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

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

This is the public version of Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the password-protected private version (which includes some restricted-access text content).


New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency


Search Index

áasish / áasishrih- to lie down, to go to bed

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #52 | revised Oct 31 2014

áasish / áasishrih- V • to lie down, to go to bed

Derivation ásiv-ish
go.to.bed-down

Source: WB 157.4, p.323

Note: With irreg. morphophonemics.

  • âapun vúra kúnish u'asishrîihvuti xákarari vúra patu'úumahaak. It was like he pretty near lay down on the ground [in dancing] as he reached each end of the line.\rf KS42. Rabbit and Snow 010 [Reference: KT 153.30]
  • xasík mupîimich ni'aasíshriheesh. I am going to lie down by her. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 034]
  • xás kun'asíshriihvunaa. And they went to bed. [Reference: KT 153.30]


Sentence examples (15)


Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. u-xús   chími   kán-'aasish   ôok   p-eekmaháchraam  
    3s(>3)-think   soon   1s(>3)-lie.down   here   the-sweathouse  
    He thought: "Let me lie down here, in the sweathouse."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  2. chavúra      xánahishich   chími   axmáy   u-'áasish   patápriha-k   vúra   t-óo   mchax      pu-kunish   kêena-tih-ara  
    finally   PERF   little.while   soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-lie.down   paved.floor-Locative   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   get.hot   PERF   NEG-sort.of   move-DUR-NEG  
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  3. nu   ni-'áasish   ni-kvíit-ha   xás   vúra   fâatva   ni-thítiv  
       1s(>3)-lie.down   1s(>3)-sleep   then   Intensive   something   1s(>3)-hear  
    When I was sleeping I heard something.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  4. íp   u-'áasishrih-at  
    PAST   3s(>3)-lie.down-PAST  
    She lay down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  5. íp   u-'áasishri-heen   kúnish   vaa   pu-yáv   ipmahóonkoona-tih-ara  
    PAST   3s(>3)-lie.down-ANT   sort.of   that   NEG-good   feel-DUR-NEG  
    She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  6. naa   payêem   ni-'aasíshrih-eesh  
    1sg.   now   1s(>3)-lie.down-FUT  
    I'm going to lie down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  7. payôok   áasishrih  
    right.here   lie.down  
    Lie down here!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  8. koovúra   nu-'áasishrih-inaa  
    all   1pl(>3)-lie.down-PL  
    We are all lying down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  9. xás   vaa   káan   ahup'iyvoorá-maam   káan   u-'áasish  
    then   so   there   woodpile-behind   there   3s(>3)-lie.down  
    And he lay down there behind the woodpile.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  10. xás   ahúp-maam   kúuk   u-'uum   xás   u-'áasish  
    then   wood-behind   to   3s(>3)-arrive   then   3s(>3)-lie.down  
    And he went behind the woodpile, and he lay down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  11. xás   pihnêefich   u-'áasish   naa      -kviit-ha  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-lie.down   1sg.   PERF   1s(>3)-sleep  
    Then Coyote lay down, (he said), "I'm going to sleep."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  12. xás   asúuxar   kun-'asíshriih-va  
    then   fasting   3pl(>3s)-lie.down-PL.ACT  
    And they went to bed without eating.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  13. kári   xás   uum   u-'áasish   ahinám-tiimich  
    then   then   3.SG   3s(>3)-lie.down   fireplace-very.edge  
    And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  14. xás   pa-'avansáxiitichas      kun-'áasishrih  
    then   the-boy   PERF   3pl(>3s)-lie.down  
    The little boys had gone to bed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  15. xás   p-oo-vôonupuk   káan   u-'áasish  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-leave.house   there   3s(>3)-lie.down  
    And when he came out (of the sweathouse), he lay down there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text