Ararahih'urípih
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vishtar / vishtan- to like, to want (food)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6580 | revised Jan 14 2016

vishtar / vishtan- • V • to like, to want (food)

Derivatives (2)
vishtáninuv "to be greedy"
vishtar "favorite food"

Source: WB 1556, p.395

Note: Also applied to tobacco (TK 183.3).

  • naa pananíxuun túus nivíshtaanti. I like my acorn soup thick. [Reference: KV]
  • pâanpay takunishxêeh, xás tákun'av, xás takunvíshtar. After a while (the women) gave them some, and (the people) ate it and they liked it. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 006]

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  1. na-víshtaan-ti   áay-as  
    1s-like.(food)-DUR   grape-PL  
    I like grapes.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. xas   u-pakúriihva   "súnunuk   á-ni-nak   ki-yánee   náa   pu-váfish   na-vishtan-tih-ara  
    then   3s(>3)-sing.songs   "secretly   á-ni-nak   ki-yánee   1sg.   NEG-liver   1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR-NEG  
    And he started singing, "In secret...Tra-la-la...I don't like liver.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   hinupáy   u-víshtaan-ti   sunyithih'ásar  
    then   then   surprise   3s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR   chinquapin.nut.juicy  
    Because he liked chestnut mush.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  4. xás   kúnish   vúra   t-óo   xus   "vúra   ni-'av-eesh   kóova   t-u-víshtar   p-óo-muustih  
    then   sort.of   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   think   "Intensive   1s(>3)-eat-FUT   so   PERF-3s(>3)-like.(food)   NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.at  
    He was thinking as it were: "I'll have to eat it," he got such an appetite for it as he looked at it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  5. vúra   t-u-víshtar  
    Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-like.(food)  
    He liked it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  6. víshtaan-tih  
    like.(food)-DUR  
    (You) like it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
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  7. páy   úm   i-víshtaan-tih  
    this   or   2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    Do you like this?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
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  8. fâat   kuma-'ávah   p-ee-víshtaan-tih  
    what   3sPOSS-food   NOMZ-2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    What kind of food do you like to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  9. áama   úm   i-víshtaan-tih  
    salmon   or   2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    Do you like salmon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  10. hãã   áama   ni-víshtaan-tih  
    yes   salmon   1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    Yes, I like salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  11. hãã   naa   áama   karu   ni-víshtaan-tih  
    yes   1sg.   salmon   also   1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    Yes, I also like salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  12. i-víshtaan-tih   húm   pa-'ákraah  
    2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR   or   the-eel  
    Do you like eels?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  13. arará'ish   ni-víshtaan-tih  
       1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    I like to drink the indian drink.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  14. naa   yúfish   ni-víshtaan-tih  
    1sg.   salt   1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    I like salt.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  15. pa-pufích'iish   úm   i-víshtaan-tih  
    the-deermeat   or   2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    Do you like deer meat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  16. uum   pa-pufich'íish   u-víshtaan-tih  
    3.SG   the-deermeat   3s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    He likes deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  17. uxraah   ni-víshtaan-tih  
    berry   1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    I like berries.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  18. iim   uxraah   i-víshtaan-tih  
    2sg.   berry   2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    Do you like berries?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  19. púun   ni-víshtaan-tih  
    cherry   1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    I like cherries.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  20. akvaat   húm   i-víshtaan-tih  
    raccoon   or   2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    Do you like (to eat) raccoon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  21. tá   na-víshtar  
    PERF   1s-like.(food)  
    I like it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  22. fâat   i-víshtaan-tih   musmús-'iish   káru   nakísh-'iish  
    what   2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR   cow-flesh   also   pig-flesh  
    What do you want, beef or pork?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  23. naa   musmús-'iish   ni-víshtáan-tih  
    1sg.   cow-flesh   1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    I like beef.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  24. úchish   húm   i-víshtaan-tih  
    milk   or   2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    Do you like milk?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  25. xás   u-xú-ti   vaa   kíp   kôok   u-víshvaan-ti   xathímtas  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   that   just   kind   3s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR   roasted.grasshoppers  
    And he thought, "He just likes that kind, roasted grasshoppers."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  26. yánava   u-pí-tih   cháfich   kích   na-víshtaan-tih  
    visible   3s(>3)-say-DUR   bone.to.gnaw   only   1s-like.(food)-DUR  
    They saw he was saying, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  27. vaa   u-kupa-pakurîihv-ahi-tih   cháfich   kích   na-víshtaan-tih  
    so   3s(>3)-MODAL-sing.songs-Modal-DUR   bone.to.gnaw   only   1s-like.(food)-DUR  
    He was singing that, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  28. xás   pa-pihnîich   vaa   vúra   u-pakurîihvu-tih   cháfich   kích   na-víshtaan-tih  
    then   the-old.man   so   Intensive   3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR   bone.to.gnaw   only   1s-like.(food)-DUR  
    And the old man was singing that way, "I just want a bone to chew on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text