Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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huuk to where?; to somewhere
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1403 | revised Nov 07 2014
huuk • QW • to where?; to somewhere Variant: húuka.
Source: WB 387, p.334
Sentence examples (6)
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uum vúra kunxúseentihanik kíri hûuk u'uum vúra kunvîihanik 3.SG Intensive they.had.been.thinking I.wish to.where he.go. Intensive they.disliked.him They had been wishing for him to go off, for they disliked him. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full textkári xás upíip pihnêefich yee hûut inísheesh pamí'aan húuk paathmi then then he.said coyote well how you.will.do.with.it your.string to.where throw.it.to And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place! Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full texthúuk kích paathmi to.where only throw.it.to Just throw it (away) someplace!" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás uxúti húuk áta tá kun'uum paninihrôohas then he.was.thinking to.where maybe PERF they.went my.wives And he thought, "I wonder where my wives have gone?" Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás uxús miník ni'aapúnmeesh húuk áta patá kun'uum then he.thought of.course I.will.know to.where maybe where they.went And he thought, "I'll find out where they've gone, all right." Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás uxús húuka áta tu'uum then she.thought to.where maybe he.has.gone And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text