Ararahih'urípih
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chaka'îimich slowly; gently, quietly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1054 | revised Mar 29 2016

chaka'îimich • ADJ • slowly; gently, quietly Variant: kacha'îimich, chaka'îich.

Derivative (1)
chaka'iimichyâach "slower"

Source: WB 837, p.358

Note: Long vowel never shortens. The word also occurs in the contracted form chaka'îich.

  • xás chaka'îimich vúra uchunvákir. Then slowly she sneaks up. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 184]
  • xás tu'ípak, toopvôoruvrath chaka'îimich kunish. Then he comes in, he slowly comes back inside. [Reference: TK 206.32]

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. chak'îimich   pa-púufich   t-u-'áhoo  
    slowly   the-deer   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    The deer is walking slow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  2. pa-chúufish   chaka'îimich   t-óo   kxip  
    the-eagle   slowly   PERF-3s(>3)   fly  
    The eagle flies slowly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  3. chaka'îimich   vúra   chuuph-i  
    slowly   Intensive   speak-IMPER  
    Speak slowly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  4. kári   xás   chaka'îimich   ni-'apúnmiik   pa-'arará-hih   pa-'arará-kuupha   pa-'arara-píkvah  
    then   then   slowly   1s(>3)-learn.from   the-human-language   the-human-doing   the-human-story  
    And so I slowly learned the Indian language, the Indian customs, the Indian stories.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  5. víri   vaa   u-kuupha   chaka'îich   kúnish   kun-'ixipúniih-va  
    so   so   3s(>3)-do   slowly   sort.of   3pl(>3s)-drift.down-PL.ACT  
    They did that, they sort of floated slowly down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text