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1. xás   pimaníh'aama   ú-paanik   "naa   vúra   pishîich   yaas'ára   îin   ná-'aam-tih-eesh   then   summer.salmon   3s(>3)-say.(ancient)   "1sg.   Intensive   first   rich.person   TOPIC   2s/3s>1s-eat-DUR-FUT

   Then Summer Salmon said: “Human will eat me the first thing (when I get there).” Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

2. káru   uum   achvúun   ú-paanik   "naa   vúra   pishîich   yaas'ára   îin   ná-'aam-tih-eesh   pa-ni-'îipma-haak   also   3.SG   hookbill.salmon   3s(>3)-say.(ancient)   "1sg.   Intensive   first   rich.person   TOPIC   2s/3s>1s-eat-DUR-FUT   NOMZ-1s(>3)-return-when

   And Hookbill said: “Human will eat me the first thing, when I get there.” Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

3. káru   akraah   uum   ú-paanik   "naa   káru   pishîich   ni-'ípak-tih-eesh   xátikrupma   also   eel   3.SG   3s(>3)-say.(ancient)   "1sg.   also   first   1s(>3)-come.back-DUR-FUT   springtime

   And the Eel said: “I will also get there first in the spring.” Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

4. pi'êep   pa-ni-yáan'iiftihan-haak   pa-'ôok   káruk   vee-thívthaaneen   pishîich   ni-'úum-haak   pa-panámniik   pishîich   ni-'úum-haak   naa   vúra   xakitrahyar   káru   yítha   hárinay   kích   tá   ní-krii   long.ago   NOMZ-1s(>3)-young.person-when   NOMZ-here   upriver   3sPOSS-land   first   1s(>3)-arrive-when   NOMZ-Orleans   first   1s(>3)-arrive-when   1sg.   Intensive   twenty   also   one   year   only   PERF   1s(>3)-live

   Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old. Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text Spoken by William Bright | Download | Play

5. kári   xás   pihnêefich   mú-'aan   píshiich   kun-kuníh-uraa   then   then   coyote   3sPOSS-string   first   3pl(>3s)-shoot-up

   And they shot Coyote's string up first. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

6. kári   xás   akvíish-ich   u-piip   naa   píshiich   then   then   wildcat-DIM   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   first

   And Wildcat said, "Me first. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

7. takús   u-piip   naa   píshiich   ni-ikrîishrih-eesh   pelican   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   first   1s(>3)-sit.down-FUT

   Pelican said, "I'll sit down first." Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

8. xás   vúra   mah'íitnihach   pishíich   u-'imkatáxrah-varak   then   Intensive   early.morning   first   3s(>3)-be.bright-down.from.upriver

   And (when she looked) the light was first coming down from upriver, early in the morning. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

9. píshiich   pa-kun-'áraarahi-ti   pa-'asiktávaan-sas   ápkaas   kun-'íshum-tih   first   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR   the-woman-PL   iris.sp.   3pl(>3s)-scrape.iris-DUR

   As they lived at first, the women scraped iris leaves. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

10. pishiich-tâapas   kun-íshriim-tih   first-most   3pl(>3s)-shoot.at.targets-DUR

    They shot at targets first of all. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

11. píshiich   tá   nu-'ahíshriih-v-an-va   first   PERF   1pl(>3)-set.fire-PL.ACT-go.to-PL.ACT

    First we went and set fires. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

12. aah   píshiich   tá   kun-íkyav   fire   first   PERF   3pl(>3s)-make

    First they built a fire. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

13. Mister Gifford   pishíich   mít   ka'tim'îin   u-'úum-at   Mister Gifford   first   near.past   Ishi.Pishi.Falls   3s(>3)-arrive-PAST

    Mr. Gifford went first to Katimin. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text