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vôonfuruk to enter a house

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6606 | revised Jan 14 2016

vôonfuruk • V • to enter a house

Literally: 'to crawl indoors'

Derivation:  vôor-fúruk
creep-indoors

Source: WB 563.2, p.395

Note: Used of Indian houses because of their low doors, and by extension of white men's houses also.

  • chími vôonfuruki, kûurish. Come on in and sit down! [Reference: KV]
  • xás iinâak kun'iruvôonfuruk. Then they went inside the living house. [Reference: TK 265.4]

Sentence examples (28)


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  1. xás   u-vôonfuruk  
    then   3s(>3)-enter.a.house  
    Then he went in.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. chavúra   tá   pâanpay   axmáy   pihnêefich   u-p-vôonfuruk  
    finally   PERF   after.while   suddenly   coyote   3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house  
    Then after a while once Coyote came back into the house.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. chavúra   pâanpay   iinâak   u-p-vôonfuruk  
    finally   after.while   indoors   3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house  
    Then a little later on he came into the living house (from the sweathouse).
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  4. pa-chishíih   t-óo   p-vôonfuruk  
    the-dog   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-enter.a.house  
    The dog came back inside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. pa-púufich   îinaak   t-u-vôonfuruk  
    the-deer   indoors   PERF-3s(>3)-enter.a.house  
    The deer came inside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  6. pa-púufich   îinaak   t-u-vôonfuruk  
    the-deer   indoors   PERF-3s(>3)-enter.a.house  
    The deer came inside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  7. pa-chíshiih   iinâak   vôonfuruk  
    the-dog   indoors   enter.a.house  
    Put the dog in the house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  8. pa-chínim   pa-'ipíta   iinâak   u-vôonfuruk-a-tih  
    the-skunk.sp.   NOMZ-yesterday   indoors   3s(>3)-enter.a.house--DUR  
    There was a skunk inside the house yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  9. iinâak   t-u-vôonfuruk  
    indoors   PERF-3s(>3)-enter.a.house  
    He is going inside the house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  10. vôonfuruk  
    enter.a.house  
    Come in.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  11. íp   p-ee-vôonfuruk   íp   kúnish   vaa   i-furáthfip-tih  
    PAST   NOMZ-2s(>3)-enter.a.house   PAST   sort.of   that   2s(>3)-be.nervous-DUR  
    It seemed like you were cranky when you came in.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. íp   p-oo-vôonfuruk   u-ksáah-tih  
    PAST   NOMZ-3s(>3)-enter.a.house   3s(>3)-laugh-DUR  
    When she came in the house she was laughing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. uum   káru   p-oo-vôonfuruk-a-ti   pu-yáv   ipmahóonkoona-tih-ara  
    3.SG   also   NOMZ-3s(>3)-enter.a.house--DUR   NEG-good   feel-DUR-NEG  
    And when she came in she was not feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  14. kári   xás   iinâak   u-vôonfuruk   ikmaháchraam  
    then   then   indoors   3s(>3)-enter.a.house   sweathouse  
    Then he crawled into a sweathouse.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  15. xás   u-vôonfuruk  
    then   3s(>3)-enter.a.house  
    So he crawled inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  16. xás   pa-kéevniikich   u-píip   víri   naa   chími   vôonfuruk-i  
    then   the-old.woman.(dimin.)   3s(>3)-say   so   1sg.   soon   enter.a.house-IMPER  
    And the old woman said, "Well, come in.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  17. âanxus   u-vôonfuruk  
    weasel   3s(>3)-enter.a.house  
    Weasel went in the house.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  18. xás   pa-mú-'arama   u-vôonfuruk  
    then   the-3sPOSS-child   3s(>3)-enter.a.house  
    And her child came in.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  19. kári   xás   axmáy   u-p-vôonfuruk   pa-thufkírik  
    then   then   suddenly   3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house   the-owl.sp.  
    And suddenly Owl came in again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  20. kári   xás   p-oo-'íipma   xás   u-p-vôonfuruk   iinâak  
    then   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-return   then   3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house   indoors  
    And when he got there, he crawled inside again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  21. xás   u-'íkihvu-ti   p-oo-p-vôonfuruk   maath   p-óo-ktaam-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-grunt-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house   heavy   NOMZ-3s(>3)-hold.in.hand-DUR  
    And (Bear) was grunting as she came in, as she was carrying a heavy load.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  22. xás   kun-iru-vôonfuruk  
    then   3pl(>3s)-PL-enter.a.house  
    And they went in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  23. xás   kun-ipêer   chími   vôonfuruk-i  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   enter.a.house-IMPER  
    Then (the girls) told him, "Come in!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  24. xás   kun-ipêer   chími   vôonfuruk-i   iim   kahyuras'afishríhan  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   enter.a.house-IMPER   2sg.   Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man  
    They told him, "Come in, you Klamath Lakes Young Man!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  25. xás   iinâak   u-p-vôonfuruk  
    then   indoors   3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house  
    Then he went back inside.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  26. kári   xás   ikxáram   axmáy   u-thítiv   axmáy   u-vôonfuruk   pa-'apurúvaan  
    then   then   night   suddenly   3s(>3)-hear   suddenly   3s(>3)-enter.a.house   the-sorcerer  
    Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  27. kári   xás   pa-'apurúvaan   u-p-vôonfuruk  
    then   then   the-sorcerer   3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house  
    Then the devil came back in the house.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  28. xás   t-óo   p-vôonfuruk  
    then   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-enter.a.house  
    And she came indoors again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text