Ararahih'urípih
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naa to come

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4297 | revised Aug 23 2005

naa V • to come

Derivative (1)
írunaa "(pl.) to go, walk, travel"

Source: WB 995, p.368

  • chími ôok naa Come here! [Reference: KV]
  • ôok unáati. He's coming here. [Reference: Harrington "Grammar" 376]


Sentence examples (15)

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  1. pahûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    vaa    vúra    kóo    itíhan    kuméekxaram    nanitúnviiv    vaa    pay'ôok    kun'írunaatiheesh   
    however    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    Intensive    as.much.as    always    its.night    my.children    so    right.here    they.will.pass   
    As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. kári    xas    kunpiip    chími    nu'írunaa    pay    uum    vúra    pihnîichich   
    then    then    they.say    soon    we.go    this    3.SG    Intensive    old.man   
    Then they said: "Let's travel; it is some old man."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  3. xás    mâamvanihich        kun'írunaa   
    then    a.little.uphill.    PERF    they.traveled   
    Then they traveled up slope a little ways.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  4. ôok    naa   
    here    come   
    Come here!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
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  5. pamitípa    ipêen    ôok    naa   
    your.brother    say.to    here    come   
    Go get your brother.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  6. mitípa    ipêen    ôok    naa   
    your.brother    say.to    here    come   
    Go get your brother.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  7. ôok    naa   
    here    come   
    Come here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  8. ikxúrar    tóo    kxánamhach    púyava        kunvítvarakva    páahak    sú'        kun'írunaa   
    evening    it.had    gotten.a.little.dark    you.see    PERF    they.paddled.down.from.upriver    in.boats    inside    PERF    they.traveled   
    It was just getting dark in the evening, then they paddled down from upriver, they traveled in boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  9. xás    koovúra    peekvípaansa    vaa    kunkupa'írunaa   
    then    all    the.runners    so    they.went.in.that.way   
    And all the runners went on that way (i.e., at intervals).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  10. xás    kunpiip    vaa    vúra    kun'írunaatiheesh    patur   
    then    they.say    so    Intensive    they.will.walk    the.basket-load   
    And then they said, "The basket-loads will walk (home by themselves)."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  11. xás    pihnîich    kunipêer    ôok    naa   
    then    old.man    they.told.him    here    come   
    And the old man said, "Come here!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  12. xás    âanaxus    upiip    chími    ôok    naa    chími    nukunaaskúnas-hitih   
    then    weasel    he.said    soon    here    come    soon    we.are.playing.on.the.teeter-totter   
    Then Weasel said, "Come here, let's play on the teeter-totter."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  13. xás    pa'áraar    poo'îinhiti    víriva    musúrukam    kun'írunaatih   
    then    the.people    where.the.falls.were    so    underneath.them    they.were.walking   
    And the people traveled behind where the falls were.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  14. kári    xás    kunpiip    hûut    nukupa'írunaavish   
    then    then    they.said    how    how.we.will.go   
    And they said, "How shall we go?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  15. ta'ítam    vaa    kun'irunaakíraheen   
    so    that    they.went.on.it   
    So they went up on it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text