Ararahih'urípih
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áhoo to go, walk, travel, arrive (here)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #205 | revised Nov 07 2014

áhoo • V • to go, walk, travel, arrive (here)

Derivatives (9)
ahóokir "to go by way of (a place)"
ahóokir "sidewalk"
áhoosav "to pass by"
asóokir "flume"
avkam'ahóovaan "senior priestess in the world-renewal ceremonies at Katimin and Orleans (Kroeber & Gifford, p. 7)"
ifuth'ahóovaan "junior priestess, who walks behind in ceremony (Kroeber & Gifford pp. 26 ff., pp. 50 ff.)"
ípahoo "to go back"
páy_nanu'ávahkam_áhootihanik "moon"
ukraman'áhoo "man's name, Sandy Bar Jim"

Source: WB 41, p.315

  • pachími upvâarameesh, kachakâachich xás vaa upikífkirur, kun'áhoovishik áxak pa'êemsha. When (Bluejay) was about to go home, Chipmunk sent word by her that two doctors must come. [Reference: Chipmunk & Hummingbird 010]
  • mâa ôok tani'áhoo. Here I come. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 368]

Sentence examples (71)

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  1. ee    ishávaas    ôok    tá    ni'áhoo   
    oh!    child.of.deceased.sibling    here    PERF    I.have.come   
    "Ee, nephew, I have come.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. naa    káru    ni'áhoovish   
    1sg.    also    I.will.walk   
    I'm going to walk.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  3. ta    ni'áhoo   
    PERF    I.walk   
    I'm walking.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  4. kári    xás    tu'áhoo   
    then    then    he.came   
    He came.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  5. xás    axmáy    Daisy    u'áhoo   
    then    suddenly    Daisy    she.came   
    And suddenly Daisy came [and said,]
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. kári    xas    yiimúsich    tu'áhoo   
    then    then    little.ways.off    he.went   
    Then he went a short way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  7. náa    tá    ni'ahoo   
    1sg.    PERF    I.am.traveling   
    I am going to travel."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  8. kári    xas    achvúun    u'áhoonik   
    then    then    hookbill.salmon    he.traveled   
    Then Hookbill traveled.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  9. xás    vúra    voo'áhootih   
    then    Intensive    thus.he.was.walking   
    He was walking along.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  10. káruma    vookúpiti    poo'áhootih   
    in.fact    he.was.doing.it.that.way    he.was.walking   
    He was walking, that was what he was doing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  11. kúkuum    u'áhoo   
    again    she.came   
    She came over again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  12. 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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  13. pani'áhootih    pay'ôok    nimahat    papúufich    úkviit-hitih   
    when.I.was.walking    right.here    I.saw    where.the.deer    it.was.sleeping   
    When I was walking, I saw where the deer was sleeping
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  14. pani'áhootih    papúufich    uum    pamu'asímnaam    tá    nimah   
    when.I.was.walking    the.deer    3.SG    his.bed    PERF    I.see   
    When I was walking, I saw the deer's bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  15. ni'áhootih   
    I.am.walking   
    I am walking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  16. páykuuk    mukrívraam    tá    ni'áhoo   
    over.there    his.house    PERF    I.walk   
    I am walking to his house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  17. chak'îimich    papúufich    tu'áhoo   
    slowly    the.deer    it.has.walked   
    The deer is walking slow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  18. Avansáxiich    u'áhooti    káru    pachíshiih   
    boy    he.is.walking    also    the.dog   
    The boy is walking, and the dog too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  19. Váa    káan    kun'áhootiheen   
    so    there    they.had.been.walking.there   
    They were walking there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  20. Káan    pakun'áhootih   
    there    where.they.were.walking   
    There, where they were walking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  21. ni'áhoovish   
    I.will.arrive   
    I am coming.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  22. akâay    tu'áhoo   
    who    he.has.arrived   
    Who is arriving?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  23. xás    vúra    vaa    máruk    u'áhoo   
    then    Intensive    that    uphill    he.went   
    And then he went all the way back up.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  24. You know    xás    vaa    ip    máath    poo'áhoo   
    You know    then    that    PAST    heavy    that.he.walked   
    You know, it was heavy to carry.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  25. íim    káru    pee'áhooti    vúrava    kúnish    furáthfip   
    2sg.    also    when.you.arrived    just    sort.of    be.nervous   
    When you arrived it seemed like you were cranky.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  26. paninípshiih    áthiik    tu'ívahaak    vaa    kári    vúra    puna'áhootihara   
    my.legs    cold    it.died    so    then    Intensive    I.don't.walk   
    When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  27. chavúra    yíiv    káruk    tu'áhoo   
    finally    far    upriver    he.had.traveled   
    Finally he walked a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  28. vúra    vaa    u'áhootih   
    Intensive    so    he.was.traveling   
    He was traveling like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  29. xás    chavúra    yíiv    káruk    tu'áhoo   
    then    finally    far    upriver    he.had.traveled   
    And finally he traveled a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  30. kári    xás    púyava    chavúra    yíiv    tu'áhoo   
    then    then    you.see    finally    far    he.had.traveled   
    And so finally he traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  31. vúra    vaa    u'áhootih    vúra    tá    yíiv    káruk   
    Intensive    so    he.was.traveling    Intensive    PERF    far    upriver   
    He was walking that way, a long ways upriver by this time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  32. kári    xás    ee    vúra    vaa    u'áhootih    vúra    tá    kâarim   
    then    then    oh!    Intensive    so    he.was.traveling    Intensive    PERF    bad   
    And oh! he was walking that way, he was really bad off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  33. kári    xás    yánava    yíiv    káruk    tu'áhoo   
    then    then    visible    far    upriver    he.had.traveled   
    He saw he was a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  34. kári    xás    upíip    yéehe    pihnêefich    tu'áhooheen   
    then    then    he.said    interjection    coyote    he.has.arrived   
    And he said, "Hey, Coyote has come."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  35. kári    xás    upíip    yéehe    pihnêefich    tu'áhooheen   
    then    then    he.said    interjection    coyote    he.has.arrived   
    And (each) said, "Hey, Coyote has come.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  36. uthítiimti    pakunípeenti    tu'áhooheen   
    he.was.hearing.it    when.they.were.telling    he.has.arrived   
    He heard them telling (each other), "He has come."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  37. yeee    káruma    íp    nípaat    tu'áhooheen    pihnêefich   
    well    in.fact    PAST    I.said    he.has.arrived    coyote   
    Well! I said Coyote had come!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  38. kári    xás    ta'ítam    u'áhooheen   
    then    then    so    he.traveled   
    And then he traveled (on).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  39. xás    vúra    xára    u'áhoo   
    then    Intensive    long.time    he.traveled   
    And he traveled a long time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  40. xás    vaa    vúra    u'áhootih   
    then    so    Intensive    he.was.traveling   
    But he just kept traveling.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  41. xás    vúra    tá    pu'áhootihara    vúra    tóo    kfuuktih   
    then    Intensive    PERF    he.was.not.walking    Intensive    he.had    been.crawling   
    And he wasn't walking any more, he was creeping by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  42. kári    xás    vúra    vaa    u'áhoo    pihnêefich   
    then    then    Intensive    so    he.traveled    coyote   
    And so Coyote traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  43. púyava    kári    xás    u'áhoo   
    you.see    then    then    he.traveled   
    So he traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  44. vúra    yíiv    tu'áhoo   
    Intensive    far    he.traveled   
    He traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  45. vúra    vaa    u'áhootih   
    Intensive    so    he.was.traveling   
    He was traveling like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  46. uum    káru    upakurîihvuti    poo'áhootih    haninuvêe    naa hanuvêe naa   
    3.SG    also    he.was.singing    as.he.traveled    haninuvêe    naa hanuvêe naa   
    He was singing too as he traveled, "haninuvêe naa hanuvêe naa."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  47. kári    xás    pihnêefich    u'áhootih    upakurîihvutih   
    then    then    coyote    he.was.traveling    he.was.singing   
    So Coyote was traveling, he was singing.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  48. xánahichvari    axmáy    u'áhoo    pihnêefich   
    in.a.little.while    suddenly    he.arrives    coyote   
    In a little while, suddenly Coyote came.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  49. kári    xás    vaa    ukupíti    payêem    tá    pu'áhootihara    patur   
    then    then    so    it.is.doing    now    PERF    it.doesn't.walk    the.basket-load   
    So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  50. kúna    vúra    páykuuk    yíiv    áhoon    payôok    xáyfaat    i'áhoo    peempaheepshûunkinich    kâarim    ikupheesh   
    in.addition    Intensive    over.there    far    go.travel    right.here    don't!    you.go    the.short.road    bad    you.will.do   
    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  51. xás    upíti    tá    na'ûuri    páykuuk    pani'ahoonkôoti    yiiv   
    then    she.is.saying    PERF    I.am.tired    over.there    that.I.go.travel    far   
    And she said, "I'm tired of going by the far way yonder."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  52. yánava    káan    áraar    u'áhootih    ikrívraam    u'iithvútih   
    visible    there    human    he.is.travelling    house    he.is.packing   
    She saw a person travelling there, he was carrying a house.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  53. axmáy    kun'áhoo    pa'avansáxiich   
    suddenly    they.came    the.boys   
    Suddenly the boys came.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  54. tu'áhoo   
    she.came   
    She came.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  55. yanavéekva    tu'áhooheen    apsunmúnukich   
    one    he.had.arrived    racer.snake   
    She saw Racer coming.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  56. vúra    vaa    u'áhootih   
    Intensive    so    he.was.traveling   
    He was traveling like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  57. naa    ni'áhootih   
    1sg.    I.am.traveling   
    I'm traveling."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  58. ta'ítam    u'áhooheen   
    so    he.traveled   
    Then he traveled.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  59. kári    kúkuum    tá    kun'áhoo   
    then    again    PERF    they.traveled   
    Then they would travel again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  60. vúrava    kun'áhootih   
    just    they.were.walking   
    They were walking that way.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  61. kári    xás    kun'áhoo    vúra    uum    taay    súpaa    pakun'áhoo   
    then    then    they.traveled    Intensive    3.SG    much    day    that.they.traveled   
    And they traveled, it was many days that they traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  62. kári    xás    hâari    vúra    piríshriik    patá    kun'áhoo    pamukunyáfus    tutatitítit   
    then    then    sometime    Intensive    brushy.place    where    they.traveled    their.dresses    it.had.become.tattered   
    And sometimes it was a brushy place where they traveled, their dresses got torn.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  63. fâat    kumá'ii    pa'ôok    ti'áhoo   
    what    because.of    that.here    you.have.traveled   
    Why is it that you have come here?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  64. ôok    uum    pu'áhootihara    pa'ípihitihan   
    here    3.SG    he.doesn't.travel    the.one.who.has.bones   
    People with bones (i.e., live people) don't come here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  65. kári    xás    úskaakrishuk    xás    úkfuukiraa    poo'áhoo   
    then    then    he.jumped.out    then    he.grabbed.at.her    as.she.walked   
    So he jumped out, and he grabbed at her as she walked.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  66. xás    vaa    káan    kun'áhooti    pa'îikam    tá    kunvôonupukahaak   
    then    so    there    they.walked    when.outside    PERF    they.came.outdoors   
    And they walked on that when they went outside.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  67. xás    yáas    ôok    kun'áhoot   
    then    then    here    they.went   
    Then they came here.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

  68. xás    avansáxiich    uum    u'áhootih    pa'ipahasúruk    kúnish    tu'uum   
    then    boy    3.SG    he.is.walking    under.the.tree    sort.of    he.is.going   
    A boy is walking in front, he is sort of going under the tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  69. kúkuum    vúra    u'áhoo   
    again    Intensive    he.walked   
    Then he was walking again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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