Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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máva here! there! look!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4235 | revised Aug 22 2005

máva • INTERJ • here! there! look! Variant: mâa.

Source: WB 973, p.367

Note: A contracted form is mâa.

  • máva tuvâaram. There he goes! [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 156.]
  • máva payôok. Here it is. [Reference: Richardson 1993:26]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. mâa-va   yúruk   u-kvíriprup-anik  
    here!-INDEF   downriver   3s(>3)-run.off..downriver-ANC  
    Then he ran down river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. xás   u-piip   máva   sâam  
    then   3s(>3)-say   here!   little.downhill  
    And she said, "There downhill."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   u-xus   máva   aaníhich   tá   kun-chífich  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   here!   my.older.brother   PERF   3pl(>3s)-beat  
    And he thought, "Look, big brother's getting beaten."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text