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

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ayukîi hello!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1029 | revised Feb 25 2016

ayukîi • INTERJ • hello!

Source: WB262, p.329; T4.145

Note: In isolation, pronounced with falling-rising pitch on last syllable. Used when meeting a person, and also to address a distant person or place which is thought of nostalgically; e.g., eeee ayukíi chínih 'Oh, hello (I'd like to see you), Jenny' (JPH "Grammar" 358). The word is said to have been introduced by whites, who probably took it from Wiyot ai-e-kwe, ai-o-kwe 'friend' (as given in Powers, p. 479).

  • xás upiip, ayukîi panámniik, nanithívthaaneen. And (Coyote) said, "Hello Orleans, my country!" [Reference: T4.145]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. ayukîi   
    hello!   
    Hello.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  2. ayukîi    nanífyiivshas   
    hello!    my.friends   
    Hello, my friends.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  3. xás    upíip    ayukîi    panámniik    nanithívthaaneen   
    then    he.said    hello!    Orleans    my.country   
    And he said, "Hello Orleans, my country!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. ayukîi    ninikeechíkyav   
    hello!    my.sweetheart   
    Hello, my sweetheart!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text