Ararahih'urípih
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itrôop / itroopa- five

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3412 | revised Oct 31 2014

itrôop / itroopa- • NUM • five

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Source: WB 757, p.353; Shivshaneen, 1996, (3.3)

Note: Dimin. is itnôopich 'only five'.

  • itrôop pamuchánchaafkunishichas uvêehshuroo. It has five white ones sticking up (describing petals of a flower). [Reference: TK 56.30]

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  1. payêem   ná-mpaan   vúra   pihnîich   xakinivkihitráhyar   káru   itroopa-hárinay   tá   ní-krii  
    now   1sg.-Emphatic   Intensive   old.man   seventy   also   five-year   PERF   1s(>3)-live  
    Now I myself am an old man, I'm 75 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  2. hâari   itrôop   t-u-'ûukar   káru   hâari   vúra   itráhyar  
    sometime   five   PERF-3s(>3)-put.out.(boat)   also   sometime   Intensive   ten  
    Sometimes he paid five dollars and sometimes ten.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  3. káruma   itráhyar   káru   itrôop   ú-thvuuy-ti   pa-kúth   ára   u-patumkôo-tih  
    in.fact   ten   also   five   3s(>3)-be.named-DUR   NOMZ-because.of   person   3s(>3)-suck.disease-DUR  
    The fact was, she charged fifteen (dollars) for sucking a person.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text

  4. hâari   itroopa-'átiv   káru   vúra   hâari   kumatêeshich  
    sometime   five-burden.basket:load   also   Intensive   sometime   still.more  
    Sometimes there were five basket-loads and sometimes more.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

  5. itroopa-súpaa   iinâak   nu-'áraarahi-ti   ikmaháchraam  
    five-day   indoors   1pl(>3)-live.(pl.)-DUR   sweathouse  
    We all lived in the sweathouse for five days.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text