Ararahih'urípih
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-kan Locative; at, in, to

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3736 | revised Aug 22 2005

-kan SUFF • Locative; at, in, to

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Note: Alternant of -k 'locative'; occurs irregularly with a few nouns, e.g. tíikan 'in the hand', sipnúukan 'in the storage basket'.


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  1. xas    upíip    chími    kiik'íchunvi    sípnuukan    kiik'iruváramnihi   
    then    he.said    soon    you.guys.hide.yourselves    storage.basket.in    you.guys.get.into.it   
    But (the old man) had said, "You had better hide! Get into the storage basket, quick!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. kúna    vúra    patapasihêeraha    uum    kúnish    axváhahar    tíikyan    ár    uxváhahiti    patu'áffishahaak    patapasihêeraha   
    in.addition    Intensive    the.real.tobacco    3.SG    sort.of    having.been.made.sticky    in.the.hand    person    it.makes.it.sticky    when.one.touches.it    the.real.tobacco   
    But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
  3. áxak    pa'ápsuun     vaa    káankan    kuntháaniv     asímnaam   
    two    the.snake    that    there    they.lie    bed   
    Two snakes are sitting on the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  4. peekxaréeyav    yíchakanach    koovúra    kunpamfipishniháyaacha   
    the.god    all.in.one.place    all    they.come.together   
    The gods all gathered together.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play
  5. kári    xás    tóo    psáansip    patayíith    tishnamkanvínusunach   
    then    then    he.has    carry.back    the.brodiaeas    skunk.sp.   
    Then (the type of skunk called) tishnamkanvínusunach carried off the brodiaeas
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  6. víri    vaa    kunkupitih    pathakan'ávak        kunthataktakúraan    pamukunyáfus    pamukunyupastáran    mûuk    pakun'ívunti    kahyuras'afishríhan   
    so    so    they.were.doing.it    above.the.knee    PERF    they.were.tattered    their.dresses    their.tears    with.(by.means.of)    that.they.were.crying.for.him    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man   
    They did this, their dresses were all tattered up above the knees from the tears that they were weeping for Klamath Lakes Young Man.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  7. kári    xás    pamukun'ikrívraam    usúruruprinahiti    yíthakan   
    then    then    their.house    a.hole.was.through.it    in.one.place   
    And there was a hole through (the wall of) their house at one place.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  8. xás    sipnúukan    kunmáhyaanatih    afrúus    kunfíkriiptih   
    then    storage.basket.in    they.put.them.in    mildewed.acorns    they.separated.them   
    And they put them in a storage basket, they separated out the mildewed acorns.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text
  9. xás    tíikan    uyuuhrámnih    xás    pa'arataanva'úpas    úktaamti    tíikan   
    then    hand    she.spit.into    then    the.pain-saliva    she.held    hand.   
    And she spat into her hands, and she held the pain-saliva in her hands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text