Karuk Dictionary
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ku- its (possessive); kind of ...; some ... or other, used with certain locations
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lexicon ID #3940 | revised Aug 12 2014
ku- • PREF • its (possessive); kind of ...; some ... or other, used with certain locations
Note: Short for kuma-; used only with certain locations, e.g. kumâam 'uphill from there'.
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chôora ku-mâam let's.go 3sPOSS-uphill Let's go uphill! Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playku-mâam nú-vyiiship 3sPOSS-uphill 1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.) Let's go uphill. Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playipít ku-mâam nú-vyiishipriv yesterday 3sPOSS-uphill 1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.) Yesterday we went up the hill. Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playku-mâam tá ni-'árihishrih 3sPOSS-uphill PERF 1s(>3)-become I made it to the top of the hill. Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playku-sâam pa-nunu-'úhthaam 3sPOSS-little.downhill the-1plPOSS-garden Our garden is down the hill. Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playxás pa-mu-'afupchúrax vaa ku-mûuk u-p-sívshap then the-3sPOSS-anus that 3sPOSS-with.(by.means.of) 3s(>3)-ITER-seal.up And he sealed up his anus with that. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás víri kúna ku-mâam kun-ihmárafak pa-kah'árah-sas then so in.addition 3sPOSS-uphill 3pl(>3s)-run.down.from.uphill.(pl.) the-Shasta.Indian-PL And the upriver people were running down from uphill just upslope from them. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textu-xú-tih ku-mâam ú-krii pa-kúusrah 3s(>3)-think-DUR 3sPOSS-uphill 3s(>3)-live the-sun He thought, "The sun is just uphill from here." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full textvíri 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 textvíri pa-ni-p-váruprav-ahaak vaa ik ku-mûuk nee-thxúp-eesh pa-'árus so NOMZ-1s(>3)-ITER-come.out-when so must 3sPOSS-with.(by.means.of) 2s/3s>1s-cover-FUT the-seed.basket When I come back out (of the water), you must cover me with the seed-basket." Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textimáankam tasáxaak kú-maam kun-íshriim-tih next.day placename 3sPOSS-behind 3pl(>3s)-shoot.at.targets-DUR The next day they shot at targets behind tasáxaak. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textku-máam vúra hôoy u-píip p-oo-'aramsîip t-u-vásip 3sPOSS-uphill Intensive where 3s(>3)-say NOMZ-3s(>3)-start.out PERF-3s(>3)-rise.up He comes from somewhere up in the hills, he said, he comes up from there. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Playpayêem vúra hôoyva u-'aramsîipriv-tih pu-'aapunmuti u-xú-ti ku-mâam vúra u-píip p-oo-'aramsîipriv-tih now Intensive somewhere 3s(>3)-start.out-DUR NEG-know 3s(>3)-think-DUR 3sPOSS-uphill Intensive 3s(>3)-say NOMZ-3s(>3)-start.out-DUR He doesn't even know where it comes from, he was thinking it just came from up in the hill there. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play