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ishkêesh river, the Klamath River

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3007 | revised Dec 19 2014

ishkêesh N • river, the Klamath River

Derivation íshaha-kaam-ish  (= ish-aha-a-kaam-ish)
water-large-DIM  (= drink-ESS-DEVERB-large-DIM)

Derivative (1)
ishkéesh'aachip "placename, a fishery"

Source: WB 701, p. 350

Note: Locative is ishkêeshak.

  • hûut kích peeshkêesh. How is the river? [Reference: Richardson 1993:4]
  • víri úuth ishkêeshak tu'ahirímkaanva. There were trees falling across the river. [Reference: WB T3.81]


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  1. hûut   kích   pa-'ishkêesh  
    how   only   the-river  
    How was the river?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. pa-'ishkêesh   yáv   u-músahi-tih  
    the-river   good   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    The river looks good.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  3. ta'ítam   u-pátumkurih-een   p-eeshkêesh-ak  
    so   3s(>3)-put.mouth.in.water-ANT   the-river-Locative  
    Then he was drinking with his mouth to the water in the river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. hûut   kích   p-eeshkéesh  
    how   only   the-river  
    How's the river?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  5. yáv   u-músahi-ti   pa-'ishkéesh  
    good   3s(>3)-look-DUR   the-river  
    The river looks good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  6. p-eeshkêesh   yáv   u-músahi-tih  
    the-river   good   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    The river looks good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  7. p-eeshkêesh   vúra   yáv   u-músahi-tih  
    the-river   Intensive   good   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    The river looks good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  8. axvíthirar   p-eeshkéesh  
    dirty   the-river  
    The river is dirty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  9. p-eeshkêesh   t-u-'uh  
    the-river   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)  
    The river is rising.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  10. p-eeshkêesh   t-u-piváxrah  
    the-river   PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up  
    The river is drying up.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  11. p-eeshkeesh   hûut   kích  
    the-river   how   only  
    How is the river?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  12. pa-'ishkêesh   t-u-piváxrah  
    the-river   PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up  
    The river has dried up [i.e. it is shallow].
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. vúra   úum   puxích   t-u-'úh   pa-'ishkêesh  
    Intensive   3.SG   very.much   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)   the-river  
    The river has risen a lot [i.e. it is deep].
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  14. pa-'ishkêesh   vúra   úum   puxích   t-u-'uh  
    the-river   Intensive   3.SG   very.much   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)  
    The river has risen a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  15. pa-'ishkêesh   vúra   puxích   t-u-'uh  
    the-river   Intensive   very.much   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)  
    The river has risen a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  16. pa-'ishkêesh   u-'úuh-tih  
    the-river   3s(>3)-rise.(water)-DUR  
    The river is rising.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  17. ishkêesh-ak   ta-nu-tárivrip   máruk   ta-nu-kvírip-raa  
    river-Locative   PERF-1pl(>3)-bail.water   uphill   PERF-1pl(>3)-run-here  
    We dipped it up at the river (for laundry), we ran uphill.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  18. sáruk   p-eeshkêesh   u-vuunvárak-tih  
    downhill   the-river   3s(>3)-flow.down.from.upriver-DUR  
    Downhill the river was flowing downriverward.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  19. vúra   vaa   sáruk   u-vuunvárak-tih   p-eeshkéesh  
    Intensive   so   downhill   3s(>3)-flow.down.from.upriver-DUR   the-river  
    Downhill the river was flowing downriverward like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  20. ii   xás   u-xus   chími   vaa   kan-'îish-i   p-eeshkéesh  
    oh!   then   3s(>3)-think   soon   so   1s(>3)-drink-IMPER   the-river  
    Oh, he thought, "Let me drink from the river!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  21. kári   xás   ishkéesh-'aachip   u-'uum  
    then   then   river-middle   3s(>3)-arrive  
    And he got to the middle of the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  22. xás   u--ti   vúra   pu-na-'ísh-eesh-ara   ishkéesh-'aas  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-drink-FUT-NEG   river-water  
    And he thought, "I won't drink river water."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  23. vúra   pu-na-'ísh-eesh-ara   ishkéesh-'aas  
    Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-drink-FUT-NEG   river-water  
    "I won't drink river water."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  24. víri   úuth   ishkêesh-ak   t-u-'ahirímkaanva  
    so   out.to.water   river-Locative   PERF-3s(>3)-lie.across.stream  
    There were trees falling out into the river.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  25. xás   u--ti   xâatik   vúra   ni-'ish   p-eeshkéesh-'aas  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   it's.better   Intensive   1s(>3)-drink   the-river-water  
    And he thought, "Let me drink the river water.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  26. vúra   ishkéesh-'aachip   xasík   ni-'ísh-eesh  
    Intensive   river-middle   then.(future)   1s(>3)-drink-FUT  
    I'll drink in the middle of the river.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  27. kári   xás   ishkéesh-'aachip   ta'ítam   u-kúkurih-een  
    then   then   river-middle   so   3s(>3)-stoop.down-ANT  
    And in the middle of the river he stooped down to the water.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  28. xás   ishkêesh-ak   ú-skaakurih   xás   ú-kpuuhrin  
    then   river-Locative   3s(>3)-jump.into.water   then   3s(>3)-swim.across  
    And he jumped in the river, and he swam across.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  29. xás   sáruk   ishkeesh-'ípanich   u-krívruuhma  
    then   downhill   river-top   3s(>3)-roll.to  
    And he rolled downhill to the edge of the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  30. xás   pa-xanchíifich   u-'iipkúri   ishkêesh-ak  
    then   the-frog   3s(>3)-dive   river-Locative  
    So Frog (took the fire in his mouth and) dived in the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  31. xás   u-kyívivraa   ishkêesh   ú-kyiimkurih  
    then   3s(>3)-fall.over.backward   river   3s(>3)-fall.into.water  
    And she fell over, she fell into the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  32. xás   u-   káan   ishkéesh-tiim   kun-'iin  
    then   3s(>3)-see   there   river-edge   3pl(>3s)-(two).be  
    And he saw that they were there on the edge of the river.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  33. víri-va   kaanvári      ni-p-itvâamnuk   p-eeshkêesh   u-saamvárak  
    so-so   in.that.direction   PERF   1s(>3)-ITER-look.down.over   NOMZ-river   3s(>3)-flow.down.from.upriver  
    I look down over (the bank) there where the river flows down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  34.    ni-p-itkúrih-ti   p-eeshkêesh   u-saamvárak  
    PERF   1s(>3)-ITER-look.into.water-DUR   NOMZ-river   3s(>3)-flow.down.from.upriver  
    I look again into the water as the river flows down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  35. pa-'áama   káan   vúra   kun-p-axyanípa-n-eesh   p-eeshkêesh   p-oo-saamvárak  
    the-salmon   there   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-ITER-overflow-PL.ACT-FUT   the-river   NOMZ-3s(>3)-flow.down.from.upriver  
    The salmon will overflow the river there as it flows down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  36. xás   ta'ítam   p-eeshkêesh   u-puhyîim-ahi-tih  
    then   so   the-river   3s(>3)-(water).rise.high-ESS-DUR  
    The river was at the high-water mark.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  37. ishkêesh-ak   u-thiivkúrih  
    river-Locative   3s(>3)-put.into.water  
    He put it in the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  38. káan   xás   mah'íitnihach   u-papivan-kôo-ti   pa-mu-sárum   ishkêesh-ak   hôoy   kích   t-óo   p-thívruuhruprav  
    there   then   early.morning   3s(>3)-go.search.for-to-DUR   the-3sPOSS-Jeffrey.pine.root   river-Locative   where   only   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-float.out.through  
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  39. xás   ishkêesh-ak   imvír   kun-íkyav  
    then   river-Locative   fishery   3pl(>3s)-make  
    And they made fisheries in the river.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  40. ishkêesh-ak   kun-vêehkurih-vu-ti   pa-táaskar  
    river-Locative   3pl(>3s)-stick.into-ESS-DUR   the-pole  
    The poles were stuck into the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  41. xás   sáruk   kúuk      kun-'uum   xás   úuth   ishkêesh-ak      kun-páatva  
    then   downhill   to.there   PERF   3pl(>3s)-arrive   then   out.to.water   river-Locative   PERF   3pl(>3s)-bathe  
    And they went downhill, and they bathed out in the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text
  42. yúruk   t-óo   trûupu-tih   pee-shkêesh   t-óo   muus-tih  
    downriver   PERF-3s(>3)   look.downriver.from.here-DUR   the-river   PERF-3s(>3)   look.at-DUR  
    He looked downriver, he looked at the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  43. úuth   t-óo   tkára-tih   pee-shkêesh   t-óo   muus-tih  
    out.to.water   PERF-3s(>3)   look.into.river-DUR   the-river   PERF-3s(>3)   look.at-DUR  
    He looked out across the water, he looked at the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  44. pee-shkêesh   t-óo   muus-tih   u-vêena-tih  
    the-river   PERF-3s(>3)   look.at-DUR   3s(>3)-pray-DUR  
    He looked at the river, he prayed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  45. ishkêesh-ak   xákarari   áxak   ávansa   kun-'iruvêehriv  
    river-Locative   on.both.sides   two   man   3pl(>3s)-stand.(long.objects)  
    Two men are standing on each side of a river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text