Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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hôotah late

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1394 | revised Nov 03 2005

hôotah • ADJ • late

Derivative (1)
hôotaha "to be late; to be offended"

Source: WB 384, p.344

  • kúna uum pahootahyâaak nu'ípakahaak, hínupa tapu'ára îinara. But if (the salmon) come back at the wrong time, the world would come to an end. [Reference: KT 148.33]

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  1. taay    vúra    hôotah    panúkviitihat    ipít    ikxáram   
    much    Intensive    late    when.we.went.to.bed    yesterday    night   
    It was really late when we went to bed last night.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Julian Lang | Download | Play

  2. kúna    úum    pahôotah    yâak    nu'ípakahaak    hínupa    tapu'ára    íinara   
    in.addition    3.SG    if.late    good.place    we.come.back    surprise    has.not.people    not.exist   
    If we came back late to the good place, humankind would not exist.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text