Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

This is the public version of Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the password-protected private version (which includes some restricted-access text content).


New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency


Search Index

ákunvar / ákunvan- to go hunting

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #307 | revised Oct 31 2014

ákunvar / ákunvan- V • to go hunting

Derivation ákunva-ar
hunt-go.to

Derivative (1)
akunvarasímsiim "hunting knife"

Source: WB verbs

  • xás upiip, uumkun téep kun'ákunvarat. And he said, "They've gone hunting." [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 010]
  • chími nu'ákunvanveesh. We're going hunting. [Reference: KT 122b.4]

See -ar 'go to'


Sentence examples (20)

Include derivatives: yes | no
Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. kúkuum    imáan    tu'ákunvar   
    again    tomorrow    he.went.hunting.again   
    Again in the morning [the next day] he went hunting.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. kúkuum    imáan    tupákunvar   
    again    tomorrow    he.went.hunting.again   
    The next day, he went hunting again. [The same episode is repeated several times.]
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  3. kári    xás    chími    i'ákunvar   
    then    then    soon    you.go.hunt   
    Then (Coyote said), "Go hunting!"
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  4. mah'íitnihach        kun'ivyíihrupuk        kun'ákunvanva   
    early.morning    PERF    they.go.outdoors    PERF    they.go.hunting   
    Early in the morning they go out hunting.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  5. xas    pakunpámvaar    kun'ákunvanva   
    then    when.they.finished.eating    they.went.hunting   
    And when they got through eating they went out to hunt.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  6. kúkuum    mah'íitnihach        kun'ákunvanva    patá    kunpámvaar   
    again    early.morning    PERF    they.went.hunting    when    they.finished.eating   
    And again in the early morning they went forth to hunt when they got through eating.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  7. yée    ôok    pámit    ni'ákunvarat   
    well    here    where.(in.the.near.past)    I.went.hunting   
    Not long ago I was out hunting.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  8. papishyavpîish    mit    ni'ákunvarat   
    the.autumn    near.past    I.went.hunting   
    Last fall I went on a hunting trip.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  9. imáankam    xás    mah'íitnihach    xás    ni'ákunvarat   
    next.day    then    early.morning    then    I.went.hunting   
    Next morning early I went hunting.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  10. xás    kunipêer    nuu    chími    nuvyîihshipreevish    chími    nu'ákunvanveesh   
    then    they.told.him    we    soon    we.will.go.out    soon    we.will.go.hunting   
    Then they told him: "We are going out, we are going hunting."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  11. xás    vaa        nu'ákunvar   
    then    that    PERF    we.hunted   
    And we would go hunting.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  12. xás    vaa        nu'ákunvar    papúufich    ímpaah   
    then    that    PERF    we.hunted    the.deer    trail   
    And we were hunting the deer [from the] road.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  13. xás    upiip    uumkun    tée    p    kun'ákunvarat   
    then    he.said    they    PERF    PAST    they.went.hunting   
    And he said, "They've gone hunting."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  14. púufich    u'ákunvareesh   
    deer    he.was.going.to.go.hunt.it   
    They were going deer-hunting.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  15. xás    púyava    kunpákunvanva    kúkuum   
    then    you.see    they.went.hunting    again   
    Then they went hunting again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  16. kúkuum    vúra    imáan    kunpákunvanva   
    again    Intensive    tomorrow    they.went.hunting   
    The next day they went hunting again (but were still unsuccessful).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  17. yáas        kunpákunvanva   
    then    PERF    they.went.hunting   
    Then they went hunting again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  18. púyava    kúkuum    vúra    imáan    tu'ákunvar   
    you.see    again    Intensive    tomorrow    he.would.go.hunting   
    He would go hunting again the next day.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  19. pakári    athkuritárahiv        kun'ákunvanva   
    when    hunting.season    PERF    they.went.to.hunt   
    When it was hunting season, they went hunting.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text
  20. kári    xás        kunívyiihship        kun'ákunvanva   
    then    then    PERF    they.left    PERF    they.went.hunting   
    Then they went off, they went hunting.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text