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kúmateech later in the day; in the evening
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lexicon ID #3972 | revised Jun 26 2015
kúmateech • ADV • later in the day; in the evening
Derivation: | kuma-teech |
3sPOSS--teech |
Derivative (1)
kúmateechvanihich "a little later in the day"
Source: WB 916, p.358
- kúmateech tu'ípak ithá'iithva ík pa'ararasára. In the evening he would come home just loaded down with Indian bread. [Reference: KS 22. Maruk'áraar Gives Man Bread 004]
- xás upiip, ishávaas, kúmateech vúra nipthivkéevish. And (Coyote) said, "Nephew, this evening I'll go along." [Reference: WB T2.52]
Sentence examples (13)
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kúmateech uum kúnish u-mcháx-eesh later.in.day 3.SG sort.of 3s(>3)-get.hot-FUT It's going to be hot later. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúmateech uum u-mcháx-eesh later.in.day 3.SG 3s(>3)-get.hot-FUT It's going to be hot later. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás u-píip ishávaas kúmateech vúra ni-p-thivkée-vish then 3s(>3)-say child.of.deceased.sibling later.in.day Intensive 1s(>3)-ITER-go.along-FUT And he said, "Nephew, this evening I'll go along." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textpúyava kúkuum vúra kúmateech p-oo-kxáramh-eesh kúkuum vúra vaa kári kun-pávyiihshipree-vish you.see again Intensive later.in.day NOMZ-3s(>3)-be.night-FUT again Intensive so then 3pl(>3s)-go.away.again.(pl.)-FUT Again in the evening when it was about to get dark, again they were about to leave. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playkúmateech kun-ívyiihshipree-vish later.in.day 3pl(>3s)-go.away.(pl.)-FUT Later on they were going to leave. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playkári xás kúmateech kun-pavyíhivrath then then later.in.day 3pl(>3s)-go.back.into.sweathouse.(pl.) And later on they went back in the sweathouse. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playxás kúmateech ikxúrar vúra xára xás vúra u-'ípak then later.in.day evening Intensive long.time then Intensive 3s(>3)-come.back And later on, in the evening, she came back late. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textpa-mí-taat kúmateech xasík u-'ípak-eesh the-2sPOSS-mother later.in.day then.(future) 3s(>3)-come.back-FUT "Your mother will come back later today." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textpúyava kúkuum vúra kúmateech tá kun-pavyíhuk pa-'asiktávaan-sa you.see again Intensive later.in.day PERF 3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.) the-woman-PL Again later in the day the women came back. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full textpúyava uum kúmateech pa-t-óo kxuraraha púyava kári vírusur t-u-vâaram t-óo mkaanv-ar ikxáram you.see 3.SG later.in.day NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3) become.evening you.see then bear PERF-3s(>3)-go PERF-3s(>3) gather-go.to night Then later, when it was evening, Bear went off, she went to gather food in the evening. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full textpa-kúmateech nu-tákir-eesh NOMZ-later.in.day 1pl(>3)-leach.(acorn.meal)-FUT We were going to leach (acorn meal) soon. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full textkúmateech p-oo-'ípak-ahaak pee-kxariya'áraar vaa u-krivkír-eesh later.in.day NOMZ-3s(>3)-come.back-when the-medicine.man that 3s(>3)-sit.on-FUT Later on, when the priest came back, he was going to sit on that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full textkúmateech xasík pa-kun-'áv-eesh pa-mu-kéeks later.in.day then.(future) NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-eat-FUT the-3sPOSS-cake Later today they will eat her cake. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text