Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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yúfish salt

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7115 | revised Feb 15 2016

yúfish • N • salt

Derivatives (4)
kahyúfish "upriver salt, from near Captain's place, delicious in salmon soup"
yúfishar "salty"
yufíshiipux "unsalted"
yúfithha "to eat with salt"

Source: WB 1684, p.402

  • tâak payúfish. Give me the salt! [Reference: Richardson 1993:14]

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  1. yúfish-h-i   pa-'áama  
    salt-DENOM-DENOM   the-salmon  
    Salt the fish.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  2. 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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  3. yúfish-h-i   pa-pufich'íish  
    salt-DENOM-DENOM   the-deermeat  
    Salt the deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  4. naa   íp   ni-yúfish-h-at   pa-pufích'iish  
    1sg.   PAST   1s(>3)-salt-DENOM-PAST   the-deermeat  
    I put salt on the deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  5. tâak   pa-yúfish  
    give.me!   the-salt  
    Hand me (some) salt.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  6. yúfish   káru   ni-'ihrôo-vish   vaa   pa-niní-vuh   ni-pithxáh-eesh  
    salt   also   1s(>3)-use-FUT   so   the-1sPOSS-tooth   1s(>3)-wash-FUT  
    I am going to use salt to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  7. yúfish   ni-'ihrôo-vish   vaa   káru   ni-pithxáh-eesh   pa-naní-vuh  
    salt   1s(>3)-use-FUT   so   there   1s(>3)-wash-FUT   the-1sPOSS-tooth  
    I am going to use salt to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  8. tâak   pa-yúfish  
    give.me!   the-salt  
    Hand me the salt.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  9. sáran   sii   káru   yúfish   káru   asúxiim   káru   rope  
    go.get.(things)   awl   also   salt   also   sugar-pine.gum   also   rope  
    Go get nails and salt and sugar and rope!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text