Ararahih'urípih
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huun harmful

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1407 | revised Nov 07 2014

huun • ADJ • harmful

Source: WB 390, p.334

Note: Used mainly with negatives, as in puhúunhara 'It's not harmful' (WB G143.27).

  • xás payêem uum vúra tu'aráriihkanha, puhúun vúra íinatihan. And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 016]

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  1. kári   xás   u-píip   púxay   vúra   na-'aráriihkanhivath-eesh-ara   púxay   vúra   húun-xay-heesh-ara  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   not.yet   Intensive   1s(>3)-cure-FUT-NEG   not.yet   Intensive   harmful-not-FUT-NEG  
    Then he said, "I cannot cure him! I can't do any more for him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   u-píip   púxay   vúra   húun-xay-heesh-ara   chími   akâay   kích   kiik-píkaan  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   not.yet   Intensive   harmful-not-FUT-NEG   soon   who   only   2pl(>3)-go.get  
    Then he said, "I cannot do any more for him, you better fetch someone else!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  3. húun   áta  
    harmful   maybe  
    It doesn't matter.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  4. xás   payêem   uum   vúra   t-u-'aráriihkanha   pu-húun   vúra   íina-tih-an  
    then   now   3.SG   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-get.well   NEG-harmful   Intensive   experience.something.unpleasant-DUR-Participial  
    And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  5. payêem   pu-húun   íina-tih-an  
    now   NEG-harmful   experience.something.unpleasant-DUR-Participial  
    Now there’s nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  6. víri-va   kári   uum   tá   kun-ipí-ti   p-eethvuy   vúra   pu-húun-hara  
    so-so   then   3.SG   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say-DUR   the-name   Intensive   NEG-harmful-NEG  
    Then they could still say the name, and no harm was done.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  7. xás   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 text

  8. vúra   púra   húun   kupí-tih-ara  
    Intensive   NEG   harmful   do-DUR-NEG  
    (It was as if) she was doing no harm.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text