Ararahih'urípih
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kahyúras Klamath Lakes

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3725 | revised Mar 02 2015

kahyúras • N • Klamath Lakes

Literally: 'upriver ocean'

Derivation:  kah-yúras
upriver ocean

Derivatives (2)
kahyuras'afishríhan "Klamath Lakes Young Man (name of a spirit person)"
kahyuras'áraar "Klamath River Shasta"

Source: WB 835.8, p.358

  • kahyúras takunyíchaachha. They gathered at Klamath Lakes. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 001]
  • chavúra pookfúkuvraa pakahyurás'iivreer, xás xánahich vúra uhyárih. Finally, when he climbed over the Klamath Lakes ridge, he stood for a while. [Reference: KT 137b.30]

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  1. xás   úum   vúra   hitíhaan   p-oo-pí-tih   "kahyúras   ni-vâaram-eesh   íshpuk   ni-pachnútar-eesh  
    then   3.SG   Intensive   always   NOMZ-3s(>3)-say-DUR   "Klamath.Lakes   1s(>3)-go-FUT   dentalium.shells   1s(>3)-go.to.suck-FUT  
    Then he (Coyote) said all the time: "I am going to go to the Klamath Lakes to suck out dentalia."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. xás   u-vâaram   pihnêefich   kahyúras   u-vâaram  
    then   3s(>3)-go   coyote   Klamath.Lakes   3s(>3)-go  
    Then Coyote went. Coyote went to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   u-piip   kahyúras  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   Klamath.Lakes  
    And he said, "At Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. xasík   kahyúras   ni-vâaram-i  
    then.(future)   Klamath.Lakes   1s(>3)-go-IMPER  
    Let me go to Klamath Lakes!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  5. vúra   chími   u-'uum-êesh   kahyúras  
    Intensive   soon   3s(>3)-arrive-FUT   Klamath.Lakes  
    He was about to get to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  6. káruma   kahyúras   ishpúk   ni-kyâan-tih  
    in.fact   Klamath.Lakes   dentalium.shells   1s(>3)-go.gather-DUR  
    I'm going to get money at Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  7. uknîi   púyava   káruk   kahyúras   kun-'áraarahi-ti   p-aastaah  
    once.upon.a.time   you.see   upriver   Klamath.Lakes   3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR   the-duck  
    Once upon a time... The ducks lived upriver at Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  8. kári   xás   u-xús-aanik   chími   káruk   ishpúk   kan-ikyâan   kahyúras  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think-ANC   soon   upriver   dentalium.shells   1s(>3)-go.gather   Klamath.Lakes  
    And he thought, "Let me go upriver to get money at Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. naa   kahyúras   tá   ni-vâaram  
    1sg.   Klamath.Lakes   PERF   1s(>3)-go  
    I am leaving for Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  10. xás   u-xú-ti   ni-xú-ti   chími   ni-'uum-êesh   kahyúras  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   1s(>3)-think-DUR   soon   1s(>3)-arrive-FUT   Klamath.Lakes  
    And he thought, "I think I'm about to reach Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. xás   u-xú-ti   chími   ni-'uum-êesh   kahyúras  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   soon   1s(>3)-arrive-FUT   Klamath.Lakes  
    And he thought, "I'm about to reach Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. mít   kun-íp-aat   kahyúras   t-u-vâaram  
    near.past   3pl(>3s)-say-PAST   Klamath.Lakes   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    They said he had left for Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  13. xás   u-píip   kahyúras   tá   ni-vâaram   ishpúk   tá   ni-kyáar  
    then   3s(>3)-say   Klamath.Lakes   PERF   1s(>3)-go   dentalium.shells   PERF   1s(>3)-go.gather  
    And he said, "I'm leaving for Klamath Lakes, I'm going to make money."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  14. kahyúras   ni-vâaram-eesh   ishpúk   ni-kyâar-eesh  
    Klamath.Lakes   1s(>3)-go-FUT   dentalium.shells   1s(>3)-go.gather-FUT  
    "I'll leave for Klamath Lakes, I'll go make money."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  15. xás   yánava   tá   ni-'úum   kahyúras  
    then   visible   PERF   1s(>3)-arrive   Klamath.Lakes  
    Then he saw, (he said), "I've reached Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  16. mít   kun-íp-aat   t-óo   síinvar   kahyúras  
    near.past   3pl(>3s)-say-PAST   PERF-3s(>3)   drown   Klamath.Lakes  
    They said he drowned at Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  17. pihnêefich   u-xus   tîi   kahyúras   kan-vâaram-i   ishpúk   kan-ikyáan  
    coyote   3s(>3)-think   let...   Klamath.Lakes   1s(>3)-go-IMPER   dentalium.shells   1s(>3)-go.gather  
    Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes, let me go get money."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  18. kahyúras   ni-vâaramu-tih   ishpúk   ni-kyâan-tih  
    Klamath.Lakes   1s(>3)-go-DUR   dentalium.shells   1s(>3)-go.gather-DUR  
    I'm going to Klamath Lakes, I'm going to get money."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  19. kári   xás   u-piip   naa   kahyúras   ni-vâaramu-tih   ishpúk   ni-kyâan-tih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   Klamath.Lakes   1s(>3)-go-DUR   dentalium.shells   1s(>3)-go.gather-DUR  
    And he said, "I'm going to Klamath Lakes, I'm going to get money.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  20. kári   xás   kahyúras   u-'uum  
    then   then   Klamath.Lakes   3s(>3)-arrive  
    Then he arrived at Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  21. uknîi   pihnêefich   kahyúras   u-xus   tîi   kan-vâaram-i  
    once.upon.a.time   coyote   Klamath.Lakes   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-go-IMPER  
    uknîi. Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  22. xás   pihnêefich   káruk   u-'árihroov   kahyúras   t-u-vâaram  
    then   coyote   upriver   3s(>3)-go.upriver   Klamath.Lakes   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    So Coyote went upriver, he was going to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  23. vaa   páy   pihnêefich   u-kúpha-anik   pa-káruk   kahyúras   u-vâaramu-tih   kupánakanakana  
    so   this   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC   NOMZ-upriver   Klamath.Lakes   3s(>3)-go-DUR   the.end  
    Coyote did that, when he went upriver to Klamath Lakes. kupánakanakana.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  24. kahyúras   tá   kun-yíchaachha  
    Klamath.Lakes   PERF   3pl(>3s)-get.together  
    They gathered at Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  25. víri   kôokinay   kahyúras   tá   kun-'aramsípriin   p-eekxariya-'ifápiit-shas  
    so   everywhere   Klamath.Lakes   PERF   3pl(>3s)-start.out   the-spirit.person-young.unmarried.woman-PL  
    They came from Klamath Lakes and everywhere, the spirit girls.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text