Karuk Dictionary
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-aan Agentive
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lexicon ID #32 | revised May 16 2013
-aan • SUFF • Agentive
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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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás 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 textpúyava 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 textpeechkáanviichv-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 textishrív-aan-sas tá 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