Ararahih'urípih
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akâay who?; anyone

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #234 | revised Nov 07 2014

akâay • PRON • who?; anyone Variant: akáray.

Derivative (1)
akâayva "anyone, someone, whoever"

Source: WB 52, p.316

Note: After pu- 'not,' the allomorphs akára and kára occur.

  • kunípaanik, akáray áta. They said, "We'll see who wins." [Reference: KS2.Turtle & Abalone 002]
  • chími akâay kích kiikpíkaan. Go fetch someone else! [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 016]

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  1. akâay    uum    mi'áraar   
    who    3.SG    your.relatives   
    Who are your relations?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. kári    xás    upíip    púxay    vúra    húunxayheeshara    chími    akâay    kích    kiikpíkaan   
    then    then    he.said    not.yet    Intensive    it.will.not.be.harmful    soon    who    only    go.get.him   
    Then he said, "I cannot do any more for him, you better fetch someone else!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  3. akâay    akâay    poo'iithvútihanik   
    who    who    that.she.was.packing.it   
    Who? Who was packing it?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. akâay    paxuntápan    ukítnaaktih   
    who    the.acorns    he.is.cracking.(acorns)   
    Who is cracking acorns?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  5. akâay    ikpúr    utákirtih   
    who    acorn.flour    she.is.leaching.it   
    Who is leaching acorn meal?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  6. akâay    uum    panámnik    uvâarameesh   
    who    3.SG    Orleans    she.is.going.to.go   
    Who's going to go to Orleans?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  7. akâay    pa'áama    u'áamtih   
    who    the.salmon    he.is.eating.it   
    Who's eating the salmon?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  8. akâay    u'ávaheen   
    who    he.ate.it   
    Who ate it?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. akâay    sáruk    tu'árihfak   
    who    downhill    .he.has.walked.downhill   
    Who walked down the hill?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  12. akâay    sáruk    tóo    árihfakuheen    ipit   
    who    downhill    he.has    walked.downhill    yesterday   
    Who walked down the hill yesterday?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  13. akâay    iim    mi'áraaras   
    who    2sg.    your.relatives   
    Who are your relatives?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  14. akâay    mi'áraaras   
    who    your.relatives   
    Who are your relatives?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  15. 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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  16. akâay    vaa    tóo    kúupha   
    who    that    he.has    do   
    Who did that?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  17. akâay    pami'áraaras   
    who    your.relatives   
    Who are your relatives?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  18. akâay    múthyur   
    who    his.car   
    Whose car?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  19. akâay    tóo    knáknak   
    who    he.has    knock   
    Who is knocking?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  20. akâay    ukyâanik    vaa    pa'ápxaan?   
    who    he.made.it    so    the.hat   
    Who made your hat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  21. akâay    uum    pami'ávan   
    who    3.SG    the.your.husband   
    Who is your husband?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
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  22. íkiich    káru    vúra    mutípa    káru    muxúkam    káru    vúra    akâay    vúra    pamu'áraar   
    maybe    also    Intensive    his.brother    also    his.mother's.brother    also    Intensive    who    Intensive    his.relative   
    Maybe too it would be his brother or his uncle or any relative of his.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  23. kári    xás    upiip    achiimuuchpihnîich    akâay    tutháfip    naníxraat   
    then    then    he.said    Old.Man.Lizard    who    he.has.eaten.them.up    my.gooseberries   
    Then Old Man Lizard said, "Who ate up my gooseberries?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  24. kári    xás    upiip    akâay    tutáayvaar    panani'íin   
    then    then    he.said    who    he.spoiled    my.falls   
    And he said, "Who spoiled my falls?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  25. kári    xás    upiip    akâay    kích    vúra    ipshansîipreevishan    pamu'ípih   
    then    then    he.said    who    only    Intensive    one.who.will.carry.away    his.bones   
    And he said, "Who is going to carry away her bones?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  26. kári    xás    kunpiip    akâay    uum    páxuus    êethtiheeshan   
    then    then    they.say    who    3.SG    the.thought    will.carry.it   
    And they said, "Who will take care of it?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  27. víri    akâay    vúra    xákaan    kunvúunveesh   
    so    who    Intensive    with.(one.person)    they.will.wrestle   
    Who will wrestle with him?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  28. púyava    vúra    vaa    uthiináti    papáthraam    xás    kôokinay    vúra    u'ápiv    akâay    áta    mu'ífunih   
    you.see    Intensive    so    he.had.it    the.hair-club    then    everywhere    Intensive    he.looked.for.her    who    maybe    her.hair   
    So he kept the hair-club, and he looked for her everywhere, (he wondered) whose hair it was.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  29. xás    kári    upiip    chími    akâay    kích    vúra    káru    kiikpíkaan   
    then    then    she.said    soon    who    only    Intensive    also    go.get.her   
    And she said, "Go get somebody else, too!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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