Ararahih'urípih
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kâam a little ways upriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3669 | revised Sep 10 2015

kâam • ADV • a little ways upriver

Source: WB 835.9, p. 358; Shivshaneen, 1996, (8.2)

Note: No glottalization at end of utterance.

  • athithúfvuunupma kumakâam va'áraaras vaa vúra kári kunvíkahiti pananúvik. The people a little upriver from Happy Camp weave our kind of basketry. [Reference: TK 128.6]
  • xás víri vúra úxyar pa'áama, xás kuníhmararishuk, xás kâam xavisharáthuuf kunihmárakurih. And they (the salmon) ran out (of a container), and a little ways upriver they ran into Ike's Gulch. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 045]

Sentence examples (16)


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  1. kâam   uum   Chester   pá-'u-kriiv-tih  
    little.upriver   3.SG   Chester   NOMZ-3s(>3)-live-DUR  
    Chester lives up the river a little ways.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  2. kâam   pa-púufich   tá   ni-mah  
    little.upriver   the-deer   PERF   1s(>3)-see  
    I see the deer up the river.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. xás   kâam   ú-troovu-tih  
    then   little.upriver   3s(>3)-look.away.upriver-DUR  
    And he looked upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. miník   ni-'ísh-eesh   kâam  
    of.course   1s(>3)-drink-FUT   little.upriver  
    I'll drink upriver a ways."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. 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

  6. xás   yúruk   pa-kun-pávyiihma   tá   kun-piip   uum   vúra   pihnêefich   kâam   ú-kriihvu-tih   u-pakurîihvu-tih  
    then   downriver   the-3pl(>3s)-go.back.to.(pl.)   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say   3.SG   Intensive   coyote   little.upriver   3s(>3)-fish.with.set-net-DUR   3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR  
    And when they got back downriver, they said, "It's Coyote upriver fishing, he's singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. chíshki   kúkuum   kâam   kiik-p-imúsan  
    quickly   again   little.upriver   2pl(>3)-ITER-go.see  
    Go look upriver again quick!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. xás   pihnêefich   sú'   u-hyívkaanva   arará-taay   kii-hmárarishuk-i   xás   kâam   kii-hmáraroov  
    then   coyote   inside   3s(>3)-shout.acrossriver   human-much   2pl(>3)-run.out.(pl.)-IMPER   then   little.upriver   2pl(>3)-run.upstream.from.here.(pl.)  
    And Coyote shouted in through it, "Lots of people, come out, and run upriver!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  9. xás   pa-tishanih-yûum   u-kvíriprup   víri   kúna   kâam   pa-'îin   kun-'áharamu-ti   tá   kun-ihmáravarak  
    then   NOMZ-placename-uphill.downriver   3s(>3)-run.off..downriver   so   in.addition   little.upriver   NOMZ-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-follow-DUR   PERF   3pl(>3s)-run.downstream.from.here.(pl.)  
    And when he ran downriver from tishániik, the ones following him were running down just upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  10. víri   kúna   ku-kâam   t-óo   kvírip-varak  
    so   in.addition   3sPOSS-little.upriver   PERF-3s(>3)   run-down.from.upriver  
    (Bear) in turn was running down from close upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  11. xás   u-pêer   xáyfaat   ík   vúra   haríxay   kâam   kúuk   i-'íipma  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   don't!   must   Intensive   sometimes   little.upriver   to.there   2s(>3)-return  
    And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  12. chavúra   ithivthaneen'achip-kâam   t-u-'árihvarak  
    finally   center.of.world-little.upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-come.down.from.upriver  
    Finally he was coming down from upriver, just upstream of the middle of the world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  13. kári   xás   vaa   kâam   ifuchtîimich   kun-ítvaavnuk   aseeshtákak  
    then   then   so   little.upriver   last.time   3pl(>3s)-look.down.over   placename  
    And finally, at aseeshtákak, they looked over, a little ways upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  14. kári   xás   kun-ipéer   mâa   kâam   vuhvúha   u-kyáa-ti   pa-kúth   i-vúrayvu-tih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   look!   little.upriver   deerskin.dance   3s(>3)-make-DUR   NOMZ-because.of   2s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  15. kâam   kun-ikfúyvuunish  
    little.upriver   3pl(>3s)-whistle.at  
    He was whistled at, a little ways upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  16. xás   p-aapxantínihich   u-píip   chími   kâam   vâaram-i   peevapithváram  
    then   the-white.man   3s(>3)-say   soon   little.upriver   go-IMPER   store  
    And the white man said, "Go upriver to the store!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text