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ípaha tree
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lexicon ID #2682 | revised Oct 06 2015
ípaha • N • tree Variant: ípa.
Derivatives (15; show derivatives)
Source: WB 640, p.348 ; Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians III.5.A, 47
Note: refers to tree, either in its entirety or a branchy or leafy sprig or piece of the tree; can be applied to smaller plants (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A, p. 47)
- kári xás upiip, máruk pa'ipahákaam u'íihya. And then he said, "Uphill there is a big tree standing." [Reference: KS31. Coyote Calls Birds 020]
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koova tá neekvúrish chavúra kúkuum ni'iyruhunih chímiva ípaha úkuyva so PERF I.am.tired finally again I.roll.it.downhill soon tree it.strikes I was so tired finally I rolled it down again, but it hit a tree. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text'ípa tree tree, plant Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full textpakoovúra pananuppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kumeekyâahara peheeraha'íppa vúra chishihpurith'íppa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav pa'apxantîich îin tá kinippêer that.of.all our.plant not.a.single.one Intensive sort.of that it.is.not.the.kind.of.make the.tobacco.plant Intensive black.nightshade.plant only that sort.of kind.of.make the.white.man TOPIC PERF he.said.to.us Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full textpeheeraha'íppa mupikyutunváramuu káru koovúra pamúthvuy the.tobacco.plant its.joints also all its.name "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant" Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpeheeraha'íppa pakóo uthvúyttiihva pamushvitáva the.tobacco.plant all it.is.called its.pieces "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant" Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textkoovúra peheeraha'íppa all the.tobacco.plant "The Plant" Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpamu'íppa its.plant its stalk or plant Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textá'yaach vúra uvêehrimva poo'íifti peheeraha'íppa straight.up Intensive it.stands when.it.is.growing the.tobacco.plant The tobacco plant stands straight up as it grows. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpeheeraha'íppa uum vúra iváxra kúnish koovúra pu'ássarhara sákriiv the.tobacco.plant 3.SG Intensive dryish sort.of all not.juicy hard The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpayáan vúr u'íiftihaak puxxích thúkkinkunish peheeraha'íppa pachím uimtúppeeshahaak vaa kári taváttavkunish that.recently Intensive when.it.is.growing very.much blue-green the.tobacco.plant that.already when.will.be.ripe so then light-colored When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full textiheeraha'ípa tobacco.tree tobacco plant Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textpeheeraha'ípa usúufhi su' the.tobacco.plant it.has.pith inside The tobacco plant has pith inside. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | 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 | Playîikam pa'ípaha. outdoors there.is.a.tree There is a tree outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | 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 | 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 | Playpa'ipaha tóo kyívishrih the.tree it.has fall.down The tree fell. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'ípaha vúra yáv tóo kyívish the.tree Intensive good it.has fall.down The tree fell down good. 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 | Playmáruk ípaha uphill tree The tree is uphill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa káan táay pa'ápus apus'ípaha that there much the.apple apple.tree There are lots of apples; [it's an] apple tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playípaha vásihkam tree behind It's behind the tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playípaha káan ukûuntakoo tree there sitting It [a bird] is sitting on a tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playôok uum vúra taay pa'ás púfaat páy uum pa'ípaha here 3.SG Intensive much the.rock nothing this 3.SG the.tree There are many rocks, but no trees. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playôok uum vúra pa'ás kích púfaat uum pa'ípaha here 3.SG Intensive the.rock only nothing 3.SG the.tree There are only rocks here, no trees. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playôok uum púfaat pa'ípaha 'as kich here 3.SG nothing the.tree rock only There are no trees here, only rocks. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playmáruk vúra uum taay pa'ípaha uphill Intensive 3.SG much the.trees There are trees uphill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playmáruk úm taay pa'ípaha uphill or much the.trees Are there trees up the hill? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvúra uum púfaat pa'ípaha máruk Intensive 3.SG nothing the.trees uphill There are no trees up the hill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playmáruk púfaat pa'ípaha uphill nothing the.trees There are no trees up the hill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpáy uum pa'ípaha taay pásaan this 3.SG the.tree much the.leaf This tree has many leaves. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'ípaha káan uhyárih the.tree there it.stands The tree is standing there. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa káan pa'ípaha nitákararih that there the.tree I.hang I'm hanging on the tree. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | 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 | 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 | Playxáyfaat nani'asímnaam kutháaniv don't! 1sPOSS you.all.lie Don't lie on my bed! (talking to more than one person) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | PlayKúkuum again Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full textkáan ípaha u'íihya there tree it.stood A tree stood there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás yánava káan axvaha'ípaha u'íihya then visible there pitch.tree it.stood And he saw a pitch tree standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás upíip payêem nivôoruraavish pa'ípaha then he.said now I.will.climb.up.it the.tree And he said, "Now I'll climb a tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | 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 textkári xás káan umáh akvaat ípaha kun'irukûuntakoo then then there he.saw.them raccoon tree they.were.sitting.on.it And there he saw raccoons, they were sitting in a tree. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textxás yánava káan ípaha u'íihya xás usúrukaahitih then visible there tree it.stood then there.was.a.hole.in.it And he saw a tree standing there, and there was a hole in it. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textta'ítam máh'iit yáan vúra usúpaahitih uvôoruraa pa'ípaha so morning recently Intensive it.was.becoming.day he.climbed.up the.tree So in the morning it was scarcely dawn, he climbed up the tree. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textyukún vaa káan á' u'íithra murax'ipaha'ípan you.see that there above he.is.sitting slippery.tree.top He's up there at the top of a slippery tree." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full textuum vúra vaa âanaxus úkriivkuti pa'ípaha 3.SG Intensive so weasel he.held.on.to.it the.tree Weasel held on to the tree. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textkachakâach mu'ápuroon kumáheesh hôoyva ípahak utákararihva sú' vákay úkrii bluejay her.devil.machine you.will.see somewhere on.a.tree it.is.hanging inside worm it.lives You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside. Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full textpúyava ípaha tá nishxáxaar you.see tree PERF I.tore.it.open So I ripped open a tree. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textpa'ípaha kuníkfuukiraa the.trees they.grabbed.at.them They grabbed the trees. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | 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 textpúyava payêem patóo snur pa'ípaha tóo kfuukiraa tóo sxáxaar you.see now when.it.has thunder the.trees he.has grab he.has tear.open So now when it thunders, (Lightning) grabs the trees, he rips them open. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textkári xás koovúra papinishtunvêechas káru koovúra pa'ípaha kunihyûunishtih kunâach'aa puxîichi then then all the.little.plants also all the.trees they.were.shouting.to.him bird.sp. go.hard! And all the little plants and all the trees shouted to him, "Go to it, kunâach'aa!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textpa'ípaha u'íihya patáaskar tá kunimthátap where.a.tree it.stood the.pole PERF they.lashed.it.onto.it Where a tree stood, they lashed a pole to it. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | 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 textpavuráakir uum vúra ípaha pookyâarahitih the.ladder 3.SG Intensive tree it.was.made.with The ladder was made of a tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full texthári tá mít ukpákishrihat pa'ípaha sometime PERF near.past he.cut.it.down the.tree He cut down a tree sometime (recently). Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full textvíri vaa káan ípaha u'íihya so so there tree it.is.standing There is a tree standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáru ávansa káan uhyárih úksuupkuti pa'ípaha also man there he.is.standing he.is.pointing.at.it the.tree And a man is standing there, he is pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textvíri vaa vúra yítha úksuupkuti pa'ípaha so so Intensive one he.is.pointing.at.it the.tree There is one pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textvíri vaa vúra úksuupkuti pa'ípaha so so Intensive he.is.pointing.at.it the.tree There is (one) pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpayêem asiktávaan peehyárihan úksuupkutih pa'ípaha now woman one.that.is.standing she.is.pointing.at.it the.tree Now a woman is the one standing, she is pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás uum káru úksuupkutih pa'ípaha then 3.SG also she.is.pointing.at.it the.tree She too is pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textyeeripáxvu uhyárih úksuupkuti ípaha káan u'íihya adolescent.girl she.is.standing she.is.pointing.at.it tree there it.is.standing A girl is standing, she is pointing at a tree, it is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkúkuum vúra payeenipaxvúhich káan uhyárih vaa vúra úksuupkuti pa'ípaha again Intensive the.little.adolescent.girl there she.is.standing so Intensive she.is.pointing.at.it the.tree Again the little girl is standing there, she is pointing at the tree like that. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás avansáxiich uum u'áhootih pa'ipahasúruk kúnish tu'uum then boy 3.SG he.is.walking under.the.tree sort.of he.is.going A boy is walking in front, he is sort of going under the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás pa'avansáxiich ipahasúruk tu'uum then the.boy under.a.tree he.is.going The boy is going under a tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáan tishrámkaam xás úhthaamhitih káru ipahá'anamahach káan u'íihya there a.big.field then he.is.planting also a.little.tree there it.is.standing A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpáy uum pichas'ípaha uvêehrimva xás simsímtas utaaspáthahitih this 3.SG peach.tree it.is.standing then wire.fence it.is.fenced.around These peach trees are standing, and there is a wire fence around. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás ipahá'anamahach káan u'íihya then a.little.tree there it.is.standing A little tree is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpa'amkír káan utháaniv xás ukxúrikahiti ávahkam ípaha the.table there it.is.sitting then it.is.marked over tree The table is sitting there, and a tree is drawn on top. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás tu'ûusip pa'ípaha xás yiivári kúuk tu'íipma then he.picks.it.up the.tree then rather.far to he.goes.back He picks up the tree, and goes away again. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text