Ararahih'urípih
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ípaha tree

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. koova        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
  2. 'ípa   
    tree   
    tree, plant
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text
  3. pakoovúra    pananuppírish    puyíththaxay    vúra    kúnish    vaa    kumeekyâahara    peheeraha'íppa    vúra    chishihpurith'íppa    kích    vaa    kúnish    kuméekyav    pa'apxantîich    îin        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 text
  4. peheeraha'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 text
  5. peheeraha'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 text
  6. koovúra    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 text
  7. pamu'íppa   
    its.plant   
    its stalk or plant
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  8. á'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 text
  9. peheeraha'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 text
  10. payáan    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 text
  11. iheeraha'ípa   
    tobacco.tree   
    tobacco plant
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  12. peheeraha'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 text
  13. akvaat    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
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  14. îikam    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
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  15. itháantakoo    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
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  16. papúsihich    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
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  17. pa'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
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  18. pa'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
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  19. a'    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
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  20. ípahak    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
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  21. máruk    ípaha   
    uphill    tree   
    The tree is uphill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  22. vaa    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
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  23. ípaha    vásihkam   
    tree    behind   
    It's behind the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  24. ípaha    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
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  25. ôok    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
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  26. ôok    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
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  27. ôok    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
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  28. máruk    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
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  29. máruk    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
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  30. vúra    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
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  31. máruk    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
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  32. páy    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
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  33. pa'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
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  34. vaa    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
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  35. iim    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
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  36. xáyfaat    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
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  37. xáyfaat    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
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  38. Kúkuum   
    again   
    Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  39. káan    ípaha    u'íihya   
    there    tree    it.stood   
    A tree stood there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  40. xás    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 text
  41. xás    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 text
  42. xás    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 text
  43. kári    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 text
  44. xás    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 text
  45. ta'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 text
  46. yukún    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 text
  47. uum    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 text
  48. kachakâach    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 text
  49. púyava    ípaha        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 text
  50. pa'ípaha    kuníkfuukiraa   
    the.trees    they.grabbed.at.them   
    They grabbed the trees.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  51. xás    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 text
  52. púyava    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 text
  53. kári    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 text
  54. pa'ípaha    u'íihya    patáaskar        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 text
  55. paxuntápan    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 text
  56. pavuráakir    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 text
  57. hári        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 text
  58. víri    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 text
  59. káru    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 text
  60. víri    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 text
  61. víri    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 text
  62. payêem    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 text
  63. xás    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 text
  64. yeeripáxvu    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 text
  65. kúkuum    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 text
  66. xás    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 text
  67. xás    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 text
  68. káan    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 text
  69. páy    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 text
  70. xás    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 text
  71. pa'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 text
  72. xás    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