Ararahih'urípih
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súva listen!; indicates that an action is audible, often translated 'he heard that . . .'

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5497 | revised Nov 10 2005

súva • INTERJ • listen!; indicates that an action is audible, often translated 'he heard that . . .'

Derivative (1)
súva_nik "so long!"

Source: WB 1261, p 381

  • ôok súva. I can hear it here. [Reference: Harrington "Grammar" 178]
  • súva ník asámyiith uxákeesh, ixusêesh tanupávyiihma. You will hear gravel sound, you will know we have arrived. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 151]

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  1. súva nik   
    so.long!   
    See you later!
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. súva    su’    kuníxruunhitih   
    listen!    inside    they.are.growling   
    I could hear them growling.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  3. saamvároo    ithyárukirukam    súva    as    úxaakti    itharípriik    vúra    hôoyvarihva   
    creek    on.other.side.of.river    listen!    rock    it.is.making.a.noise    fir.forest    Intensive    somewhere.or.other   
    On the other side of the creek I could hear the noise of rocks somewhere in a fir thicket.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. mâa    vúrava    sâam    súva    vúrava    papírish    úxaaktih   
    look!    just    little.downhill    listen!    just    the.brush    it.is.making.a.noise   
    A little downhill I heard a noise in the brush.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  5. súva nik    tá    nimah   
    so.long!    PERF    I.see.it   
    I see it later on (?)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  6. súva nik    numáheesh   
    so.long!    I.will.see.you   
    I will see you later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  7. súva    nik    nupmáheesh   
    listen!    a.little    I.will.see.you   
    I'll see you again.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  8. súva ník    imáan   
    so.long!    tomorrow   
    See you tomorrow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  9. súva    ník    vúra    tá    núvyiihma    núpeesh   
    listen!    a.little    Intensive    PERF    we.arrive    we.will.say   
    You will hear us arrive, we will say so.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  10. súva    ník    asámyiith    uxákeesh    ixusêesh    tá    nupávyiihma   
    listen!    a.little    gravel    it.will.make.a.noise    you.will.know    PERF    we.went.back.to.there   
    You will hear gravel sound, you will know we have arrived.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. ta'ítam    súva    tupakúriihva   
    so    listen!    they.sang   
    So he heard them singing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text