Ararahih'urípih
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ipmah to see again

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2783 | revised Jan 28 2015

ipmah • V • to see again

Derivation:  ip-mah
ITER see

  • íf xára xás tanúpmah. I haven't seen you in a long time. [Reference: Richardson 1993:3]
  • xás tu'aachíchha patóopmah pamú'aramah. And he was happy when he saw his child again. [Reference: WB 16.28]

Sentence examples (16)


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  1. íf   xára   xás   tá   nu-pmah  
    truly   long.time   then   PERF   1pl(>3)-see.again  
    I haven't seen you in a long time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  2. súva   nik   nu-pmáh-eesh  
    listen!   a.little   1pl(>3)-see.again-FUT  
    I'll see you again.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  3. kúmateechvanihich   ník   nu-pmáh-eesh  
    little.later.in.the.day   a.little   1pl(>3)-see.again-FUT  
    I'll see you later today.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  4. imáan   nu-pmáh-eesh  
    tomorrow   1pl(>3)-see.again-FUT  
    I'll see you tomorrow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  5. xás   t-u-'aachíchha   pa-t-óo   pma   pa-mú-'aramah  
    then   PERF-3s(>3)-be.happy   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   see.again   the-3sPOSS-child  
    And he was happy when he saw his child.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  6. yiimúsich   t-óo   pmah   apsunmúnukich  
    little.ways.off   PERF-3s(>3)   see.again   racer.snake  
    She saw Racer a little ways off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  7. hûut   ník   vúra   pa-ni-kup-eepmáh-ah-eesh   pa-nini-keechíkyav  
    how   a.little   Intensive   NOMZ-1s(>3)-MODAL-see.again-Modal-FUT   the-1sPOSS-sweetheart  
    How will I ever see my sweetheart again?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  8. vaa   xasík   vúra   pa-ni-kup-eepmáh-ah-eesh   pa-nini-keechíkyav  
    so   then.(future)   Intensive   NOMZ-1s(>3)-MODAL-see.again-Modal-FUT   the-1sPOSS-sweetheart  
    That way I'll see my sweetheart again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  9. vaa   u-xús   vaa   xasík   vúra   pa-ni-kup-eepmáh-ah-eesh  
    so   3s(>3)-think   so   then.(future)   Intensive   NOMZ-1s(>3)-MODAL-see.again-Modal-FUT  
    She thought, "That way I'll see him again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  10. kári   xasík   vúra   mú-thvaay   u-pmáh-eesh  
    then   then.(future)   Intensive   3sPOSS-chest   3s(>3)-see.again-FUT  
    And he was going to find his heart again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  11. káruma   ôok   ithivthanéen-'aachip   xasík   xákaan   puráan   kun-ipmáh-eesh  
    in.fact   here   land-middle   then.(future)   both   each.other   3pl(>3s)-see.again-FUT  
    The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  12. kári   xasík   pa-mú-thvaay   u-pmáh-eesh  
    then   then.(future)   the-3sPOSS-chest   3s(>3)-see.again-FUT  
    And he was going to find his heart again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  13. kári   xás   u-píip   pa-'asiktávaan   pa-yaas'ára   u-'iiníshrih-aak   víri   xáat   káru   tá   kun-'íitshur   víri-va   vúra   u-pmáh-eesh   pa-nini-pákuriha   mûuk  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   the-woman   NOMZ-rich.person   3s(>3)-come.into.existence-when   so   may   also   PERF   3pl(>3s)-leave   so-so   Intensive   3s(>3)-see.again-FUT   the-1sPOSS-song   with.(by.means.of)  
    And the woman said, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) may also become abandoned, (but) she will find (her sweetheart) again by means of my song.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  14. víri   káan   xasík   í-pmaah-vunaa-vish  
    so   there   then.(future)   2s(>3)-see.again-PL-FUT  
    You will find them again there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  15. víri-va   káan   í-pmaah-vunaa-vish   pa-mi-hrôoh-as  
    so-so   there   2s(>3)-see.again-PL-FUT   the-2sPOSS-wife-PL  
    There you will find your wives again."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  16. vúra   tá   pu-'ipmáh-ara  
    Intensive   PERF   NEG-see.again-NEG  
    She couldn't find (the child).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text