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-ak Locative; at, in, to
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lexicon ID #232 | revised May 09 2005
-ak • SUFF • Locative; at, in, to
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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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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 textxas 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 textxas páy nanu'ávahkam áachipak tá 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textta’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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textithâan 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 textcháavura 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 textxás 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 textkáan 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 textyánava 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 textkári 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 textnixúti 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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playhôoy 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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playyúuxak 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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playxas 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 textchavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak vúra tóo mchax tá 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textta'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 textta'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 textakvaat 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
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playapmáanak 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
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playpapúsihich 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playitháantakoo 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpapúsihich 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playíshahak 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpapúsihich 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playa' 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playípahak 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playa' 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playiim 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpûuhara 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playuum 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 textishkêeshak 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 textikxúrar tóo kxánamhach púyava tá kunvítvarakva páahak sú' tá 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 textvaa 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 textvíri 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 textchavúra 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 textxás 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 textpihnêefich 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textpáahak 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textpúra fátaak pihnêefich nowhere coyote Coyote was nowhere (to be seen). Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás 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 textkári 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 textmâaka 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 textyáxa 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 textxás 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 textkáruma 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 textxás 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 textíshahak 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 textsaamvárook 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 textâapun 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 textkáru 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 textkári 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 textpayítha 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 textxás 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 textxasík 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textkáan 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textmutaxyêemak 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textishkêeshak 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 textxás 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 textpufíchtaahkoo 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 textpóo'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 textvaa 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 textxás 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 textkáan 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 textárusak 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 texteenishrúpak ixráran on.the.porch go.to.weep Go cry on the porch!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textkári 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textishkêeshak 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 textpúyava 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 textpúyava pá'aas ukríkurihva púyava pa'áama tá kunívyiihraa xás urípihak tá 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 textasiktávaan 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 textpavírusar íshyaav kusrahkêem kári koovúra eeráriivak kúuk tá 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 textpúra fátaak nowhere (The bear) was nowhere to be seen. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full textvíriva 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 textpúyava tá 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 textpaxuntápan 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 textxás 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 textyúuxak tá kuntákir in.sand PERF they.leached.it They leached it in sand. Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full textpúyava patóo mfírahaak páyaaf tá 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 textxás patóo msípishrihaak pátanamichak tá 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 textásipak 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 textxás sáruk kúuk tá kun'uum xás úuth ishkêeshak tá 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 textxás 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 textpúyava 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 texttá nukíshap paxávish máruk ahváraak tá 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 textxás kári koovúra tá kunpáatvunaa xás páahak tá 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 textpasárip'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 textyáas 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 textxás amyiv káru athkúrit ta kuníyshar xás vaa tá 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 textkáruk 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 textxás 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 textpachishíi 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 textpayôok 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 textpáy 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 textpa'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 textishkêeshak 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 textkári 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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