Ararahih'urípih
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-aan Agentive

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lexicon ID #32 | revised May 16 2013

-aan SUFF • Agentive

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  1. yáv   uum   imnísh-aan   um  
    good   3.SG   cook-Agentive   or  
    Is he a good cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  2. xás   koovúra   pa-parishríhv-aan-sa   u-píip   ôok   kii-vyíhuk-i  
    then   all   the-twine-Agentive-PL   3s(>3)-say   here   2pl(>3)-come.(pl.)-IMPER  
    And he said, "All twiners, come here!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  3. 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
  4. peechkáanviichv-aan-hanik   pa-'ávansa  
    gamble-Agentive-ANC   the-man  
    Once a man was a gambler.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  5. ishrív-aan-sas      kun-xúrihi-naa   yáas   kun-'áam-tih  
    target-shooting-Agentive-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.hungry-PL   then   3pl(>3s)-eat-DUR  
    The target-shooters got hungry, then they ate.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text