Ararahih'urípih
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chéemyaach quickly, fast; hurry!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1102 | revised Sep 05 2014

chéemyaach • ADV • quickly, fast; hurry! Variant: chêech.

Derivation:  chémi-yâach  (= chémi yav-ach)
all.right-Intensive  (= all.right good-DIM)

Derivative (1)
cheemyáchva "every now and then"

Source: WB 287, p.330

  • xás upiip, chími chéemyaach. Then she said, "Let's hurry!" [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 037]

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  1. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ishyâat    imshîinaavish   
    quickly    must    Intensive    king.salmon    you.will.shine.upriver   
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither upriver.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    atáychukinach    i'úunupraveesh   
    quickly    must    Intensive    young.brodiaea.plant    you.will.sprout.up   
    Grow early, Spring Cacomite.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  3. chéemyaach    ík    vúr    ishyâat    imshîinaavish   
    quickly    must    Intensive    king.salmon    you.shine.this.way.upriver   
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ataychúkinach    i'uunúpraveesh   
    quickly    must    Intensive    young.brodiaea.plant    you.will.sprout.up   
    Grow up early, Spring Cacomite.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  5. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ishyâat    imshîinaavish   
    quickly    must    Intensive    king.salmon    you.shine.this.way.upriver   
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  6. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ishyâat    imshîinaavish   
    quickly    must    Intensive    king.salmon    you.will.shine.this.way.upriver   
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  7. chéemyaach    ík    vúr    ishyâat    imshîinnaavish   
    quickly    must    Intensive    king.salmon    you.shine.this.way.upriver   
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  8. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ishyâat    imshíinaavish   
    quickly    must    Intensive    king.salmon    may.you.shine.upriver   
    Shine upriver soon, Spring Salmon.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  9. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ataychúkinach    i'uunúpraveesh   
    quickly    must    Intensive    young.brodiaea.plant    may.you.grow.up   
    Grow up soon, young Blue Dicks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  10. chéemyaach   
    quickly   
    Hurry up.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  11. vaa    xas    vúra    vaa    uum    vúra    uum    chéemyaach    káru    uum    vúra    vaa    pu'aapúnmutihara    fâat    uum    pawashing machine   
    so    then    Intensive    so    3.SG    Intensive    3.SG    quickly    also    3.SG    Intensive    so    she.didn't.know    what    3.SG    the.washing.machine   
    And she was quick, and she didn't even know what a washing machine was.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  12. kupánakanakana    chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ataychúkinach    i'uunúpraveesh   
    the.end    quickly    must    Intensive    young.brodiaea.plant    you.will.sprout.up   
    kupánakanakana. Young brodiaea plant, you must come up quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  13. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ishyâat    imshírihraavish   
    quickly    must    Intensive    king.salmon    you.will.shine.upriver   
    Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  14. xás    vúra    chéemyaach    uyâavaha   
    then    Intensive    quickly    he.got.enough   
    And he quickly got full.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  15. kári    xás    kunpíip    chími    chêemyaach    nutákukvunaa   
    then    then    they.said    soon    quickly    we.clean.baskets   
    And they said, "Let’s clean out our baskets quickly."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

  16. xás    upíip    chéemyaach    nupíkpuuhkari   
    then    he.said    quickly    let's.swim.back.across   
    And he said, "Let's swim across from them quickly!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text