Ararahih'urípih
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pi'êep long ago

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5170 | revised Nov 08 2005

pi'êep • ADV • long ago

Source: WB 1111, p.372

  • hûutvava vúra úthvuuytihanik, tapi'êep. I don't know what his name was, it was a long time ago. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 037]
  • xás káan nimáhat pi'êep va'irípraam. And there I saw an old mine. [Reference: DF 05: Finding Gold 002]

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  1. pi'êep   vaa   káan   ta   nee-pshinvárihva  
    long.ago   that   there   PERF   1s-forget  
    A long time ago I forgot.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. xas   kaan   ni-máh-at   pi'êep   va-'irípraam  
    then   there   1s(>3)-see-PAST   long.ago   3sPOSS-mine.(for.ore)  
    There I saw an old mine.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  3. pi'êep    kun-ipí-tih   pa-yupsírihar-as   uum   vaa   xás   mukun-fikríp-ar-as  
    long.ago   3pl(>3s)-say-DUR   the-blind-PL   3.SG   so   then   3plPOSS-pick.out-INST-PL  
    Long ago, they say, the blind people were their sorters.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. pi'êep   pihnêefich   vaa   káan   ú-krii  
    long.ago   coyote   that   there   3s(>3)-live  
    Long ago Coyote lived there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  5. akâay   vaa   káan   ú-kree-nik   pi'êep  
    who   that   there   3s(>3)-live-ANC   long.ago  
    Who lived there long ago?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  6. pi'êep   naní-taat   mu-sára   t-óo   kyav  
    long.ago   1sPOSS-mother   3sPOSS-bread   PERF-3s(>3)   make  
    Long ago my mother made her bread.
    Source: Vina Smith, Biscuits (VS-23) | read full text
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  7. taay   vúra   pa-'ás   pay'ôok   pi'êep  
    much   Intensive   the-rock   right.here   long.ago  
    There were lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  8. pi'êep-vari   kári   naa   nîinamich   kun-ípeen-ti   chími   p-imnîish-i  
    long.ago-toward   then   1sg.   little   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   soon   ITER-cook-IMPER  
    Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  9. 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
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  10. pi'êep   uum   pa-'áraar   ithtítaan-sa-hanik  
    long.ago   3.SG   the-human   gambler-PL-ANC  
    Long ago the people were gamblers.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  11. pa-pi'êep   kun-kupa-'ákunvu-tih-anik   kun-'ákeekvu-tih  
    NOMZ-long.ago   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-hunt-DUR-ANC   3pl(>3s)-carry.long.objects-DUR  
    They carried bows when they hunted, long ago.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text