Ararahih'urípih
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ákih to give things, or a mass of something, to someone ; to feed

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #249 | revised Aug 19 2005

ákih • V • to give things, or a mass of something, to someone ; to feed

Source: WB 57, p.316

  • pamúspuk pamutúnviiv u'ákihvunaati. He's giving his money to his children. [Reference: KV]
  • páy kích na'ákihi Feed me more! [Reference: Richardson 1993:21]

Sentence examples (21)


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  1. payêem    uum    xúrish    kana'ákihi   
    now    3.SG    shelled.acorn    give.me   
    Give me acorns."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  2. xúrish    kun'ákih    itha'átiv   
    shelled.acorn    they.gave.her    one.packbasket.full   
    They gave her a whole packbasket full of acorns.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  3. xás    payêem    uum    athithxuntápan    kana'ákihi   
    then    now    3.SG    hazelnut    give.me   
    "Give me hazel nuts this time."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  4. xás    kun'ákih   
    then    they.gave.them.to.her   
    Then they gave them to her.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  5. taay    vúra    na'ákihi   
    much    Intensive    feed.me!   
    Feed me a lot!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  6. kúkuum    taay    vúra    na'ákihi   
    again    much    Intensive    feed.me!   
    Feed me a lot again!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  7. náa    pananipúsihich    axákyaan    ni'ákihtih   
    1sg.    my.cat    twice    i.am.feeding.it   
    I feed my cat twice (a day).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  8. táníkfuuksip    táni'áki    aas    tá    ni'akih   
    I.got.up    I.fed.him    water    PERF    I.gave.him   
    I'd get up, I'd feed him, I'd give him water.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  9. káru    hôoy    akâayva    'îin    kun    kêemish    kun'ákihanik    kéemish    u'ávanik   
    also    where    anyone    TOPIC    3pl(>3s)    something.dangerous    they.fed.him    something.dangerous    he.ate   
    "And somewhere, someone, they ... they fed him poison, he ate poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  10. káruma    káru    taay    u'ôorahiti    pa'ánav    patá    níkvar    pani'ákihti   
    in.fact    also    much    it.was.costing    the.medicine    that.I.bought    1s(>3)    that.I.was.giving.him   
    And in fact it cost a lot, the medicine that I bought, that I was giving him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  11. kári    xás    upiip    miník    kiikpákiheesh    pamikunpatúmkir    chími    kanipthívkee   
    then    then    he.said    of.course    I.will.give.it.back.to.you.guys    your.pillows    soon    let.me.go.back.with!   
    And he said, "I'll give you back your pillows, let me go along!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  12. kári    xás    ta'ítam    u'ákihvunaaheen    pamutúnviiv   
    then    then    so    she.gave.it.to.them    her.children   
    Then she gave it to her children.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  13. kári    xás    kin'ákih    amveeváxrah   
    then    then    they.gave.it.to.them    dried.salmon   
    And they were given dried salmon.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  14. miník    koovúra    nu'ákiheesh    panini'arará'uup   
    of.course    all    I.will.give.you    my.Indian.treasure   
    I'll give you all my Indian treasure."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  15. mímik    koovúra    panani'arará'uup    nu'ákiheesh   
    of.course    all    my.indian.treasure    I.will.give.you   
    I'll give you my Indian treasure.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  16. kári    xás    upákih    xás    káru    vúra    úhruuthvah   
    then    then    she.gave.them.back.(to.him)    then    also    Intensive    she.made.him.a.slave   
    So she gave them back to him, and she took him as her slave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  17. xás    peempúr    kin'ákih   
    then    the.flour    they.gave.them   
    And (the whites) gave them flour.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  18. kári    xás    vaa    kúna    tá    kin'ákih    ipchimákananach   
    then    then    so    in.addition    PERF    they.gave.them    handkerchief   
    Then in addition they gave them handkerchiefs.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  19. xás    kunipêer    fâat    panu'ákiheesh   
    then    they.say    what    we.will.give.you   
    And they said to him, "What can we give you?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  20. pa'ávansa    káan    uhyárih    u'ákihti    páchishiih   
    the.man    there    he.is.standing    he.is.feeding.it    the.dog   
    The man is standing there, he is feeding the dog.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text