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

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-a deverbative

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lexicon ID #1 | revised Jan 27 2014

-a SUFF • deverbative

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Note: Alternates with zero, as in pathrih(a) 'rain', from pathrih 'to rain'.


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  1. karu    kâakum    kumatupichas-háyaachas    xakinivki'itráhyar    chávura    nimma    koovura   
    also    some    its.quite.small.ones    seventy    finally    I.found.them    all   
    Then there were a lot of smaller ones, so that in the end I had seventy dollars in all.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text
  2. peheeraha'íppa    uum    vúra    iváxra    kúnish    koovúra    pu'ássarhara    sákriiv   
    the.tobacco.plant    3.SG    Intensive    dryish    sort.of    all    not.juicy    hard   
    The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  3. xás    yánava    éeruun    vúra    impukáchnihich   
    then    visible    vacant    Intensive    nice.warm.place   
    And he saw it was vacant, it was a nice warm place.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  4. tuyáavha    pavá'iipma   
    he.was.in.a.hurry    its.return   
    He was in a hurry to get back (home).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  5. imustihayêepsha    káru    akúnvaansa   
    good-looking.ones    also    hunters   
    They were good-looking and (good) hunters.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  6. kári    xás    tupikyaanáyaachha   
    then    then    he.had.finished.it.good   
    And he finished it good.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  7. peekxúrar    púvaxay    thivrúhish    koovúra    axupa'ithvutiharamúrax   
    the.evening    not.yet    float.ashore    all    nothing.but.those.carrying.dressed.deer.meat.on.the.back   
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  8. xás    vúra    uum    vikakêemich   
    then    Intensive    3.SG    bad.weaver   
    And she was a poor weaver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  9. púyava    pootáyiithharati    yíiv    vúra        kun'aramsípriin    kúnikvárishtih    xáat    káru    vikakêemich   
    you.see    when.she.lashed.the.base.of.a.basket    far    Intensive    PERF    they.came.from    they.buy.from.her    may    also    bad.weaver   
    So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  10. upeechkanvichvárahitih   
    there.was.gambling   
    There was gambling.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text