Ararahih'urípih
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huun harmful

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1407 | revised Nov 07 2014

huun • ADJ • harmful

Source: WB 390, p.334

Note: Used mainly with negatives, as in puhúunhara 'It's not harmful' (WB G143.27).

  • xás payêem uum vúra tu'aráriihkanha, puhúun vúra íinatihan. And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 016]

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  1. kári    xás    upíip    púxay    vúra    na'aráriihkanhivatheeshara    púxay    vúra    húunxayheeshara   
    then    then    he.said    not.yet    Intensive    I.can't.cure.him    not.yet    Intensive    it.will.not.be.harmful   
    Then he said, "I cannot cure him! I can't do any more for him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    upíip    púxay    vúra    húunxayheeshara    chími    akâay    kích    kiikpíkaan   
    then    then    he.said    not.yet    Intensive    it.will.not.be.harmful    soon    who    only    go.get.him   
    Then he said, "I cannot do any more for him, you better fetch someone else!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  3. húun    áta   
    harmful    maybe   
    It doesn't matter.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  4. xás    payêem    uum    vúra    tu'aráriihkanha    puhúun    vúra    íinatihan   
    then    now    3.SG    Intensive    he.recovered    not.harm    Intensive    it.doesn't.do   
    And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  5. payêem    puhúun    íinatihan   
    now    not.harm    it.doesn't.do   
    Now there’s nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  6. víriva    kári    uum    tá    kunipíti    peethvuy    vúra    puhúunhara   
    so    then    3.SG    PERF    they.say    the.name    Intensive    not.harmful   
    Then they could still say the name, and no harm was done.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  7. xás    upíip    papihnîich    vúra    káan    ípahoo    kúkuum    xáy    húun    i'íin   
    then    he.says    the.old.man    Intensive    there    go.back    again    let.not    harmful    have.something.happen.to.you   
    And the old man said, "Just go there again! Something might happen to you (otherwise).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  8. vúra    púra    húun    kupítihara   
    Intensive    NEG    harmful    was.doing   
    (It was as if) she was doing no harm.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text