Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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 text
  2. kári   xás   u-píip   pihnêefich   yee   hûut   i-nísh-eesh   pa--'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 text
  3. húuk   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 text
  4. xás   u--ti   húuk   áta      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 text
  5. xás   u-xús   miník   ni-'aapúnm-eesh   húuk   áta   pa-   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 text
  6. xás   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