Ararahih'urípih
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xúriha / xúrihi- to be hungry

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6924 | revised Jun 09 2023

xúriha / xúrihi- • V • to be hungry

Derivatives (4)
xúnihanach "woman's name, Mary Sneaden"
xuniháyaachha "to be very hungry"
xúriha "hunger"
xúrihar "woman's name"

Source: WB 1635, p.398

Note: First person sg. subject can be na- or ni-, e.g. tanaxúriha or tanixúriha 'I'm hungry'. Cf. xuun 'acorn soup ; acorn mush' .

  • teexúrihahum. Are you hungry? [Reference: KV]
  • xás vúra tooxúriha pihnêefich. And Coyote was hungry. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 130]

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  1. t-óo   xúriha  
    PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry  
    He's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  2. t-óo   xúriha  
    PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry  
    He's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  3. uum   t-óo   xúriha  
    3.SG   PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry  
    He's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  4. tá   na-xúriha   naa  
    PERF   1s-be.hungry   1sg.  
    I am hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  5. naa   tá   na-xúriha  
    1sg.   PERF   1s-be.hungry  
    I am hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  6. naa   vúra   tá   na-xúriha   puxích  
    1sg.   Intensive   PERF   1s-be.hungry   very.much  
    I am really hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  7. naa   vúra   pu-na-xúrihi-tih-ara  
    1sg.   Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-be.hungry-DUR-NEG  
    I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  8. máh’iit   íp   na-xúrihi-tih-at   payêem   uum   pu-na-xúrihi-tih-ara  
    morning   PAST   1s-be.hungry-DUR-PAST   now   3.SG   NEG-1s(>3)-be.hungry-DUR-NEG  
    I was hungry this morning, but now I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  9. máh’iit   na-xúrihi-tih-at  
    morning   1s-be.hungry-DUR-PAST  
    I was hungry this morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  10. máh’iit   íp   na-xúrihi-tih-at  
    morning   PAST   1s-be.hungry-DUR-PAST  
    I was hungry this morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  11. payêem   uum   pu-na-xúrihi-tih-ara  
    now   3.SG   NEG-1s(>3)-be.hungry-DUR-NEG  
    Now I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  12. t-ee-xúriha   hum  
    PERF-2s(>3)-be.hungry   or  
    Are you hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  13. iim   káru   t-ee-xúriha  
    2sg.   also   PERF-2s(>3)-be.hungry  
    You are hungry, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  14. íkiich   t-ée   xúriha  
    maybe   PERF-2s(>3)   be.hungry  
    Maybe you are hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  15. tá   na-xúriha  
    PERF   1s-be.hungry  
    I am hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  16. pu-na-xúrihi-tih-ara  
    NEG-1s-be.hungry-DUR-NEG  
    I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  17. iimkun   tá   ku-xúriha  
    2pl.   PERF   2pl(>3)-be.hungry  
    Are you guys hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  18. tá   ku-xúriha   hum  
    PERF   2pl(>3)-be.hungry   or  
    Are you guys hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  19. t-ée   xúriha   hum  
    PERF-2s(>3)   be.hungry   or  
    Are you hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  20. íkiich   t-óo   xúriha  
    maybe   PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry  
    Maybe she's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  21. pa-púsihich   vúra   uum   t-óo   xúriha   vúra   uum   taay   u-'áv-eesh  
    the-cat.(dimin.)   Intensive   3.SG   PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry   Intensive   3.SG   much   3s(>3)-eat-FUT  
    The cat is really hungry and is going to eat a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about a cat (VS-34b) | read full text
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  22. t-óo   xúriha  
    PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry  
    He's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about a cat (VS-34b) | read full text
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  23. t-ee-xúriha   hum  
    PERF-2s(>3)-be.hungry   or  
    Are you hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  24. vúra   kúnish   tá   na-xúriha  
    Intensive   sort.of   PERF   1s-be.hungry  
    I'm sort of hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  25. oo   vúra   uum   puxich   tá   na-xúriha  
    oh!   Intensive   3.SG   very.much   PERF   1s-be.hungry  
    I am really hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  26. hãã   vúra   puxich   tá   na-xúriha  
    yes   Intensive   very.much   PERF   1s-be.hungry  
    Yes, I am really hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  27. kóova   t-u-'áxaska   t-óo   xúriha  
    so   PERF-3s(>3)-be.thin   PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry  
    He was so thin, he was hungry.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  28. xás   vúra   t-óo   xúriha   pihnêefich  
    then   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry   coyote  
    And Coyote was hungry.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  29. xás   vúra   t-óo   xúriha  
    then   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry  
    And he got hungry.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  30. xás   vúra   t-óo   xúriha  
    then   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   be.hungry  
    And he was hungry.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  31. kári   xás   u-piip   tá   na-xúriha  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   PERF   1s-be.hungry  
    And he said, "I'm hungry.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  32. xás   vaa   uum   tá   kun-xúrihi-naa  
    then   so   3.SG   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.hungry-PL  
    And they were hungry.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  33. ayu'âach   vúra   uum   tá   na-xúriha  
    it.was.because   Intensive   3.SG   PERF   1s-be.hungry  
    It's because I'm hungry."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  34. púyava   vaa   tá   kun-xúriha   p-áaxiich  
    you.see   so   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.hungry   the-child  
    The children were hungry.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  35. xás   yaas'ara-'îin   kun-ipêer   iim   kumá'ii   pa-'ára   u-'íin-ahaak   i-'áam-tih-eesh-ap   vaa   kúth   pu-haríxay   xúrihi-tih-eesh  
    then   rich.person-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to   2sg.   because.of   NOMZ-person   3s(>3)-exist-when   2s(>3)-eat-DUR-FUT-INV   so   because.of   NEG-sometimes   be.hungry-DUR-FUT  
    Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  36. púyava   kári   xás   koovúra   kuma-keemishatunvêechas   tá   kun-xúrihi-naa   aayâach   púfaat   pa-púufich   ôok   kum-eethívthaaneen  
    you.see   then   then   all   3sPOSS-little.wild.animals   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.hungry-PL   it.was.because   nothing   the-deer   here   3sPOSS-land  
    So then all the little wild animals were hungry, it was because there was no deer meat in this world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  37. nuu   tá   nu-xúrihi-naa   káru   tá   nú-kviitha  
    we   PERF   1pl(>3)-be.hungry-PL   also   PERF   1pl(>3)-sleep  
    We're hungry and we're sleeping.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  38. ishrív-aan-sas   tá   kun-xúrihi-naa   yáas   kun-'áam-tih  
    target-shooting-Agentive-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.hungry-PL   then   3pl(>3s)-eat-DUR  
    The target-shooters got hungry, then they ate.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text