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

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-ihi Benefactive

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1544 | revised May 07 2013

-ihi • SUFF • Benefactive

Derivatives (5)
ikmárihivrik "to meet (someone) coming"
ikyáviichvih "to work for (someone)"
iphih "to give (two objects) to (someone)"
tachyúrih "give (something) as a present (to someone)"
thárih "to pass to (someone), to transfer to (someone); to pay to (someone)"

Source: WB G754.7

  • pakurîihvihi 'to sing to (someone)' [Reference: WB notes]

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  1. kári    xás    káan    áraar    tóo    kmárihivrik   
    then    then    there    human    he    meet   
    Then he met a man coming there.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. xás    káan    nikmárihivrik    pihnîich    wagon    áxak    padonkey    kunithyúruti   
    then    there    I.met.him    old.man    wagon    two    the.donkey    they.were.pulling.it   
    And I met him, an old man, two donkeys were pulling a wagon.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  3. xás    yitheekúna    tóo    thári    peeshnanichtâapas   
    then    next.one    he.did    pass.to    the.fastest   
    Then he passed her to the next fastest one.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  4. xás    upiip    tâak    naa    kanathárihi   
    then    he.said    give.me!    1sg.    pass.her.to.me   
    And he said, "Here, pass her to me!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  5. xás    upiip    pûuhara    vúra    kanathárihi    chí    kiipáhariithuneeshap   
    then    he.said    no    Intensive    pass.her.to.me    soon    they.will.catch.up.with.you   
    And he said, "No, pass her to me, they're about to catch up with you."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    kunthárih   
    then    then    they.passed.her.to.him   
    So they passed her to him.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  7. túus    máruk    xás    tóo    mah    káan    tóo    kmárihivrik   
    mockingbird    uphill    then    PERF    see    there    PERF    meet   
    He saw Mockingbird uphill, he went to meet him there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    upiip    chími    neepthárihi    panani'ápuroon   
    then    then    he.said    soon    give.me.back    my.charms   
    And he said, "Give me back my charms!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  9. yítha    áraar    apxantínihich    ukyavíichvihitihanik   
    one    human    white.man    he.worked.for   
    A certain Indian once worked for a white man.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text