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kuuk thither, to there
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lexicon ID #4076 | revised Nov 17 2014
kuuk • ADV • thither, to there
Derivatives (2)
kûukam "in that direction, in that way"
páykuuk "over there"
Source: WB 912, p.358
- kári xás kúuk u'uum pakun'ûupvanaatihirak. And (Across-the-Water Widower) went there where (the girls) were digging roots. [Reference: TK 68.7]
- kári xás kúuk upáathma yítha, takuníxtiivhar pasah'áhup. And then one (girl) threw it to the other, they played with the driftwood. [Reference: WB T 1.107]
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chi váa kúuk kiik-'uum-i kíri váa káan ku-'iin kíri vaa mikun-'ávan íf pufich'iykáraan-sas soon that to.there 2pl(>3)-arrive-IMPER I.wish that there 2pl(>3)-(two).be I.wish that 2plPOSS-husband truly deer-slayer-PL "Go over there to live! That's where we want you to live! You had better marry those boys, they are such good hunters!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textkári xas kúuk ni-'úum then then to.there 1s(>3)-arrive Then I went to the log. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textkári xás ni-'ûufak pa-taskaná-'anamahich kaan ni-'íipma then to.there be.downhill.slope-bring.downhill the-pole-little there 1s(>3)-return I took my little pole and climbed down. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textkári xás kúuk ni-'uum then then to.there 1s(>3)-arrive Then I went in that direction. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textkári xás kúuk ni-'uum then then to.there 1s(>3)-arrive I went toward it. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textxasík pee-school u-p-vôonupuk-at vaa kúuk i'-uum-éesh then.(future) the-school 3s(>3)-ITER-leave.house-PAST that to.there 2s(>3)-arrive-FUT When the school has let out, you'll go there (to Katimin)." Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás u-xus tîi kúuk kan-íkfuukm-i then 3s(>3)-think let... to.there 1s(>3)-crawl.to-IMPER And he thought, "Let me crawl to it." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás kúuk u-páathma pa-mú-vaas then to.there 3s(>3)-throw.toward the-3sPOSS-blanket And he threw his blanket at it. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás kúuk u-páathma yítha tá kun-íxtiivhar vaa pa-sah'áhup then then to.there 3s(>3)-throw.toward one PERF 3pl(>3s)-play.with that the-driftwood And one threw it to (another), they played with that driftwood. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textpayêem pa-ni-máh-aak pa-saamvároo pa-niní-vaas kúuk ni-paathm-éesh now NOMZ-1s(>3)-see-when the-creek the-1sPOSS-blanket to.there 1s(>3)-throw.toward-FUT "Now when I see a creek, I'll throw my blanket at it. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás p-oo-máh pa-saamvároo ta'ítam kúuk u-paathm-áheen then NOMZ-3s(>3)-see the-creek so to.there 3s(>3)-throw.toward-ANT And when he saw the creek, then he threw (the blanket) at it. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás páy nanu'ávahkam kúuk kin-p-ôonva then sky to.there 3pl>3pl-ITER-take.(people) And they were taken to the sky. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás vúra hûut chí pa-kúuk kun-kupá-'uum-ah-eesh then Intensive how soon NOMZ-to.there 3pl(>3s)-MODAL-arrive-Modal-FUT And how were they to get there? Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textkári xás yiivári kúuk u-'íipma kúkuum u-p-ítkaanvar then then rather.far to.there 3s(>3)-return again 3s(>3)-ITER-spear.fish Then he went away again, he went to spear fish again. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textpa-xuntápan kun-ífik-tih kúuk t-óo kvíripma xás koovúra t-u-'ífik píshiip NOMZ-acorn 3pl(>3s)-pick.up-DUR to.there PERF-3s(>3) run.to then all PERF-3s(>3)-pick.up first When they picked acorns, she would run there, and she would pick them all first. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás u-pêer xáyfaat ík vúra haríxay kâam kúuk i-'íipma then 3s(>3)-say.to don't! must Intensive sometimes little.upriver to.there 2s(>3)-return And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textpa-'ifápiit mu-krívraam kúuk u-'uum the-young.unmarried.woman 3sPOSS-house to.there 3s(>3)-arrive They got to the girl's house. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textkári xás pa-kúuk kun-pávyiihma axmáy vúra fâatva kun-thítiv then then NOMZ-to.there 3pl(>3s)-go.back.to.(pl.) suddenly Intensive something 3pl(>3s)-hear And when they came back there, suddenly they heard something. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textpúyava ichámahich kúuk kun-chúnva-vu-ti you.see one.by.one to.there 3pl(>3s)-hide.oneself-PL.ACT-DUR Then they sneaked up to it one by one. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textxás kúuk ú-kfuukiraa then to.there 3s(>3)-grab And he grabbed in that direction. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full textta'ítam kúuk kun-'úum-aheen so to.there 3pl(>3s)-arrive-ANT So they went there. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textpúyava xás pa-tá kun-'íshunva kári xás pa-'asiktávaan kúuk u-'uum you.see then NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-hide then then the-woman to.there 3s(>3)-arrive So when they buried him (there), then the woman went there. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textxás pa-mu-tat-'îin kun-ipêer îikam kúuk uum-i then the-3sPOSS-mother-TOPIC 3pl(>3s)-say.to outdoors to.there arrive-IMPER And his mother told him, "Go outdoors! Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textxás pá-mita îin kun-síitv-at ú-peen-ti xáyfaat mâam kúuk i-kuníhivraa then NOMZ-near.past TOPIC 3pl(>3s)-steal-PAST 3s(>3)-say.to-DUR don't! uphill to.there 2s(>3)-shoot.over And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textxás mâam kúuk u-kúniihva yiimúsich vúra then uphill to.there 3s(>3)-shoot little.ways.off Intensive So he shot a little ways uphillward. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textváa kúuk u-kvírip-ma pa-'ípa u-nhíshriih-v-at pa-'áthiith so to.there 3s(>3)-run-to NOMZ-PAST 3s(>3)-tie.down-PL.ACT-PAST the-hazel.withe She ran there where she had tied the hazel branches. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full textxás kúuk u-'úum-anik pa-preacher mu-hrôoha then to.there 3s(>3)-arrive-ANC the-preacher 3sPOSS-wife So the preacher's wife went there. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full textvíri-va kúuk tá kun-'ahávoo pá-chishiih so-so to.there PERF 3pl(>3s)-herd.toward the-dog The dogs would herd them there (towards the traps). Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full textvíri-va kúuk tá kun-ívyiihma pa-mukun-'ímpaah so-so to.there PERF 3pl(>3s)-go.to.(pl.) the-3plPOSS-trail (The deer) would go to their paths. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full textpúya-va pa-t-u-súpaah-aak púya-va ukráam kúuk tá kun-ihmárava tá kun-páatvu-naa pa-'ávans-as and.so-so NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-become.day-when and.so-so lake to.there PERF 3pl(>3s)-run.to.there.(pl.) PERF 3pl(>3s)-bathe-PL the-man-PL When day came, they went to a pond, the men bathed. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full textxás sáruk kúuk tá kun-'uum xás úuth ishkêesh-ak tá kun-páatva then downhill to.there PERF 3pl(>3s)-arrive then out.to.water river-Locative PERF 3pl(>3s)-bathe And they went downhill, and they bathed out in the river. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text