Ararahih'urípih
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fátaak somewhere ; anywhere

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1291 | revised Jun 26 2014

fátaak PRON • somewhere ; anywhere

Derivation fâat-ak
what-Locative

Derivative (1)
fátaakva "somewhere"

Source: WB 350.1, p. 333

  • xás kunipêer, xáy fátaak i'ûupva paxavin'ávan. And they told her, "Don't dig the xávin root anywhere." [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 007]


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  1. fátaak    xás        nikyívish   
    somewhere    then    PERF    I.fall.down   
    I fell down somewhere.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  2. fátaak    vúra        nipáchish    yítha    kúna    nikyâasip   
    somewhere    Intensive    PERF    I.throw.it.down    one    in.addition    I.start.it   
    I just throw it down somewhere, I start another one.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. hâari    axmáy'ik    vúra    fátaak        kunmah    vaa    vúra    taay    pátayiith    xás    sú'    patá    kun'ûupvakurih   
    sometime    suddenly    Intensive    somewhere    PERF    they.see    that    Intensive    much    the.brodiaea    then    inside    that.has    they.dig.into.it.for.roots   
    Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  4. akvaat    fátaak    ukyívunih   
    raccoon    somewhere    he.fell.downwards   
    The raccoon fell out of the tree.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  5. fátaak    nivâarameesh   
    somewhere    I.am.going.to.go   
    I'm going somewhere.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  6. koovúra    mímyaahti    vaa    ikupítiheesh    fátaak    á'    ikûuntakoovish   
    all    your.life    so    you.will.be.doing    somewhere    above    you.will.sit.on.it   
    All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  7. kári    xás    kunipêer    mímyaahti    hûutva    kóo    mímyaahti    vúra    iim    fátaak    asasúruk    vaa    káan    i'ifchíkinkutiheesh   
    then    then    they.say    your.life    somehow    as.much.as    your.life    Intensive    2sg.    somewhere    under.a.rock    so    there    you.will.be.stuck.onto.it   
    And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  8. kúkuum    fátaak        kunmáh    ikxaréeyav    tu'íifship   
    again    somewhere    PERF    they.saw    spirit.person    he.had.grown.up   
    Again somewhere they would see that a spirit had grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  9. fátaak    kúna    tóo    sriv   
    somewhere    in.addition    he.has    target-shooting   
    They did target-shooting someplace.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text
  10. vúra    fátaak    xás    yáv    u'íihya   
    Intensive    somewhere    then    good    it.stands   
    Some places (the trees) are good
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text