Ararahih'urípih
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kun meaning unknown

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3976 | revised Jun 30 2005

kun • PCL • meaning unknown

Derivatives (3)
yakun "you see"
yakúnva "so that"
yukun "you see..."

Source: WB 917, p.363

Note: Occurs in yakun 'you see' and in víri kun, of demonstrative meaning.

Sentence examples (12)

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  1. víri   kún   amvá-kaam  
    so   meaning.unknown   salmon-large  
    There was a big salmon (in the net).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  2. xás   p-óo-'uum   víri   kún   amvá-kaam   t-óo   thyúruripaa  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   so   meaning.unknown   salmon-large   PERF-3s(>3)   pull.out  
    And when she arrived, there he had pulled out a big salmon.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  3. víri   kún   siit   kích   u-ksah-ár-ahi-tih  
    so   meaning.unknown   mouse   only   3s(>3)-laugh-go.to-ESS-DUR  
    There only mice were squeaking.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  4. víri   kún   káan   tá   kun-p-ifúk-raan  
    so   meaning.unknown   there   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-climb-here  
    There they had climbed up there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  5. víri   kún   pa-kéevniikich   ú-krii   káru   patapriha-'ifápiit  
    so   meaning.unknown   the-old.woman.(dimin.)   3s(>3)-live   also   placename-young.unmarried.woman  
    There lived the old woman, and the young woman of patapríhak.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  6. yee   víri   kún   káan   xás   kun-'iin   pa-kéevniikich   káru   pa-'ifápiit  
    well   so   meaning.unknown   there   then   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   the-old.woman.(dimin.)   also   the-young.unmarried.woman  
    Well, there they were, the old woman and the girl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  7. víri   kún   mu-mâam   áxak   ifápiit-sha   kun-irúfak  
    so   meaning.unknown   3sPOSS-uphill   two   young.unmarried.woman-PL   3pl(>3s)-come.down.(du.)  
    There uphill from him two young women came down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  8. víri   kún   tá   kun-p-áchak-roov   pa-mukún-paah  
    so   meaning.unknown   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-float.in.bunch-upriverward.from.here   the-3plPOSS-boat  
    There were (the others') boats floating upriver in a bunch.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. víri   kún   tá   kun-piyâaram-aheen  
    so   meaning.unknown   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.back.(two.people)-ANT  
    There they had gone away again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  10. víri   kún   axyará-va   pa-kóo   kuma-'arará-'uup  
    so   meaning.unknown   full-Distributive   the-all   3sPOSS-human-possession  
    There they were all full, there was all kinds of Indian treasure.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  11. víri   kún   tá   púra fátaak  
    so   meaning.unknown   PERF   nowhere  
    There was nothing there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  12. víri   îifuti   p-oo-p-itrûupu-ti   víri   kún   yúruk   ú-mkuufhi-tih  
    so   sure.enough   NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-look.downriver.from.here-DUR   so   meaning.unknown   downriver   3s(>3)-give.off.smoke-DUR  
    Sure enough, when he looked downriver, there downriver was the smoke.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text