eat   surprise   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-devour   then   afterward   then   3s(>3)-realize.what.one.is.doing  
    When he ate it, he devoured it (all), and (only) afterwards did he realize it.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text