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ípaha tree
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lexicon ID #2682 | revised Oct 06 2015
ípaha • N • tree Variant: ípa.
Derivatives (15; show derivatives)
Source: WB 640, p.348 ; Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians III.5.A, 47
Note: refers to tree, either in its entirety or a branchy or leafy sprig or piece of the tree; can be applied to smaller plants (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A, p. 47)
- kári xás upiip, máruk pa'ipahákaam u'íihya. And then he said, "Uphill there is a big tree standing." [Reference: KS31. Coyote Calls Birds 020]
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koova tá nee-kvúrish chavúra kúkuum ni-'iyruhunih chímiva ípaha ú-kuyva so PERF 1s(>3)-be.tired finally again 1s(>3)-roll.(something).downhill.from.here soon tree 3s(>3)-strike I was so tired finally I rolled it down again, but it hit a tree. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text'ípa tree tree, plant Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full textpa-koovúra pa-nanu-ppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kum-eekyâa-hara p-eheeraha-'íppa vúra chishihpurith-'íppa kích vaa kúnish kum-éekyav pa-'apxantîich îin tá kin-ippêer NOMZ-all the-1plPOSS-plant not.a.single.one Intensive sort.of that 3sPOSS-making-NEG the-tobacco-tree Intensive nightshade.sp.-tree only that sort.of 3sPOSS-making the-white.man TOPIC PERF 3>1pl-say.to Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full textp-eheeraha-'íppa mu-p-ikyutunvá-ra-muu káru koovúra pa-mú-thvuy the-tobacco-tree 3sPOSS-ITER-between.joint-here-to also all the-3sPOSS-name "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant" Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textp-eheeraha-'íppa pa-kóo u-thvúy-ttiih-va pa-mu-shvitá-va the-tobacco-tree the-all 3s(>3)-be.named-DUR-PL.ACT the-3sPOSS-piece-INDEF "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant" Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textkoovúra p-eheeraha-'íppa all the-tobacco-tree "The Plant" Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpa-mu-'íppa the-3sPOSS-tree its stalk or plant Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textá'yaach vúra u-vêehrim-va p-oo-'íif-ti p-eheeraha-'íppa straight.up Intensive 3s(>3)-stand.(things)-PL.ACT NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow-DUR the-tobacco-tree The tobacco plant stands straight up as it grows. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textp-eheeraha-'íppa uum vúra iváxr-a kúnish koovúra pu-'ássar-hara sákriiv the-tobacco-tree 3.SG Intensive be.dry-DEVERB sort.of all NEG-juicy-NEG hard The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpa-yáan vúr u-'íif-ti-haak puxxích thúkkinkunish p-eheeraha-'íppa pa-chím u-imtúpp-eesh-ahaak vaa kári taváttavkunish NOMZ-recently Intensive 3s(>3)-grow-DUR-when very.much blue-green the-tobacco-tree NOMZ-soon 3s(>3)-be.ripe-FUT-when so then light-colored When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full textiheeraha-'ípa tobacco-tree tobacco plant Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textp-eheeraha-'ípa u-súuf-hi su' the-tobacco-tree 3s(>3)-backbone-DENOM inside The tobacco plant has pith inside. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textakvaat uum ípah-ak raccoon arrive tree-Locative The raccoon's in a tree. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playîikam pa-'ípaha. outdoors the-tree. There is a tree outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playi-tháantakoo vaa káan ípah-ak 2s(>3)-lie.on that there tree-Locative Put it in the tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa-púsihich ípah-ak á' ú-krii the-cat.(dimin.) tree-Locative above 3s(>3)-live The cat is in the tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa-'ipaha t-óo kyívishrih the-tree PERF-3s(>3) fall.down The tree fell. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa-'ípaha vúra yáv t-óo kyívish the-tree Intensive good PERF-3s(>3) fall.down The tree fell down good. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playa' t-u-páathuraa pa-'ípah-ak pa-'unúhxiitich above PERF-3s(>3)-throw.upward the-tree-Locative the-baseball He threw the ball up into the tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playípah-ak t-u-páath-ka tree-Locative PERF-3s(>3)-throw-to He threw it to the tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playmáruk ípaha uphill tree The tree is uphill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa káan táay pa-'ápus apus-'ípaha that there much the-apple(s) apple(s)-tree There are lots of apples; [it's an] apple tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playípaha vásihkam tree behind It's behind the tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playípaha káan u-kûuntakoo tree there 3s(>3)-sit.(on) It [a bird] is sitting on a tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playôok uum vúra taay pa-'ás púfaat páy uum pa-'ípaha here 3.SG Intensive much the-rock nothing this 3.SG the-tree There are many rocks, but no trees. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playôok uum vúra pa-'ás kích púfaat uum pa-'ípaha here 3.SG Intensive the-rock only nothing 3.SG the-tree There are only rocks here, no trees. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playôok uum púfaat pa-'ípaha 'as kich here 3.SG nothing the-tree rock only There are no trees here, only rocks. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playmáruk vúra uum taay pa-'ípaha uphill Intensive 3.SG much the-tree There are trees uphill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playmáruk úm taay pa-'ípaha uphill or much the-tree Are there trees up the hill? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvúra uum púfaat pa-'ípaha máruk Intensive 3.SG nothing the-tree uphill There are no trees up the hill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playmáruk púfaat pa-'ípaha uphill nothing the-tree There are no trees up the hill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpáy uum pa-'ípaha taay pá-saan this 3.SG the-tree much the-leaf This tree has many leaves. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa-'ípaha káan u-hyárih the-tree there 3s(>3)-stand The tree is standing there. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa káan pa-'ípaha ni-tákararih that there the-tree 1s(>3)-hang I'm hanging on the tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playiim ipah-ak i-hyárih 2sg. tree-Locative 2s(>3)-stand Are you standing in the tree? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ípah-ak i-hyárih don't! tree-Locative 2s(>3)-stand Don't stand in the tree! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat nani-'asímnaam ku-tháaniv don't! 1sPOSS-tree 2pl(>3)-sit Don't lie on my bed! (talking to more than one person) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | PlayKúkuum again Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full textkáan ípaha u-'íihya there tree 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) A tree stood there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás yánava káan axvaha-'ípaha u-'íihya then visible there pitch-tree 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) And he saw a pitch tree standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás u-píip payêem ni-vôoruraa-vish pa-'ípaha then 3s(>3)-say now 1s(>3)-crawl.up-FUT the-tree And he said, "Now I'll climb a tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás á' u-vôoruraa ípah-ak then above 3s(>3)-crawl.up tree-Locative And he climbed up a tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textkári xás káan u-máh akvaat ípaha kun-'irukûuntakoo then then there 3s(>3)-see raccoon tree 3pl(>3s)-sit.on.(pl.) And there he saw raccoons, they were sitting in a tree. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textxás yánava káan ípaha u-'íihya xás u-súrukaahi-tih then visible there tree 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) then 3s(>3)-be.hole.into-DUR And he saw a tree standing there, and there was a hole in it. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textta'ítam máh'iit yáan vúra u-súpaahi-tih u-vôoruraa pa-'ípaha so morning recently Intensive 3s(>3)-become.day-DUR 3s(>3)-crawl.up the-tree So in the morning it was scarcely dawn, he climbed up the tree. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textyukún vaa káan á' u-'íithra murax-'ipaha-'ípan you.see that there above 3s(>3)-lie.(liquid) slippery-tree-end He's up there at the top of a slippery tree." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full textuum vúra vaa âanaxus ú-kriivku-ti pa-'ípaha 3.SG Intensive so weasel 3s(>3)-hold.on.to-DUR the-tree Weasel held on to the tree. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textkachakâach mu-'ápuroon ku-máh-eesh hôoyva ípaha-k u-tákararihva sú' vákay ú-krii bluejay 3sPOSS-magic.charm 2pl(>3)-see-FUT somewhere tree-LOC 3s(>3)-be.hanging inside worm 3s(>3)-live You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside. Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full textpúyava ípaha tá ni-shxáxaar you.see tree PERF 1s(>3)-tear.open So I ripped open a tree. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textpa-'ípaha kun-íkfuukiraa the-tree 3pl(>3s)-grab They grabbed the trees. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textxás araramvanyupsítanach u-xus xáyfaat vaa ni-piip t-óo piip ípah-ak kích pa-ni-máah-ti pá-'aax then horsefly 3s(>3)-think don't! so 1s(>3)-say PERF-3s(>3) say tree-Locative only NOMZ-1s(>3)-see-DUR the-blood and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textpúyava payêem pa-t-óo snur pa-'ípaha t-óo kfuukiraa t-óo sxáxaar you.see now NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3) thunder the-tree PERF-3s(>3) grab PERF-3s(>3) tear.open So now when it thunders, (Lightning) grabs the trees, he rips them open. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textkári xás koovúra pa-pinish-tunvêech-as káru koovúra pa-'ípaha kun-ihyûunish-tih kunâach'aa puxîich-i then then all the-plant-small.(pl.)-PL also all the-tree 3pl(>3s)-shout.to-DUR bird.sp. very.much-IMPER And all the little plants and all the trees shouted to him, "Go to it, kunâach'aa!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textpa-'ípaha u-'íihya pa-táaskar tá kun-imthátap NOMZ-tree 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) the-pole PERF 3pl(>3s)-tie.onto Where a tree stood, they lashed a pole to it. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full textpa-xuntápan uum kun-'ífik-tih ípaha-k kun-'íif-tih the-acorn 3.SG 3pl(>3s)-pick.up-DUR tree-Locative 3pl(>3s)-grow-DUR They picked the acorns, they grew on trees. Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full textpa-vuráakir uum vúra ípaha p-oo-kyâar-ahi-tih the-ladder 3.SG Intensive tree NOMZ-3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR The ladder was made of a tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full texthári tá mít u-kpákishrih-at pa-'ípaha sometime PERF near.past 3s(>3)-cut.down-PAST the-tree He cut down a tree sometime (recently). Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full textvíri vaa káan ípaha u-'íihya so so there tree 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) There is a tree standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáru ávansa káan u-hyárih ú-ksuupku-ti pa-'ípaha also man there 3s(>3)-stand 3s(>3)-point.at-DUR the-tree And a man is standing there, he is pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textvíri vaa vúra yítha ú-ksuupku-ti pa-'ípaha so so Intensive one 3s(>3)-point.at-DUR the-tree There is one pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textvíri vaa vúra ú-ksuupku-ti pa-'ípaha so so Intensive 3s(>3)-point.at-DUR the-tree There is (one) pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpayêem asiktávaan p-eehyárih-an ú-ksuupku-tih pa-'ípaha now woman NOMZ-stand-Participial 3s(>3)-point.at-DUR the-tree Now a woman is the one standing, she is pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás uum káru ú-ksuupku-tih pa-'ípaha then 3.SG also 3s(>3)-point.at-DUR the-tree She too is pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textyeeripáxvu u-hyárih ú-ksuupku-ti ípaha káan u-'íihya adolescent.girl 3s(>3)-stand 3s(>3)-point.at-DUR tree there 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) A girl is standing, she is pointing at a tree, it is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkúkuum vúra pa-yeenipaxvúhich káan u-hyárih vaa vúra ú-ksuupku-ti pa-'ípaha again Intensive the-girl there 3s(>3)-stand so Intensive 3s(>3)-point.at-DUR the-tree Again the little girl is standing there, she is pointing at the tree like that. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás avansáxiich uum u-'áhoo-tih pa-'ipaha-súruk kúnish t-u-'uum then boy 3.SG 3s(>3)-go-DUR the-tree-under sort.of PERF-3s(>3)-arrive A boy is walking in front, he is sort of going under the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás pa-'avansáxiich ipaha-súruk t-u-'uum then the-boy tree-under PERF-3s(>3)-arrive The boy is going under a tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáan tishrám-kaam xás ú-hthaamhi-tih káru ipahá-'anamahach káan u-'íihya there valley-large then 3s(>3)-plant-DUR also tree-little there 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpáy uum pichas-'ípaha u-vêehrim-va xás simsímtas u-taaspáth-ahi-tih this 3.SG peaches-tree 3s(>3)-stand.(things)-PL.ACT then wire.fence 3s(>3)-fence.around-ESS-DUR These peach trees are standing, and there is a wire fence around. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás ipahá-'anamahach káan u-'íihya then tree-little there 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) A little tree is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpa-'amkír káan u-tháaniv xás u-kxúrikahi-ti ávahkam ípaha the-table there 3s(>3)-sit then 3s(>3)-be.marked-DUR over tree The table is sitting there, and a tree is drawn on top. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás t-u-'ûusip pa-'ípaha xás yiivári kúuk t-u-'íipma then PERF-3s(>3)-pick.up the-tree then rather.far to PERF-3s(>3)-return He picks up the tree, and goes away again. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text