Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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huuk to where?; to somewhere
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1403 | revised Nov 07 2014
huuk • QW • to where?; to somewhere Variant: húuka.
Source: WB 387, p.334
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uum vúra kun-xúseen-tih-anik kíri hûuk u-'uum vúra kun-vîih-anik 3.SG Intensive 3pl(>3s)-think.about-DUR-ANC I.wish to.where 3s(>3)-arrive Intensive 3pl(>3s)-hate-ANC They had been wishing for him to go off, for they disliked him. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full textkári xás u-píip pihnêefich yee hûut i-nísh-eesh pa-mí-'aan húuk paathm-i then then 3s(>3)-say coyote well how 2s(>3)-do-FUT the-2sPOSS-string to.where throw.toward-IMPER And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place! Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full texthúuk kích paathm-i to.where only throw.toward-IMPER Just throw it (away) someplace!" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás u-xú-ti húuk áta tá kun-'uum pa-nini-hrôoh-as then 3s(>3)-think-DUR to.where maybe PERF 3pl(>3s)-arrive the-1sPOSS-wife-PL And he thought, "I wonder where my wives have gone?" Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás u-xús miník ni-'aapúnm-eesh húuk áta pa-tá kun-'uum then 3s(>3)-think of.course 1s(>3)-know-FUT to.where maybe NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-arrive And he thought, "I'll find out where they've gone, all right." Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás u-xús húuka áta t-u-'uum then 3s(>3)-think to.where maybe PERF-3s(>3)-arrive And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text