Ararahih'urípih
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tháfip to devour, to eat up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5851 | revised Dec 29 2015

tháfip • V • to devour, to eat up

Derivation:  tha-fip
tha--completely

Derivatives (5)
chafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
thafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
thafípkaanva "to eat all up"
tháfipship "to eat up everything"
tháfipshur "to eat up off of"

Source: WB 1414, p.388

  • púyava uxus, púyava hínupa ôok páy patakintháfip . So he thought, "This is the place they ate them up here." [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 029]
  • chavúra koovúra utháfip, pamukunpiykiríkir vaa káru utháfip. Finally (Coyote) ate up everything, he even ate up their ladders. [Reference: WB T3.133]

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  1. koovúra    vúra    miputíruh    nitháfipeesh   
    all    Intensive    your.potato    I.will.eat   
    I am going to eat all of your potatoes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  2. koovúra    titháfip    pa'áv   
    all    you.have.eaten.it.up    the.food   
    You ate up all the food.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  3. koovúra    panitháfiiptih   
    all    that.I.ate.it   
    I ate all of it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  4. koovúra    titháfip    pa'áama   
    all    you.devoured.it    the.salmon   
    You ate up all the salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  5. koovúra    titháfip    pa'áama    púfaat    vúra    naa   
    all    you.devoured.it    the.salmon    nothing    Intensive    1sg.   
    You ate up all the salmon, and I don't have any.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. íim    titháfip    pa'áama   
    2sg.    you.devoured.it.    the.salmon   
    You ate up the salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. chavúra    koovúra    utháfip    pamukunpiykiríkir    vaa    káru    vúra    utháfip   
    finally    all    he.devoured.them    their.ladder    that    also    Intensive    he.devoured.it   
    Finally he ate them all up, he ate their ladder up too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. vaa    pávaa    tá    kupavêenahan    koovúra    tutháfip    panunupatúmkir   
    that    who.that    PERF    one.who.made.mischief    all    he.has.devoured.them    our.pillows   
    That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. xás    uthafipshîip   
    then    he.ate.them.all.up   
    He ate them all up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. ta'ítam    vúra    uchafipáyaachha   
    so    Intensive    he.ate.them.all.up   
    So he ate them all up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  11. kári    xás    upiip    achiimuuchpihnîich    akâay    tutháfip    naníxraat   
    then    then    he.said    Old.Man.Lizard    who    he.has.eaten.them.up    my.gooseberries   
    Then Old Man Lizard said, "Who ate up my gooseberries?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  12. kári    xás    uthafípkaanva    vúra    tuxuniháyaachha   
    then    then    he.ate.them.all.up    Intensive    he.had.been.very.hungry   
    And he ate them all up, he was really hungry.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  13. káruma    titháfipaheen    pananupatúmkir   
    in.fact    you.have.eaten.them.up    our.pillows   
    You ate up our pillows!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  14. víri    póo'av    hínupa    vúra    tutháfip    xás    ífuth    xás    úpxuuspa   
    so    when.he.ate.it    surprise    Intensive    he.had.devoured.it    then    afterward    then    he.realized.it   
    When he ate it, he devoured it (all), and (only) afterwards did he realize it.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text