Ararahih'urípih
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kôok / kooka- kind, variety

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3915 | revised Oct 31 2014

kôok / kooka- • N • kind, variety

Derivatives (3)
kookamáh'iit "every morning"
kôokaninay "everywhere"
kookfâachas "some things"

Source: WB 900, p.362

Note: Idiom: fâat kook 'What's that?' (WB files).

  • tâak kúkuum yíth kôok. Give me a different kind. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 395]
  • hâari vúra payváheem xavramníhak numáahti vaa kooka'úhraam. Sometimes now in old house-pits we find that kind of pipe. [Reference: TK 150.22]

Sentence examples (10)

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  1. xas   kun-píip   "nuu   nu-sêey-ti   pá-vaa   kooka-pákurih  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   "we   1pl(>3)-not.know-DUR   NOMZ-so   kind-song  
    Then they said, "We don't know that kind of song!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. vaa   kôok   pa-ni-víik-ti   arareemváram  
    so   kind   NOMZ-1s(>3)-weave-DUR   plate.basket  
    That's the only kind I weave, the Indian plate.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. víri   manâa   pu-ná-'aapunmu-tih-ara   xás   vúra   xás   kôok   pa-tákiram   vúra   kun-ikyâa-ti  
    so   maybe   NEG-1s(>3)-know-DUR-NEG   then   Intensive   then   kind   NOMZ-acorn-leaching.hole   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-make-DUR  
    I don't know what kind they make for a soaking basket
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. vaa   pa-yíth   kôok   kun-íhruuv-tih-anik   pa-tákiram  
    so   the-other   kind   3pl(>3s)-use-DUR-ANC   the-acorn-leaching.hole  
    They used to use a different kind of soaking basket.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. kun-'aapúnmu-tih-anik   vúra   ník   pa-'úhish   ník   vúra   kun-sánpiithvu-tih-anik   pa-kook-âach-as  
    3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC   Intensive   a.little   NOMZ-seed   a.little   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-carry.(things).around-DUR-ANC   the-kind--PL  
    They knew that seeds were packed around in various ways.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  6. fâat   kóok  
    what   kind  
    What kind of thing is that?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  7. xás   u-xú-ti   vaa   kíp   kôok   u-víshvaan-ti   xathímtas  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   that   just   kind   3s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR   roasted.grasshoppers  
    And he thought, "He just likes that kind, roasted grasshoppers."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. kári   xás   kun-piip   fâat   kóok  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   what   kind  
    And they said, "What is it?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  9. yakún   tá   kun-'ay   fâat   kóok  
    you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-fear   what   kind  
    You see, they were afraid, (they wondered), "What is it?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  10. fâat   kôok   p-ee-p-âanvu-ti   iim  
    what   kind   NOMZ-2s(>3)-ITER-paint.one's.(own).face-DUR   2sg.  
    What did you paint it with?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text