Ararahih'urípih
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ákih to give things, or a mass of something, to someone ; to feed

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #249 | revised Aug 19 2005

ákih V • to give things, or a mass of something, to someone ; to feed

Source: WB 57, p.316

  • pamúspuk pamutúnviiv u'ákihvunaati. He's giving his money to his children. [Reference: KV]
  • páy kích na'ákihi Feed me more! [Reference: Richardson 1993:21]


Sentence examples (21)


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  1. payêem   uum   xúrish   kana-'ákih-i  
    now   3.SG   shelled.acorn   2pl>1s-give.(things).to-IMPER  
    Give me acorns."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  2. xúrish   kun-'ákih   itha-'átiv  
    shelled.acorn   3pl(>3s)-give.(things).to   one-burden.basket:load  
    They gave her a whole packbasket full of acorns.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  3. xás   payêem   uum   athithxuntápan   kana-'ákih-i  
    then   now   3.SG   hazelnut   2pl>1s-give.(things).to-IMPER  
    "Give me hazel nuts this time."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  4. xás   kun-'ákih  
    then   3pl(>3s)-give.(things).to  
    Then they gave them to her.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  5. taay   vúra   na-'ákih-i  
    much   Intensive   2s/3s>1s-give.(things).to-IMPER  
    Feed me a lot!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  6. kúkuum   taay   vúra   na-'ákih-i  
    again   much   Intensive   2s/3s>1s-give.(things).to-IMPER  
    Feed me a lot again!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  7. náa   pa-nani-púsihich   axákyaan   ni-'ákih-tih  
    1sg.   the-1sPOSS-cat.(dimin.)   twice   1s(>3)-give.(things).to-DUR  
    I feed my cat twice (a day).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  8. --kfuuksip   -ni-'áki   aas      ni-'akih  
    PERF-1s(>3)-get.up.(from.lying)   PERF-1s(>3)-give.(things).to   water   PERF   1s(>3)-give.(things).to  
    I'd get up, I'd feed him, I'd give him water.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  9. káru   hôoy   akâayva   'îin   kun   kêemish   kun-'áki-hanik   kéemish   u-'áv-anik  
    also   where   anyone   TOPIC   3pl(>3s)   something.dangerous   3pl(>3s)-give.(things).to-ANC   something.dangerous   3s(>3)-eat-ANC  
    "And somewhere, someone, they ... they fed him poison, he ate poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  10. káruma   káru   taay   u-'ôorahi-ti   pa-'ánav   pa-   -kvar   pa-ni-'ákih-ti  
    in.fact   also   much   3s(>3)-cost-DUR   the-medicine   NOMZ-PERF   1s(>3)-buy   NOMZ-1s(>3)-give.(things).to-DUR  
    And in fact it cost a lot, the medicine that I bought, that I was giving him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  11. kári   xás   u-piip   miník   kiik-p-ákih-eesh   pa-mikun-patúmkir   chími   kan-ip-thívkee  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   of.course   1/3>2pl-ITER-give.(things).to-FUT   the-2plPOSS-head-rest   soon   1s(>3)-ITER-go.along  
    And he said, "I'll give you back your pillows, let me go along!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  12. kári   xás   ta'ítam   u-'ákih-vunaa-heen   pa-mu-túnviiv  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-give.(things).to-PL-ANT   the-3sPOSS-children  
    Then she gave it to her children.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  13. kári   xás   kin-'ákih   amveeváxrah  
    then   then   3pl>3pl-give.(things).to   dried.salmon  
    And they were given dried salmon.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  14. miník   koovúra   nu-'ákih-eesh   pa-nini-'arará-'uup  
    of.course   all   1pl(>3)-give.(things).to-FUT   the-1sPOSS-human-possession  
    I'll give you all my Indian treasure."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  15. mímik   koovúra   pa-nani-'arará-'uup   nu-'ákih-eesh  
    of.course   all   the-1sPOSS-human-possession   1pl(>3)-give.(things).to-FUT  
    I'll give you my Indian treasure.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  16. kári   xás   u-p-ákih   xás   káru   vúra   ú-hruuthvah  
    then   then   3s(>3)-ITER-give.(things).to   then   also   Intensive   3s(>3)-make.slave.of  
    So she gave them back to him, and she took him as her slave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  17. xás   p-eempúr   kin-'ákih  
    then   the-flour   3pl>3pl-give.(things).to  
    And (the whites) gave them flour.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  18. kári   xás   vaa   kúna      kin-'ákih   ipchimákananach  
    then   then   so   in.addition   PERF   3pl>3pl-give.(things).to   handkerchief  
    Then in addition they gave them handkerchiefs.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  19. xás   kun-ipêer   fâat   pa-nu-'ákih-eesh  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   what   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-give.(things).to-FUT  
    And they said to him, "What can we give you?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  20. pa-'ávansa   káan   u-hyárih   u-'ákih-ti   -chishiih  
    the-man   there   3s(>3)-stand   3s(>3)-give.(things).to-DUR   the-dog  
    The man is standing there, he is feeding the dog.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text