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ákah father
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lexicon ID #236 | revised Nov 07 2014
ákah • N • father
Derivative (1)
akáhyaan "stepfather"
Source: WB 50, p.316
- hínupa páy vaa pani'ávanhiti panani'ákah. It was my father that I married. [Reference: KT 161.6]
- xás takunipêer pamukun'ákah, yee! arákaas, hûut ti'iin. And they said to their father, "Hey, old man, what's wrong with you?" [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 026]
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fâat kumá'ii pananítaat káru panani'áka tá kuniyâaram fâat kumá'ii what because.of my.mother also my.father PERF they.took.them.away what because.of Why did they take my father and mother away? Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text
Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Playxás pihnêefich upíip tá kunchúuphinaa pa'avansáxiichas kóova tá kunchúuphinaa kóova pa'avansáxiichas xás upíip "hôoy mikun'ákah then coyote he.said PERF they.talked. the.boys so PERF they.talked. so the.boys then he.said where your.father Then Coyote said, the boys talked with him, they talked to him, the boys talked with him, and he said: "Where is your father?" Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textvaa mu'ákah that 3sPOSS It's his father. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpanani'ákah vúra tupihnîichha my.father Intensive he.is.an.old.man My father is old. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpanani'ákah vúra uum tupihnîichha my.father Intensive 3.SG he.is.an.old.man My father is old. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpamu'ákah uum îikam his.father 3.SG outdoors His father is outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playhûut kích pami'ákah how only your.father How's your father? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpananí'ákah vúrava pimnáanih the.my.father just summer My father (gathered wood) in the summer. ayu’âach púfaat pa'ávansa iináak panini'ákah uum támit u'ívat it.was.because nothing the.men placename my.father 3.SG already.in.the.past he.died It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full textxás poovôonupuk pa'ávansa víri vúra vaahyâach pamu'áka then when.he.comes.outdoors the.man so Intensive exactly.that her.father And when the man came out, he was just like her father. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textxás upíti chími pami'áka pimúsan then he.is.saying soon your.father go.to.see.again Then (her husband) said, "Go see your father again." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textxás pâanpay xás uxús naa nixúti napikshayvûunishti yukún koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup káru uum vúra vaa umúsahiti panini'áka then after.while then she.thinks 1sg. I.am.thinking he.is.lying.to.me you.see all that it.looks.like our.possessions also 3.SG Intensive that he.looks.like my.father Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me, everything looks like our things, and he looks just like my father." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textyánava panini'áka visible my.father "I see it is my father!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textxás tá kunipêer pamukun'ákah yee arákaas hûut ti'iin then PERF they.told.him their.father well old.man how you.have.something.wrong.with.you And they said to their father, "Hey, old man, what's wrong with you? Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textkári xás upêer pamú'aramah chími pami'áka êehi paxuun then then she.told.her her.child soon your.father give.it.to.him the.acorn.soup And she told her child, "Give your father his acorn soup!" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textpamu'akah'îin kunpápivar his.father he.went.to.search.for.him His father went to look for him. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textkári xás pihnîichich uvôonsip pamukun'ákah then then old.man he.got.up their.father Then the old man got up, their father. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full textxás upiip nini'ákah then she.said my.father And she said, "My father!" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full textxás mupîimach pamu'áka uhyárih then next.to.her her.father he.is.standing Next to her is standing her father. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás pamu'áka mupîimach uhyárih then her.father next.to.her he.is.standing Her father is standing next to her. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text