Karuk Dictionary
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xay Vetative; let not ...!; watch out you don't...!
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lexicon ID #6879 | revised Aug 24 2005
xay • PCL • Vetative; let not ...!; watch out you don't...!
Derivatives (3)
haríxay "sometimes ; never"
xáayha "to save, to keep"
xayhúruthun "to keep for someone"
Source: WB 1616, p.398
- áraar mít uum vúra puchishíih chuphûunishtihat, mít u'áaytihat xáy na'íhivrik. An Indian never used to talk to his dog, he was afraid the dog might answer. [Reference: Dog talked 021]
- xáy itaknihchákish. Watch out it don't roll on you [Reference: [chk]]
- xáy uum ni'ax, xáy u'áapunma panani'ávan. I better not bite him, my husband might find out. [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 031]
Sentence examples (19)
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chavúra pu-haríxay naa nee-pthíth-hara finally NEG-sometimes 1sg. 1s(>3)-finish.weaving-NEG But I never finish it. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playpu-haríxay ipthíith-eesh-ara vaa vúra t-ee-kyâasip NEG-sometimes finish.weaving-FUT-NEG so Intensive PERF-2s(>3)-begin You'll never finish it, you just start it. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playvúra pu-haríxay pikyáar-eesh pa-mí-vik Intensive NEG-sometimes finish-FUT the-2sPOSS-weaving.work You'll never finish your weaving. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playmanâa pu-xu-tih-ara xáy kêechas ni-hruv maybe NEG-think-DUR-NEG let.not big.ones 1s(>3)-use Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playxás u-xus "vúra pu-na-'áv-eesh-ara xáy áas née-xrah then 3s(>3)-think "Intensive NEG-1s(>3)-eat-FUT-NEG let.not water 1s-thirst.for Then he thought: "I am not going to eat it, I shouldn't get thirsty for water." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textkáruma uum pihnêefich u-xú-ti xáy kaná-taatripaa in.fact 3.SG coyote 3s(>3)-think-DUR let.not 3pl>1s-hook.toward.land Coyote was thinking, "Let them not hook me out." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás uum pihnêefich káru vúra púva haríxay maah-vúnaa then 3.SG coyote also Intensive not.yet sometimes see-PL And Coyote had never yet seen them either. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textpûuhara xáy ápsii née-shpat no let.not leg 1s-be.broken No, I might get a leg broken. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textpûu xáy vási née-shpat no let.not back 1s-be.broken No, I might get my back broken. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textpûu xáy axvâa née-shxax no let.not head 1s-be.smashed No, I might get my head smashed." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textxás u-píip pa-pihnîich vúra káan ípahoo kúkuum xáy húun i-'íin then 3s(>3)-say the-old.man Intensive there go.back again let.not harmful 2s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant And the old man said, "Just go there again! Something might happen to you (otherwise). Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textxáy iykár-ap let.not beat-INV Don't let them kill you." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxás yaas'ara-'îin kun-ipêer iim kumá'ii pa-'ára u-'íin-ahaak i-'áam-tih-eesh-ap vaa kúth pu-haríxay xúrihi-tih-eesh then rich.person-TOPIC 3pl(>3s)-say.to 2sg. because.of NOMZ-person 3s(>3)-exist-when 2s(>3)-eat-DUR-FUT-INV so because.of NEG-sometimes be.hungry-DUR-FUT Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full textvúra uum pu-haríxay yav kupa-'áraarahi-tih-ap Intensive 3.SG NEG-sometimes good MODAL-live.(pl.)-DUR-NEG They never lived well. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textxás u-pêer xáyfaat ík vúra haríxay kâam kúuk i-'íipma then 3s(>3)-say.to don't! must Intensive sometimes little.upriver to.there 2s(>3)-return And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textu-xus xáy kun-mah 3s(>3)-think let.not 3pl(>3s)-see He thought, "Let them not see it!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxáy nu-táapxuv let.not 1pl(>3)-capsize We might capsize. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxáy kíik-mah-ap let.not 1/3>2pl-see-INV Let them not see you! Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textkun-xú-ti xáy p-eekxariya'áraar ú-kviit--ha 3pl(>3s)-think-DUR let.not the-medicine.man 3s(>3)-sleep-DENOM They thought, "Let the priest not fall asleep!" Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text