Ararahih'urípih
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-ak Locative; at, in, to

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #232 | revised May 09 2005

-ak SUFF • Locative; at, in, to

Derivatives (52; show derivatives)

Source: WB G621.1

Note: The allomorph -kan occurs irregularly with a few nouns, e.g. tíikan 'in the hand', sipnúukan 'in the storage basket'.


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  1. 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
  2. xas    yítha    pamuxuunak    ífuni    umah   
    then    one    in.the.his.acorn.mush    hair    he.saw.it   
    Then one of the boys found a hair in his mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. xas    páy    nanu'ávahkam    áachipak        kun'ithyuruva   
    then    this    above.us    into.the.middle    PERF    they.dragged.him.to   
    And right up into the middle of the sky they dragged him along, too.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. kári    xás    máruk    ikúkak    nivátaroovutih   
    then    then    uphill    on.a.log    I.am.walking.from.here.upstream   
    I was in the hills, walking along on a log.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  5. kári    xás    axvâak    ni'axaychákish    xás    pûuvishak    nisaanámnih   
    then    then    by.the.head    I.grab.him    then    in.a.bag    I.put.him.in.it   
    Then I grabbed him by the head and shoved him into a sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  6. xás    xára    chavúra    apsíik    nitápuchrishuk   
    then    long    finally    by.the.leg    I.twist.it.out.   
    After poking around a good while, I caught one by the leg and twisted him out of the hole. I put him in the sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  7. xás    pûuvishak    nisaanámni   
    then    in.the.bag    I.am.put.it.in   
    I put him in the sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  8. ta’itam    kúkuum    pûuvishak    nisaanámniheen   
    so    again    in.the.bag    I.put.it.in   
    I put him in the sack too.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  9. kári    xás    kúkuum    pûuvishak    nisaanámni   
    then    then    again    in.the.bag    I.am.putting.it.in   
    And put him in the sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  10. xás    ta'itam    kúkuum    pûuvishak    nisaanámniheen    kúkuum    vúra    yítha    nithyúrurupuk   
    then    so    again    in.the.bag    I.put.it.in    again    Intensive    one    I.drag.it.out   
    I put him in the sack with the rest. Then I dragged out another one.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  11. xás    ahup'ásipak    sú'    nimáhyaan   
    then    in.the.box    inside    I.put.them.in   
    I put them in a big wooden box.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  12. ithâan    mit    masúruk    saamváruk    níshxaaytihat   
    once    near.past    up.a.creek    at.a.creek    I.was.fishing.with.hook.and.line   
    Once I went up the creek, fishing with hook and line.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text
  13. cháavura    satáranak    ni'íripishri   
    finally    at.bedrock    I.dug.down   
    Finally I got down to bed-rock.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text
  14. xás    masúruk    saamváruk    nikvêesh   
    then    up.a.creek    at.the.creek    I.camp   
    I made camp up the creek.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  15. káan    xás    ikhúripaak    ni'árihripaa   
    there    then    along.a.ridge    I.run.inland   
    Then I went along the ridge.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  16. yánava    sáruk    xás    pírishak    uthantákikva   
    visible    downhill    then    in.the.brush    it.is.stuck   
    I found that it had got stuck in the brush down there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  17. kári    xás    upíip    kach-kach-kach-kach    xás    áak    chanchaaksúrak    u'árihrupuk   
    then    think.about    he.said    kach-kach-kach-kach    then    in.the.fire    roof-hatch    he.rushed.outdoors   
    Then he said, "katch-katch-katch-katch," and up through the smokehole he flew out of the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  18. nixúti    hárivarihva    sárip    nisháankurihat    íshahak   
    I.am.thinking    sometime    hazel.twigs    I.put.them.into.water    in.water   
    [The other day] I thought I'd put some sticks in water.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  19. hôoy    if    imvárak    xuun    íktaamsipreevish   
    where    truly    in.a.plate    acorn.soup    you.will.pick.it.up   
    You can't pick up acorn soup in a plate.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  20. yúuxak    patóo    kyav   
    in.the.sand    that.she.has    make   
    They did it in the sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  21. xas    uxus    tîi    matêe    kanpútyiinkachi    páy    pa'asayâamachak    vúra    uum    yâamach    pa'as   
    then    he.thought    let...    later    let.me.defecate.on.it    this    on.the.pretty.rock    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    the.rock   
    Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  22. chavúra        xánahishich    chími    axmáy    u'áasish    patáprihak    vúra    tóo    mchax        pukunish    kêenatihara   
    finally    PERF    little.while    soon    suddenly    he.lay.down    on.the.pavement    Intensive    he    get.hot    PERF    not.sort.of.    he.was.not.moving   
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  23. xás    úkfuukraanik    ikurâak   
    then    he.climbed.up.from.downhill    on.the.ridge.   
    Then he climbed up slope.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  24. xás    u'êechip    xás    ahíramak    úyuunkuri    pamuxváa    achvúun    atipimámvaan    muxvâa    ukimfíruraanik   
    then    he.picked.him.up    then    in.the.fireplace    he.held.it.in.the.fire    his.head    hookbill.salmon    buzzard    his.hair    he.burned.it.off   
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  25. ta'ítam    upátumkuriheen    peeshkêeshak   
    so    he.put.his.mouth.in.water    in.the.river   
    Then he was drinking with his mouth to the water in the river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  26. ta'íttam    pihnêeffich    úkyiimnupriheen    chanchaaksúrak   
    so    coyote    he.fell.in.through.it    at.the.roof.hatch   
    Then Coyote fell through the living-house roof hole.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  27. akvaat    uum    ípahak   
    raccoon    arrive    tree   
    The raccoon's in a tree.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  28. apmáanak    aknap   
    on.the.mouth    slap   
    I'm going to slap your mouth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Lucille Albers, Sentences with verb paradigms (LA-VS-01) | read full text
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  29. 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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  30. pa'as    paathkúrihi    pa'íshahak   
    the.rock    throw.into    in.the.water   
    Throw the rock into the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  31. itháantakoo    vaa    káan    ípahak   
    you.sit.it.on.top.of    that    there    in.the.tree   
    Put it in the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  32. vaa    káan    íp    nikvêeshrihat    peekrívraamak   
    that    there    PAST    I.stayed.the.night    at.the.house   
    I stayed the night at that house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  33. vaa    káan    uthaantákoo    ahup'ásipak   
    that    there    it.is.on.top.of    the.box   
    It is on top of the box.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  34. pa'as    uum    ahup'ásipak    súrukam   
    the.rock    3.SG    the.box    under   
    The rock is underneath the box.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  35. 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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  36. íshahak    nimúustiheesh    naa   
    in.water    I.will.watch.it    1sg.   
    I am going to look at myself in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  37. pa'íshahak    nimúustiheesh    vaa    káan   
    in.the.water    I.will.watch.it    that    there   
    I am going to look at myself in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  38. papúsihich    tóo    skákuraa    pa'amkírak   
    the.cat    it.has    jump.up    on.the.table   
    The cat jumped up on the table.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  39. pa'ávansa    tóo    path    pa'unúhxiitich    xas    ikrivkírak   
    the.man    he.has    throw    the.ball    then    on.the.chair   
    The man threw the ball on the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  40. a'    tupáathuraa    pa'ípahak    pa'unúhxiitich   
    above    he.has.thrown.it.up    in.the.tree    the.ball   
    He threw the ball up into the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  41. ípahak    tupáathka   
    in.the.tree    he.has.thrown.it.to   
    He threw it to the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  42. a'    tupáathunih    ípahak   
    above    he.has.thrown.it.down    in.the.tree   
    He threw it down in the tree (from above).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  43. iim    ipahak    ihyárih   
    2sg.    in.the.tree    you.stand   
    Are you standing in the tree?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  44. pûuhara    naa    ásak    nihyárih   
    2sg.    1sg.    on.a.rock    I.stand   
    No, I'm standing on a rock.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  45. xáyfaat    ípahak    ihyárih   
    don't!    in.the.tree    you.stand   
    Don't stand in the tree!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  46. uum    tákunpiip    pamúaasravarak    íshaha    sú'    aasrávar   
    3.SG    they.said    on.his.brain    water    inside    brain   
    People said, "He's got water on his brain, inside the brain."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  47. ishkêeshak    tanutárivrip    máruk    tanukvíripraa   
    at.the.river    we.dipped    uphill    we.ran.uphill   
    We dipped it up at the river (for laundry), we ran uphill.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  48. ikxúrar    tóo    kxánamhach    púyava        kunvítvarakva    páahak    sú'        kun'írunaa   
    evening    it.had    gotten.a.little.dark    you.see    PERF    they.paddled.down.from.upriver    in.boats    inside    PERF    they.traveled   
    It was just getting dark in the evening, then they paddled down from upriver, they traveled in boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  49. vaa    vúra    káan    âapun    yúuxak    ukûuruthun   
    so    Intensive    there    on.the.ground    in.the.dirt    he.slid.around   
    He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  50. víri    úuth    ishkêeshak    tu'ahirímkaanva   
    so    out.to.water    at.the.river    it.had.been.lying.across-stream   
    There were trees falling out into the river.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  51. chavúra    yûum    kumayúrasak    uthívruuhramnih   
    finally    uphill.downriver    at.its.ocean    he.floated.into.there   
    Finally he floated into the ocean downriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  52. xás    kunipêer    chími    páahak    váramnih   
    then    they.told.him    soon    in.the.boat    go.in   
    And they told him, "Get in the boat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  53. pihnêefich    páahak    kunipêer    sú'    ithxuuprámnihi   
    coyote    in.the.boat    they.told.him    inside    lie.face.down!   
    They told Coyote, "Lie face down in the boat."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  54. kári    xás    kunipêer    pihnêefich    chími    váripi    páahak   
    then    then    they.told.him    coyote    soon    get.out!    at.the.boat   
    And they told Coyote, "Get out of the boat!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  55. xás    á'    uvôoruraa    ípahak   
    then    above    he.climbed.up    at.the.tree   
    And he climbed up a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  56. xás    kári    ikúkak    úkfuukar   
    then    then    on.a.log    he.crawled.across.water   
    And he crept out on a log.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  57. kári    xás    ahváraak    upíshtaaxva    upiip    kíivyiihrishuki    kíivyiihrishuki   
    then    then    in.a.hollow.tree    he.pulled.back.his.foreskin    he.said    you.guys.come.out!    you.guys.come.out!   
    So he pulled back his foreskin in a hollow tree, he said, "Come out, come out!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  58. kári    xás    ahváraak    uthúrivkaa   
    then    then    in.a.hollow.tree    he.urinated.on.it   
    So he urinated on a hollow tree.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  59. páahak    úskaakramnih    xás    ithyáruk    uvíitkar   
    in.a.boat    he.jumped.in.it    then    across    he.paddled.across   
    He jumped into a boat, and he paddled across-river.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  60. kári    xás    á'    uvôoruraa    iyvôoruraak   
    then    then    above    he.crawled.up    on.the.woodpile   
    Then he crawled up on the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  61. xás    ishkêeshak    úskaakurih    xás    úkpuuhrin   
    then    in.a.river    he.jumped.in.water    then    he.swam.across   
    And he jumped in the river, and he swam across.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  62. púra fátaak    pihnêefich   
    nowhere    coyote   
    Coyote was nowhere (to be seen).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  63. xás    paxanchíifich    u'iipkúri    ishkêeshak   
    then    Frog    he.dived    in.the.river   
    So Frog (took the fire in his mouth and) dived in the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  64. kári    xás    vikapuhak    uthaanámnih   
    then    then    in.the.quiver    he.puts.it.in   
    And he put it in the quiver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  65. mâaka    kíxumnipaak    asimváram    tóo    kyâaheen    pakeechxâach   
    little.uphill    at.the.corner    bed    she.had    made.it    the.widow   
    In the uphill corner the widow had made a bed.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  66. yáxa    páy    ifunihaxára    paniníxuunak   
    look!    this    long.hair    in.my.acorn.soup   
    Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  67. xás    pa'ávansa    uthyúruripaa    pa'ífuni    pamu'ásipak   
    then    the.man    he.pulled.it.out    the.hair    from.his.basket   
    And the man pulled the hair from his basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  68. káruma    uum    pa'ifápiit    áxak    pamu'ífuni    upaathrámni    papátaravak   
    in.fact    3.SG    the.young.woman    two    her.hair    she.threw.it.into.it    in.the.soup.basket   
    The fact was, the young women had thrown two of their hairs into the soup-baskets.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  69. xás    payúrasak    kun'íkakurih    kári    vaa    vúra    kun'áaphuti    pamútraax   
    then    SUB-into.the.ocean    they.jump.(into.water)    then    that    Intensive    they.were.carrying.(two.objects)    his.arms   
    And when they jumped into the ocean, they were still carrying his arms.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text
  70. íshahak    tóo    mkuuhkurih   
    on.the.water    it.did    shine.on.water   
    It was shining on the water.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  71. saamvárook    aratváraf    kích    i'áamtiheesh   
    in.creeks    black.mud    only    you.will.be.eating.it   
    You'll be eating nothing but mud in the creeks
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  72. âapun    ásak    upathakhíish   
    on.the.ground    on.a.rock    he.is.kneeling.down.(on.one.knee)   
    He kneeled down on a rock.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  73. 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
  74. kári    xás    chanchaaksúrak    xás    u'árihrupuk    kchkchkchkch   
    then    then    through.the.smokehole    then    she.rushed.outdoors    kchkchkchkch   
    Then (Blue Jay) jumped out through the smokehole, "kchkchkchkch!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  75. payítha    uum    vúra    chîimich    pamu'átimnak   
    the.one    3.SG    Intensive    little.bit    in.her.burden.basket   
    There was little in the other's burden basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  76. xás    yánava    pa'átimnavak    umáhyaanahiti    táhpuus   
    then    visible    in.the.burden.basket    it.is.stuffed.in    young.fir.tree   
    And he saw fir branches sticking in the burden basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  77. xasík    paaxvaharaxárahsas    kuvêehkuriheesh    yúuxak    u'ahítiheesh   
    then.(future)    the.long.pitch-woods    you.will.stick.them.into.it    in.the.sand    it.will.burn   
    You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  78. xás    araramvanyupsítanach    uxus    xáyfaat    vaa    nipiip    tóo    piip    ípahak    kích    panimáahti    pá'aax   
    then    horsefly    he.thought    don't!    so    I.say.it    he.had    say    in.trees    only    I.am.finding.it    the.blood   
    and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  79. kári    xás    upatánvish    pamukun'eenishrúpak   
    then    then    he.asked.it    their.porch   
    So he asked their front porch.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  80. káan    kúna    pamukun'aktinakírak    vaa    káru    vúra    pu'aapúnmutihara   
    there    in.addition    their.handrests    so    also    Intensive    it.didn't.know   
    The grasping stones there (at the doorway) didn't know either.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  81. kári    xás    mutaxyêemak    káan    xás    uhyárihish   
    then    then    in.his.front.yard    there    then    he.stood.still   
    Then he stood still there in his yard.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  82. xás    uxus    kaanvári    niptaxarápishriheesh    nanitaxyêemak   
    then    he.thought    in.that.direction    I.will.end.my.stride.back.there    in.my.front.yard   
    And he thought, "I'll stride back there into my yard."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  83. mutaxyêemak    utaxáraapramnih   
    3sPOSS    he.strode.into.it   
    He strode into his yard.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  84. xás    póo'uum    chanchaaksúrak    utnûupnih   
    then    when.he.arrived    in.the.smokehole    he.looked.in.through.it   
    And when he arrived, he looked in through the smokehole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  85. xás    chanchaaksúrak    kunishkurúhruuprihva    pamukun'átimnam   
    then    in.the.smokehole    they.hauled.them.up.by.the.straps    their.burden.baskets   
    Then they pulled their burden baskets up through the smokehole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  86. ishkêeshak    uthiivkúrih   
    in.a.river    he.put.it.in.water   
    He put it in the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  87. xás    pamúpaahak    tóo    pváramnih   
    then    in.his.boat    he.had    gotten.back.in   
    And he got in his boat.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  88. pufíchtaahkoo    ípmiif    káru    pakóo    kumá'uup    pootháthriinaa    pasipnúukak   
    white.deer    black.deer    also    all    kinds.of.treasure    that.it.sat    in.the.storage.baskets   
    White deerskins, black deerskins, and every kind of treasure sat in the storage baskets.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  89. póo'uum    chanchaaksúrak    pootfúnukva    pamukun'iinâak    vúra    uum    úm'aaxvarayva   
    when.he.arrived    at.the.smokehole    when.he.looked.indoors    their.indoors    Intensive    3.SG    it.was.red.around   
    When he arrived, when he looked inside through the smokehole, it was red all over inside their house (by reflection from his clothing).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  90. vaa    ík    káan    i'uumêesh    pámita    nu'ínoohvootihirak    pa'aasívak   
    so    must    there    you.will.go    where.(in.the.near.past)    where.we.were.staying.all.the.time    in.the.cave   
    You must go there where we used to stay, in the cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  91. xás    uxús    tîi    máruk    chinach'ásak    kánpaathkirihi    paninisárum   
    then    she.thought    let...    uphill    at.Big.Rock    let.me.throw.into.water    my.pine-roots   
    And she thought, "Let me throw my pine-roots in the water, uphill at Big Rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  92. káan    xás    mah'íitnihach    upapivankôoti    pamusárum    ishkêeshak    hôoy    kích    tóo    pthívruuhruprav   
    there    then    early.morning    she.went.to.look.for    her.pine-roots    at.the.river    where    only    they.had    floated.out   
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  93. árusak    sú'    tóo    pthaanámnih   
    in.the.seed-basket    inside    she.did    put.him.back.into.it   
    So she put him inside the seed-basket.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  94. eenishrúpak    ixráran   
    on.the.porch    go.to.weep   
    Go cry on the porch!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  95. kári    xás    impáak    ukrûuntih   
    then    then    at.a.path    he.waited   
    So he waited by a path.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  96. kári    xás    impáak    úskaaksur    pa'asiktávaan   
    then    then    at.the.path    she.jumped.off    the.woman   
    And the woman jumped off of the path.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  97. xás    u'uum    pathúufak   
    then    he.arrives    to.the.creek   
    And he got to the creek.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  98. xás    ishkêeshak    imvír    kuníkyav   
    then    in.the.river    fishery    they.made.them   
    And they made fisheries in the river.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  99. ishkêeshak    kunvêehkurihvuti    patáaskar   
    into.the.river    they.were.stuck.in    the.poles   
    The poles were stuck into the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  100. púyava    pakuníkriihvuti    vaa    káan    kunkûuntako    peemvirak'ípan   
    you.see    when.they.fished    so    there    they.sat.on    on.top.of.the.fishing.platform   
    So when they fished, they sat there on top of the fishing platform.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  101. púyava    pá'aas    ukríkurihva    púyava    pa'áama        kunívyiihraa    xás    urípihak        kunihmáravar   
    you.see    when.into.the.water    it.was.set    you.see    when.the.salmon    PERF    they.came.up    then    into.the.net    PERF    they.ran.in   
    So when they set it into the water, when the salmon came up, then they ran into the net.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  102. asiktávaan    uum    pukáan    vúrayvutihara    peemvírak   
    woman    3.SG    not.there    she.didn't.go.around    the.fishing=platform   
    A woman didn't go around the fishing platform there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  103. pavírusar    íshyaav    kusrahkêem    kári    koovúra    eeráriivak    kúuk        kunpávyiihma   
    the.bear    winter    December    then    all    to.animal.den    to    PERF    they.go.back.to   
    In the winter, in December (the bad month), the bears all go into dens.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  104. púra fátaak   
    nowhere   
    (The bear) was nowhere to be seen.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  105. víriva    púra fátaak    vôonupuktihara   
    so    nowhere    he.is.not.coming.out   
    (The bear) He didn’t come out anywhere.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  106. púyava        kunpiykáravar    eeráriivak    kunithyúrurupuk   
    you.see    PERF    they.finished.slaughtering.it    out.of.the.den    they.drag.it.out   
    They finished killing it, they dragged it out of the den.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  107. paxuntápan    uum    kun'ífiktih    ípahak    kun'íiftih   
    the.acorns    3.SG    they.were.picking.them    on.trees    they.were.growing   
    They picked the acorns, they grew on trees.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text
  108. xás    kári    peekpúr    uum    múrukak    kuniyváyraamnihvutih   
    then    then    the.acorn.flour    3.SG    in.a.mealing.tray    they.poured.it.in.it   
    Then they poured the flour into a tray-basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text
  109. yúuxak        kuntákir   
    in.sand    PERF    they.leached.it   
    They leached it in sand.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text
  110. púyava    patóo    mfírahaak    páyaaf        kun'ákithramni    tharámpuukravak   
    you.see    when.it.had    become.hot    the.acorn.dough    PERF    they.put.it.into.it    in.the.cooking.basket   
    When they were hot, they put the acorn dough into a cooking basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text
  111. xás    patóo    msípishrihaak    pátanamichak        kuntarívraamnihva   
    then    when.it.had    cooled.down    in.soup.baskets    PERF    they.poured.it.into.them   
    And when it cooled off, they poured it into soup baskets.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text
  112. ásipak    usnapráamnihva   
    in.a.cooking.basket    it.was.put.in   
    They put it in a cooking basket.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text
  113. xás    sáruk    kúuk        kun'uum    xás    úuth    ishkêeshak        kunpáatva   
    then    downhill    to.there    PERF    they.arrive    then    out.to.water    in.the.river    PERF    they.bathe   
    And they went downhill, and they bathed out in the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text
  114. 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
  115. púyava    xás    ásipak    tumáhyaan   
    you.see    then    in.bowl.basket    he.put.them.in   
    Then he put them in a bowl-basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text
  116.     nukíshap    paxávish    máruk    ahváraak        nupíshunva   
    PERF    we.tied.it.up    the.arrowwood    uphill    in.a.hollow.tree    PERF    we.hid.it   
    (Then) we tied up the syringa, we hid it in a hollow tree uphill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  117. xás    kári    koovúra        kunpáatvunaa    xás    páahak        kunvíitkar    ithyáruk    pafatavéenaan   
    then    then    all    PERF    they.bathed    then    in.a.boat    PERF    they.rode.across-river    across    the.priest   
    And everybody bathed, and they rowed the priest across-river in a boat.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  118. pasárip'atimnak    pakuntúunfak   
    in.the.hazel-twig.burden.baskets    they.carried.wood.downhill   
    They carried them downhill in hazel-twig burden baskets.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  119. yáas    nishuváxraahti    imcháxahak   
    then    I.spread.them.out.to.dry    in.the.sunshine   
    Then I dried them in the sunshine.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  120. xás    amyiv    káru    athkúrit    ta    kuníyshar    xás    vaa        kuniyvúruk    pathúkinhak   
    then    soot    also    fat    PERF    they.mixed    then    so    PERF    they.rubbed.it    on.the.tattoo   
    Then they mixed soot and grease, and they rubbed it on the tattoo.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text
  121. káruk     núvyiihship    tínxuumnipaak   
    upriver    we.went    to.Ferry.Point   
    We went upriver to Ferry Point.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text
  122. xás    á'    u'ákuraati    papimustihvâanarak   
    then    above    it.is.reaching.up    at.the.window   
    He is putting his paws up on the window.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  123. pachishíi    uhyári    amkírak    a'    u'áamti    asíp'anamahachak   
    the.dog    it.is.standing    on.the.table    above    it.is.eating    at.a.small.bowl   
    The dog is standing on top of the table, he is eating from a small bowl.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  124. payôok    ávansa    vuraakírak    uvôoruraatih    úmkaanvutih   
    right.here    man    on.a.ladder    he.is.climbing.up.it    he.is.gathering.(from.plants)   
    Here a man is climbing on a ladder, he is picking apples.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  125. páy    uum    úuth    yúrasak   
    this    3.SG    out.to.water    at.the.ocean   
    This is out at the ocean.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  126. pa'asiktávaan    utráamnihti    pa'ásipak   
    the.woman    she.is.looking.into    at.the.bowl   
    The woman is looking in the bowl.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  127. ishkêeshak    xákarari    áxak    ávansa    kun'iruvêehriv   
    at.a.river    on.both.sides    two    man    they.are.standing   
    Two men are standing on each side of a river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  128. kári    xás    u'árihshipriv    kachakâach    chanchaksúrak    u'árihrupuk    kchkchkchkchkch   
    then    then    she.jumped.up    bluejay    at.the.door    she.rushed.outside    kchkchkchkchkch   
    Now Bluejay jumped up and she went out the door, "kchkchkchkchkch".
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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