Ararahih'urípih
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lexicon ID #2889 | revised Jun 26 2014

-irak SUFF • where X

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  1. chavúra   pâanpay   pirishkâarim   káan   u-thivkêe-v-anik   pa-kun-'úuhyana-tih-irak   xás   vúra   uum   kun-vîiha   pa-kaan   u-'uum  
    finally   after.while   grizzly   there   3s(>3)-go.along-PL.ACT-ANC   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-speak-DUR-where   then   Intensive   3.SG   3pl(>3s)-hate   NOMZ-there   3s(>3)-arrive  
    Then later on Grizzly Bear went in there with them, where they were talking (it) over, and they did not like it when he arrived.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  2. chavúra   vaa   káan   u-'úum   pa-xath-ímtup   kun-ikyâa-tih-irak   pa-kun-ikyâa-tih-irak   pa-xath-ímtup  
    finally   that   there   3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-grasshopper-cooked   3pl(>3s)-make-DUR-where   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-make-DUR-where   the-grasshopper-cooked  
    Then he reached the place where they fix cooked grasshoppers, where they fix roasted grasshoppers.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  3. payêem   vúra   vaa   káan   taay   u-'íif-ti   pa-káan   píins   kun-'úhthaamhi-tih-irak  
    now   Intensive   so   there   much   3s(>3)-grow-DUR   NOMZ-there   beans   3pl(>3s)-plant-DUR-where  
    They grow more now where beans are planted.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
  4. p-eehêeraha   u-'íif-tih-irak  
    the-tobacco   3s(>3)-grow-DUR-where  
    place where tobacco grows
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  5. pa-mu-pírish   vúra   p-u-'ivrárasuru-tih-ara   sákriiv-sha   pa--psii   ípam   kunish   pa-mu-pirish-'ápsii   xákaan   u-'if-shúr-oo-tih-irak   sákriiv-sha  
    the-3sPOSS-plant   Intensive   NEG-3s(>3)-fall.off.(pl.)-DUR-NEG   hard-PL   the-3sPOSS-leg   sinew   sort.of   the-3sPOSS-plant-leg   both   3s(>3)-grow-off-PL.ACT-DUR-where   hard-PL  
    The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  6. xás   yánava   pa-'ifápiit-sha   xákarari   kun-'íin   p-oo-thivtap-ára-hi-tih-irak  
    then   visible   the-young.unmarried.woman-PL   on.both.sides   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   NOMZ-3s(>3)-war.dance-having-DENOM-DUR-where  
    And he saw the girls sitting on each side where people were war-dancing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  7. kâam   kii-músan   p-óo-kriihvu-tih-irak  
    little.upriver   2pl(>3)-go.see   NOMZ-3s(>3)-fish.with.set-net-DUR-where  
    Go look upriver where he's fishing."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  8. xás   káakum   vaa   káan   kun-'iruvêehriv   p-oo-súruruprin-ahi-tih-irak  
    then   some   so   there   3pl(>3s)-stand.(long.objects)   NOMZ-3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR-where  
    And some of them were standing where the hole was (through which they had entered the sky).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  9. xás   káan   pa-'avansáxiich      kun-'íih-ma   p-oo-súruruprin-ahi-tih-irak  
    then   there   the-boy   PERF   3pl(>3s)-dance-to   NOMZ-3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR-where  
    And the boys danced there to where the hole was.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  10. xás   pihnêefich   u-'íipma   p-oo-súruruprin-ahi-tih-irak  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-return   NOMZ-3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR-where  
    Then Coyote got back to where the hole was.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  11. kári   xás   kun-xús   pa-'asiktávaan-sas   hôoy   uum   p-oo-'aramsîipriv-tih-irak  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-think   the-woman-PL   where   3.SG   NOMZ-3s(>3)-start.out-DUR-where  
    Then the women thought, "Where is it that he comes from?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  12. kári   xás   u-píkvip   sáruk   káan   pa-'asiktávaan-sa   kun-'íin-irak  
    then   then   3s(>3)-run.back   downhill   there   NOMZ-woman-PL   3pl(>3s)-(two).be-where  
    Then he ran downhill to where the women lived.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  13. kári   xás   kíxumnipaak   kúuk   u-'uum   pa-sípaam   u-thaanêe-rak  
    then   then   corner.of.house.pit   to   3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-grinding.slab   3s(>3)-put-where  
    And he went to the corner, where the grinding slab lay.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  14. u-'uum   pa-kun-'íin-irak  
    3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-(two).be-where  
    He arrived where they lived.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  15. káan   u-yvéesh   pa-kun-'íin-irak   pa-'asiktávaan  
    there   3s(>3)-pour.out   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-(two).be-where   the-woman  
    He poured it there where the women were.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  16. vaa   ík   káan   i-'uum-êesh   -mita   nu-'ínoohvoo-tih-irak   pa-'aasív-ak  
    so   must   there   2s(>3)-arrive-FUT   NOMZ-near.past   1pl(>3)-stay.all.the.time.(pl.)-DUR-where   the-cave-Locative  
    You must go there where we used to stay, in the cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  17. púyava   pa-kun-'ípak   ôok   kumee-thívthaaneen   vaa   uum   pa-kúph-aan-hanik   p-óo-kupi-ti   áraar   u-tâanaxihi-tih-irak  
    you.see   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-come.back   here   3sPOSS-land   that   3.SG   the-do-Agentive-ANC   NOMZ-3s(>3)-do-DUR   human   3s(>3)-be.dead-DUR-where  
    So when they returned to this world, they are the ones who did as it is done in the land of the dead.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  18. kári   xás   u-'íipma   p-oo-krîi-rak  
    then   then   3s(>3)-return   NOMZ-3s(>3)-live-where  
    Then she went back where she was staying.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  19. pa-panamnih-imthatváram   uum   vaa   káan   u-kyâasipree-hi-ti   pa-Georgia   mu-tasa-'îikukam   xás   yúruk   pa-xánthiip   u-'iihy-írak   u-'ípanhi-tih  
    the-Orleans-shinny.field   3.SG   so   there   3s(>3)-begin-ESS-DUR   the-Georgia   3sPOSS-fence-outdoors   then   downriver   NOMZ-black.oak   3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)-where   3s(>3)-extend-DUR  
    The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  20. púya-va   pa-yítha   p-eeshnaaních-haak   uum   píshiip   t-u-'úum   pa-tákasar   u-phíriv-irak  
    and.so-so   the-one   NOMZ-light-when   3.SG   first   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-shinny.tossel   3s(>3)-lie.(two)-where  
    If one was swift, he arrived first where the tossel lay.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text