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

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sêey to not know, to not know how

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5361 | revised Dec 03 2015

sêey • V • to not know, to not know how

Derivative (1)
seeykúupha "to not to get along with (someone)"

Source: WB 1223, p.377

  • ishêeytihum pakúriihva. Don't you know how to sing? [Reference: KV]
  • nuu nusêeyti pávaa kookapákurih. We don't know that kind of song. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 062]

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  1. xas    kunpíip    "nuu    nusêeyti    pávaa    kookapákurih   
    then    they.said    we    we.don't.know.it    that    kind.of.song   
    Then they said, "We don't know that kind of song!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. hãã    víri    vaa    hûutva    kípa    hûutva    kupakupháheesh    tá    naséey   
    yes    so    so    somehow    like    somehow    how.to.do.it    PERF    I.do.not.know   
    How would I do that? I don't know.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  3. víri    manâa    hôoy if    áta    ishêeyti    kumá'ii    peevíikti   
    so    maybe    no.way    maybe    you.don't.know.how    because.of    you're.weaving   
    Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play