Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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-oo Habitual

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4384 | revised Nov 08 2005

-oo • SUFF • Habitual

Derivatives (5)
ahávoo "herd toward"
akúnvoo "to hunt sometimes"
inóohvoo "(pl.) to stay all the time"
itvuvóo "to keep looking"
úmoo "to go habitually"

Sentence examples (3)

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  1. pu-'áapúnmu-ti-hara   hôoy   vaa   p-oo-vȃaram-oo-tih  
    NEG-know-DUR-NEG   where   so   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go-HAB-DUR  
    She did not know where he kept going all the time.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  2. xás   u-xus   hôoy   áta   kun-iyaarám-oo-tih   pa-t-óo   kxurarah-aak  
    then   3s(>3)-think   where   maybe   3pl(>3s)-(two.people).go-HAB-DUR   the-PERF-3s(>3)   become.evening-when  
    And he thought, "I wonder where they always go when evening comes?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  3. xás   mah'íitnihach   uum   vúrava   u-kvatan-k-ôo-tih  
    then   early.morning   3.SG   just   3s(>3)-go.get.sweathouse.wood-to-HAB-DUR  
    So he always went early in the morning to gather sweathouse wood.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text