Ararahih'urípih
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ikrii / ikriv- to live, sit, stay, be; to be at home

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1974 | revised Oct 31 2014

ikrii / ikriv- • V • to live, sit, stay, be; to be at home

Derivatives (35; show derivatives)

Source: WB 493, p.338

Note: When there is no suffix, the form -ikrii occurs, as in úkrii 'he lives'. Before -ara 'negative', vowel contraction may occur, e.g. pu'ikríiyara or pu'ikrêera, 'he doesn't live'.

  • úkrii pa'asiktávaan. The woman was at home. [Reference: KS Crane 053]
  • xás káruk vákuusrah tóokrii. Then it was "upriver month" (August). [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 015]

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  1. ipasnáhvaanich    káan    úkrii   
    owl.sp.    there    he.stopped   
    Pygmy Owl lived there.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. xás    muvêeshurak    tupikniivtákishnihach   
    then    its.horns    he.just.sat.back.down.on.top.of   
    Then he just sat back down on top of its horns.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  3. fâat    kumá'ii    peexráratih    naa    ník    ôok    páy    níkrii   
    what    because.of    that.you.are.crying    1sg.    a.little    here    this    I.am.sitting   
    "What are you crying for? I'm here with you."
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text
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  4. úum    papihnîichich    vúra    kich    itíhaan    iinâak    úkrii    áah    ukyâatih   
    3.SG    the.little.old.man.    Intensive    only    always    indoors    he.sat    fire    he.was.making.it   
    Their old man always sat inside, tending the fire.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  5. papihnîich    pácheech    úkrii   
    the.old.man    all.alone    he.sat   
    The old man was sitting alone.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    kaan    níkrii    xára   
    then    then    there    I.sit    long.time   
    There I sat down and waited a while.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  7. uum    vaa    káan    kích    úkriiva    ufíkriipti   
    3.SG    so    there    only    she.sits    she.is.sorting   
    She just sits there, she sorts them.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. kári    xás    kunpíip    fâat    kumá'ii    pavaa    kaan    su'    úkrii   
    then    then    they.said    what    because.of    thus    there    inside    he.is   
    They said: "What is he in there for?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  9. pûuhara    náa    vúra    ôok    nikrêevish   
    no    1sg.    Intensive    here    I.will.stay   
    "No, I'm going to stay here."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  10. uum    vúra    kích    a'    úkrii    ma'tîimich    pirishkâarim    púxay    vúra    kêenatihara   
    3.SG    Intensive    only    above    he.sat    back.corner.of.sweathouse    grizzly    not.yet    Intensive    he.was.not.moving   
    Grizzly Bear alone was sitting up in the back part of the sweathouse, he never moved.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  11. xás    kuníppéer    iim    kyáru    vura    xáy faat    ík    ôok    ipáfyuk    iim    kyáru    vura    pu'ôok    ikrêevishara    achvúun    kuníppéer   
    then    they.told.him    2sg.    also    Intensive    don't!    must    here    you.come.around.again    2sg.    also    Intensive    not.here    you.will.not.stay    hookbill.salmon    they.told.him   
    And they told him: "You yourself must not come around here, you too are not going to stay here," they told Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  12. hôoy    nanikâarim    úkrii   
    where    my.sister-in-law    she.live   
    "Where does my sister-in-law through mourning live?"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  13. chavúra    káan    xára    tóo    krii   
    finally    there    long.time    he    live   
    Then he stayed there a long time.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  14. iinâak    pamúkiit    úkrii   
    indoors    his.grandmother    she.lives   
    His grandmother was home.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  15. payváhiim    váa    káan    vúra    su'    úkrii    vákay    payváhiim    vakay'ámtaapkunish    yúxnaam    su'    úkrii   
    nowadays    so    there    Intensive    inside    she.lives    worm    nowadays    worm    sand    inside    she.lives   
    Now she lives in there, she's a bug now, a gray bug, lives in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  16. ishyâat    úpaanik    yaas'ára    vúra    u'aapúnmutiheesh    yakun    pa'îin    yíth    ukupeexákahitiheesh    patá    nipikrêehaak    nani'îin   
    king.salmon    long.ago.he.said    rich.person    Intensive    he.will.know    you.see    the.falls    other    it.will.make.noise.that.way    that.has    when.I.reside.again    my.falls   
    Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  17. xás    vúra    vaa    ukrii    ukrûuntih   
    then    Intensive    so    she.stays    she.waits.for.him   
    She was staying waiting for him.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  18. uum    káru    káan    úkrii    kachakâachich   
    3.SG    also    there    was.living    bluejay.(dim.)   
    Bluejay was also living there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  19. Medford    nivâarameesh    vaa    káan    pananikústaan    úkrii   
    Medford    I.am.going.to.go    that    there    my.sister    she.lives   
    I am going to Medford because my sister lives there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  20. kâam    uum    Chester    pá'ukriivtih   
    little.upriver    3.SG    Chester    he.lives   
    Chester lives up the river a little ways.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  21. pani'áhootih    uum    kúnish    nimáhat    papúufich    pay'ôok    úkriivtih   
    when.I.was.walking    3.SG    sort.of    I.saw    the.deer    right.here    it.is.living   
    When I was walking, I saw where the deer lives.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  22. ipít    paweasel    îikam    úkrii.   
    yesterday    the.weasel    outdoors    it.sits   
    There was a weasel outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  23. ipít    pa'âanxus    îikam    úkrii.   
    yesterday    the.weasel    outdoors    it.sits   
    There was a weasel outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  24. fâatva    îikam    úkrii.   
    something    outdoors    it.sits   
    There was something outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  25. úkrii.   
    he.sits   
    He sits.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  26. ipít    îikam    fâatva    úkrii.   
    yesterday    outdoors    something    it.sits   
    Yesterday there was something outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  27. ipít    íp    îikam    pachíshiih    úkrii   
    yesterday    PAST    outdoors    the.dog    it.(animate).sits   
    There was a dog outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  28. chishíih    îikam    úkrii   
    dog    outdoors    it.(animate).sits   
    There was a dog sitting outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  29. îikam    úkrii   
    outdoors    he.(animate).was.sitting   
    He was sitting outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  30. páah    uum    papúsihich    úkrii   
    boat    3.SG    the.cat    it.(animate).is.sitting   
    The cat is in the boat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  31. papúsihich    uum    páahak    úkrii   
    the.cat    3.SG    in.the.boat    it.(animate).is.lying   
    The cat is in the boat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  32. fâatva    káan    úkrii    pakáas   
    something    there    it.(animate).is.sitting    the.nest   
    There is something in the nest.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  33. achviiv    vaa    káan    úkrii   
    bird    that    there    it.(animate).is.sitting   
    A bird is sitting there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  34. akâay    vaa    káan    úkrii    pa'ikrívkir   
    who    that    there    he.(animate).is.sitting    the.chair   
    There is someone sitting there in the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  35. pa'ávansa    panámniik    úkrii   
    the.man    Orleans    he.lives   
    The man lives in Orleans.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  36. pa'ávansa    íp    nimáhat    Orleans    úkrii   
    the.man    PAST    I.saw.him    Orleans    he.lives   
    I saw the man who lives in Orleans.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  37. pa'ávansa    Orleans    úkrii    îin    íp    namáhat   
    the.man    Orleans    he.lives    TOPIC    PAST    I.saw.him   
    The man who lives in Orleans saw me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  38. pa'ávansa    Orleans    úkrii    íp    îin    namáhat   
    the.man    Orleans    he.lives    PAST    TOPIC    I.saw.him   
    The man who lives in Orleans saw me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  39. nichuphûunish    pa'ávansa    paOrleans    úkrii   
    I.talk.to.him    the.man    Orleans    he.lives   
    I talked to the man who lives in Orleans.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  40. vaa    káan    ipít    pachiipich    úkrii   
    that    there    yesterday    the.redfish    it.(animate).sits   
    There was a redfish outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  41. ipít    îikam    uum    pá'achkuun    úkrii   
    yesterday    outdoors    3.SG    the.swamp.robin    it.(animate).sits   
    There was a swamp robin outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  42. ipít    íp    îikam    pa'achnaat    úkrii   
    yesterday    PAST    outdoors    the.rat    it.(animate).sits   
    There was a rat outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  43. ipít    íp    îikam    úkrii    pa'achnaat   
    yesterday    PAST    outdoors    it.(animate).sits    the.rat   
    There was a rat outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  44. ipít    íp    îikam    pa'ákviish    ukrêet   
    yesterday    PAST    outdoors    the.bobcat    it.(animate).sat   
    There was a bobcat outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  45. ipít    íp    îikam    pa'ákviish    úkrii   
    yesterday    PAST    outdoors    the.bobcat    it.(animate).sits   
    There was a bobcat outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  46. pi'êep    pihnêefich    vaa    káan    úkrii   
    long.ago    coyote    that    there    it.(animate).sits   
    Long ago Coyote lived there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  47. akâay    vaa    káan    úkreenik    pi'êep   
    who    that    there    it.(animate).sat    long.ago   
    Who lived there long ago?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  48. ipít    îikam    paháknah    ôok    kaan    úkrii   
    yesterday    outdoors    the.goose    here    there    it.sat   
    There was a goose outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  49. ôok    kaan    îikam    úkrii    paháknah   
    here    there    outdoors    it.sat    the.goose   
    There was a goose outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  50. îikam    úkrii   
    outdoors    he.sits   
    He sits outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  51. ipít    pa'êeth    îikam    káan    úkrii   
    yesterday    I.saw.it    outdoors    there    it.sat   
    There was a slug outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  52. ipít    pa'êeth    îikam    úkrii   
    yesterday    I.saw.it    outdoors    it.sat   
    There was a slug outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  53. naa    kahtíshraam    mupîimich    káan    paníkrii   
    1sg.    Yreka    near.it    there    that.I.live   
    I live nearby Yreka.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  54. hôoy    iim    péekrii   
    where    2sg.    that.you.live   
    Where do you live?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  55. pa'ápsuun    káan    pûuvish    úkrii   
    the.snake    there    bag    it.sits   
    The snake is in the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  56. vaa    káan    pa'ápsuun    úkrii    ásip    súrukam   
    that    there    the.snake    it.sits    box    under   
    The snake is underneath the box.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  57. papúsihich    ípahak    á'    úkrii   
    the.cat    in.the.tree    above    it.sits   
    The cat is in the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  58. Xás    paxanchíifich    káan    úkrii    sáruk    káan    úkrii   
    then    the.frog    there    he.is.sitting    downhill    there    he.is.sitting   
    And the frog is sitting down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  59. Kári    pachishíih    káru    úkrii   
    then    the.dog    also    he.is.sitting   
    And the dog is sitting too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  60. Iinâak    úkrii   
    indoors    he.is   
    He's inside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  61. íkiich    vúra    xára    vúra    tá    níkrii   
    maybe    Intensive    long.time    Intensive    PERF    I.lived   
    Maybe I have lived a long time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  62. vaa    káan    úkrii   
    that    there    3s(>3)   
    He lives there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  63. vaa    káan    póokrii   
    that    there    the.place.he.lives   
    That's where he lives.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  64. xás    vaa    káan    úkrii   
    then    the    that    he.is.sitting   
    He's sitting there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  65. ahapîimich    kaan    úkrii   
    next.to.the.fire    there    he.sits   
    He's sitting close to the fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  66. vaa    káan    úkrii    ikrívkir    vasíhkam   
    that    there    he.sits    disk-seat    behind   
    He's at the back of the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  67. ikrívkir    vasíhkam    káan    úkrii   
    disk-seat    behind    there    3s(>3)   
    He's at the back of the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  68. pa'ávansa    káan    úkrii    ukûuntakoo    pa'ás   
    the.man    there    he.is    he.sits.on.it    the.rock   
    The man is over there, sitting on the rock.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  69. vaa    payôok    níkrii   
    so    right.here    I.sit   
    I'm sitting here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  70. payôok    koovúra    núkrii   
    right.here    all    we.sit   
    We are all sitting here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  71. papúsihich    káan    úkrii    hum   
    the.cat    there    it.sits    or   
    Is the cat sitting there?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  72. papúsihich    vaa    káan    úkriv    pa'ikrívkir   
    the.cat.    that    there    it.sits    the.chair   
    The cat is sitting over there in the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  73. papúsihich    úm    vaa    káan    úkrii   
    the.cat    or    that    there    it.sits   
    Is the cat sitting over there?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  74. pûuhara    papúsihich    uum    asímnaam    úkrii   
    no    the.cat    3.SG    bed    it.sits   
    No, the cat is sitting on the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  75. xára    tá    níkrii   
    long.time    PERF    I.live   
    I have lived for a long time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  76. áta    vaa    káan    ukrêenik    papihníich   
    maybe    so    there    he.lived.at    the.old.man   
    I guess that's where the old man lived.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  77. púxich    tá    ná'aachichha    pa'ôok    tá    níkrii    panámniik    pa'ôok    kóovan    nu'áraarahiti   
    very.much    PERF    I.am.happy    that.here    PERF    I.stay    Orleans    that.here    together.with.(plural)    we.are.staying   
    I'm very happy that I'm here in Orleans, that I'm here with all of you.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  78. pi'êep    paniyáan'iiftihanhaak    pa'ôok    káruk    veethívthaaneen    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    papanámniik    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    naa    vúra    xakitrahyar    káru    yítha    hárinay    kích    tá    níkrii   
    long.ago    when.I.was.a.young.man    when.here    upriver    its.country    first    I.arrived    when.Orleans    first    I.arrived    1sg.    Intensive    twenty    also    one    year    only    PERF    I.stay   
    Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  79. payêem    námpaan    vúra    pihnîich    xakinivkihitráhyar    káru    itroopahárinay    tá    níkrii   
    now    I.myself    Intensive    old.man    seventy    also    five.years    PERF    I.stay   
    Now I myself am an old man, I'm 75 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  80. káan    áraar    úkrii    táay    vúra    mupathúvriin   
    there    human    he.lived    much    Intensive    his.dentalia.strings   
    A person lived there, he had a lot of strings of money.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  81. kári    xás    vaa    káan    tuyshipréekaam    úkrii   
    then    then    so    there    big.mountain    it.sat   
    And a big mountain sat there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  82. kári    xás    kunpíip    pa'îin    kun'áharamutih    naa    nipêesh    vaa    pa'ípa    ikmaháchraam    kúkreenhat   
    then    then    they.said    who    they.were.chasing.him    1sg.    I.will.say    that    who.(in.the.recent.past)    sweathouse    one.who.stayed   
    Then the ones chasing him said, "I'll bet that was him who was in the sweathouse."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  83. yánava    ithyarukiráastiip    xás    úkrii   
    visible    opposite.shore    then    he.was   
    They saw then he was on the opposite shore.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  84. yánava    káan    kích    sípnuuk    úkrii    upakurîihvutih   
    visible    there    only    storage.basket    it.sat    it.was.singing   
    They saw it was just a storage basket sitting there, it was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  85. naa    vúra    puna'aapúnmutihara    hôoy    uum    papihnêefich    úkrii   
    1sg.    Intensive    I.do.not.know    where    3.SG    that.Coyote    he.stays   
    I don't know where Coyote is."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  86. xás    asáxvuh    tuyship'ípanich    úkrii   
    then    turtle    mountain-top    he.was.sitting   
    And Turtle was sitting on a mountain-top.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  87. xás    yánava    káan    xanchíifich    úkrii   
    then    visible    there    frog    he.was.sitting   
    And he saw Frog sitting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  88. uxútih    kumâam    úkrii    pakúusrah   
    he.thinks    uphill.from.here    it.lives    the.sun   
    He thought, "The sun is just uphill from here."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text

  89. xás    uxútih    vaa    tá    káan    úkrii    pakúusrah   
    then    he.thinks    so    PERF    there    it.lives    the.sun   
    He thought, "The sun's right there."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text

  90. káan    pihnêefich    úkrii    muyeeripáxvu    xákaan    kun'iin    muhrôoha    támit    u'ívat   
    there    coyote    he.lives    his.daughter    both    they.lived    his.wife    already.in.the.past    she.died   
    Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  91. vaa    káan    ávansa    úkrii    páykuuk    yíiv    úkrii    patuyshipriha'ápapkam   
    that    there    man    he.lives    over.there    far    he.lives    on.the.other.side.of.the.mountain   
    A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  92. xás    úpeenti    pamú'aramah    kúna    vúra    yáv    peekupeekrêehitiheesh   
    then    he.is.saying.to.her    his.child    in.addition    Intensive    good    that.you.will.be.living.in.that.way   
    And he told his child, "But you will live well.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  93. xás    ta'ítam    vaa    vúra    káan    ukrêeheen   
    then    so    that    Intensive    there    she.lived   
    And so she lived there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  94. xás    poo'íipma    yánava    pihnîich    úkrii   
    then    when.she.gets.back    visible    old.man    he.sits   
    And when she got back, she saw the old man sitting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  95. xás    vúra    káan    úkrii   
    then    Intensive    there    he.sits   
    So he sat there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  96. âanxus    uthitívanik    káruk    keechxâach    úkrii   
    weasel    he.heard    upriver    widow.(old)    she.lives   
    Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  97. vaa    máruk    páykuuk    kinínaasich    úkrii   
    so    uphill    over.there    pet    it.lives   
    (My) pet is uphill there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  98. xás    vaa    káan    pihnîich    úkrii    áxak    pa'avansáxiitichas    kunkunaaskúnas-hitih   
    then    so    there    old.man    he.lived    two    two.little.boys    they.were.playing.on.a.teeter-totter   
    And an old man was there, (and) two little boys were playing on a teeter-totter.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  99. naa    vúra    ôok    nikrêevish   
    1sg.    Intensive    here    I.will.stay   
    I'm going to stay here."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  100. asáxvu    uum    káan    úkrii   
    turtle    3.SG    there    he.lived   
    Turtle lived there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  101. xás    pakáan    kun'uum    yánava    papihnîich    kích    pácheech    úkrii   
    then    when.there    they.arrived    visible    the.old.man    only    all.alone    he.was.sitting   
    And when they got there, they saw only the old man sitting alone.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  102. kári    xás    vúra    vaa    káan    úkrii   
    then    then    Intensive    so    there    he.sat   
    And he sat there like that.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  103. káru    á'iknêechhan    á'uuyichak    ukrii   
    also    falcon    at.Sugarloaf    he.lives   
    And Duck Hawk lives in Sugarloaf.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  104. ôok    pamuhrôoha    úkrii   
    here    his.wife    she.lives   
    His wife lived here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  105. yítha    mú'arama    úkrii    káru    muhrôoha   
    one    his.child    he.lives    also    his.wife   
    His one child and his wife lived there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  106. kachakâach    mu'ápuroon    kumáheesh    hôoyva    ípahak    utákararihva    sú'    vákay    úkrii   
    bluejay    her.devil.machine    you.will.see    somewhere    on.a.tree    it.is.hanging    inside    worm    it.lives   
    You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  107. káan    ávansa    úkrii   
    there    man    he.lived   
    A man lived there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  108. xás    yánava    xanchíifich    káan    úkrii   
    then    visible    frog    there    he.sat   
    And they saw Frog sitting there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  109. hûut    chími    unísheesh    pa'as    sú'    úkrii    payuuxmachmahánach   
    how    soon    she.will.do.with.it    the.rock    inside    he.was    the.lizard   
    What was she to do with the rock? Lizard was inside.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  110. kári    xás    tá    pu'axhára    ásak    sú'    úkrii    asapatxáxak   
    then    then    PERF    she.couldn't.kill.him    in.the.rock    inside    he.was    crack.in.a.rock   
    So she couldn't kill him, he was inside the rock, the crack in the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  111. xás    mukunyûuchkamach    úkrii   
    then    downriver.across-stream.from.them    he.lived   
    And a man lived downriver across-stream from them.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  112. xanahíchyav    vúra    tóo    kríi   
    for.a.good.while    Intensive    she.had    live   
    She stayed quite a long time.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  113. uum    ithasúpaa    vúra    úkrii   
    3.SG    all.day    Intensive    she.sat   
    She just sat all day long.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  114. vaa    káan    sú'    vúra    upíkrii   
    so    there    inside    Intensive    she.stayed   
    She stayed there inside (his penis).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  115. vuraakirasúruk    vúra    úkrii   
    underneath.the.ladder    Intensive    he.stayed   
    He stayed underneath the ladder (leading into the house).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  116. kári    xás    uthítiimtih    pavuraakirasúruk    ikrêen    paniinamichtâapas   
    then    then    he.heard    underneath.the.ladder    sitting    the.smallest   
    And the littlest one, sitting underneath the ladder, heard it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  117. kári    xás    ahinámtiich    vúra    ukrêenik    amtápnihich   
    then    then    edge.of.the.fireplace    Intensive    he.sat    ashy.place   
    And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  118. kári    xás    kunpiip    maruk'áraar    vaa    káan    úknamtiimich    úkrii   
    then    then    they.said    uphill.person    so    there    edge.of.the.lake    he.is.staying   
    And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  119. víri    kún    pakéevniikich    úkrii    káru    patapriha'ifápiit   
    so    meaning.unknown    the.old.woman    she.lived    also    patapríhak.young.woman   
    There lived the old woman, and the young woman of patapríhak.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  120. patapriha'ifápiit    káan    xás    úkrii   
    patapríhak.young.woman    there    then    she.was   
    The patapríhak girl was there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  121. xás    pootfúnukva    umah    káan    úkrii    pa'ifápiit   
    then    when.he.looked.inside    he.saw.her    there    she.was    the.young.woman   
    And when he looked inside, he saw her, the girl was there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  122. víri    vaa    peepíkyaarahaak    víri    vaa    imáheesh    vaa    káan    asa'ípan    úkrii    atipimáamvaan   
    so    so    when.you.finish.it    so    so    you.will.see.it    so    there    top.of.a.rock    it.sits    buzzard   
    When you finish, you will see a buzzard sit there on top of a rock.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  123. chîinach    asiktávaan    ukrêenik   
    placename    woman    she.lived   
    A woman once lived at chîinach (upriver opposite Orleans).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  124. ithâan    kumamáh'iit    umá    pachánchaaf    yíiv    á'    vúra    úkrii   
    once    once.morning    she.saw    the.foam    far    above    Intensive    it.sits   
    One morning she saw the foam was up high.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  125. xás    upéer    chími    ôok    vúra    íkrii    tá    kuntápkuup    pa'arara'íin   
    then    she.told.him    soon    here    Intensive    live    PERF    they.liked.him    the.people   
    And she told him, "Live here!"; the people liked him.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  126. xás    upiip    naa    vúra    máruk    nikrêevish   
    then    he.said    1sg.    Intensive    uphill    I.will.live   
    And he said, "I'm going to live uphill.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  127. kunípeenti    axicha'êechkeepuhich    yáxa    íkrii   
    they.were.telling.him    kidnapped.child    look!    you.are   
    He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  128. púya    mâam    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii   
    and.so    uphill    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am   
    "Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  129. yíiv    yúruk    xás    pamítaat    úkrii   
    far    downriver    then    your.mother    she.lives   
    And your mother lives far downriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  130. vaa    káan    pamítaat    úkrii   
    so    there    your.mother    she.lives   
    That's where your mother lives."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  131. ayu'âach    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii   
    it.was.because    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am   
    It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  132. vaa    káan    asiktâan    úkrii   
    so    there    woman    she.lived   
    A (certain) woman lived there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  133. chími    iim    ôok    vúra    ikrii    ikrûuntihi    paxúrish   
    soon    2sg.    here    Intensive    you.stay    you.wait.for    the.shelled.acorns   
    You stay here, wait for the (rest of the) shelled acorns!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  134. kári    xás    u'íipma    pookrîirak   
    then    then    she.returned    to.where.she.stayed   
    Then she went back where she was staying.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  135. púyava    sú'    kuníkrii    ithéeshyaav   
    you.see    inside    they.live    all.winter   
    They stay inside all winter.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  136. kári    îikam    yítha    úkrii   
    then    outdoors    one    he.stays   
    And one stayed outside.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  137. púyava    pa'îim    ikrêen    púyava    tóo    ykar    pavírusar   
    you.see    the.one.outdoors    who.stays    you.see    he.has    beat    the.bear   
    And the one who stayed outside killed the bear.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  138. puvéek    vúra    uchvánihich    tóo    krii    tá    kunpavyíhish   
    not.yet    Intensive    little.bit    it.had    live    PERF    they.gathered.again   
    (The sun) was not yet well out, (when) they got back.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text

  139. xás    payupsítanich    uum    thaxtúuyak    vúra    sú'    úkrii   
    then    the.baby    3.SG    in.the.baby.basket    Intensive    inside    it.sat   
    And the baby was inside a baby-basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  140. âapun    úkrii    pávaa    ukupitih   
    on.the.ground    she.sits    thus    she.does   
    She sat on the floor as she did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  141. ikxariya'árar    tóo    krîish   
    medicine.man    he.has    sit.down   
    The priest sat down (i.e., assumed office).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

  142. itroopatishamnihasúpaah    sú'    úkrii    ikmaháchraam   
    nine.days    inside    he.lives    sweathouse   
    He lived in the sweat-house for nine days.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

  143. kuyrakinivkihahárinay    tóo    krii   
    eight.years    PERF    live   
    She's eight years (old).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text

  144. pachishíi    káan    úkrii    tóo    kfuuyshur    umyáhyaahtih   
    the.dog    there    it.is.sitting    it.is    be.tired    it.is.panting   
    The dog is sitting there, it is tired, it is panting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  145. kachakâach    káan    vúra    úkrii   
    bluejay    there    Intensive    she.was.sitting   
    And Bluejay was just sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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