Ararahih'urípih
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káakum some

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3667 | revised Oct 30 2014

káakum NUM • some

Derivative (1)
kakúmniik "in some places"

Source: WB 845, p.359

  • kári xás káakum uumkun kun'ákunvuti púufich. And some of them are hunting deer. [Reference: KS 22. Maruk'áraar Gives Man Bread 005]
  • kánpaatishrihi káakum paxúrish. Let me load up some of the shelled acorns. [Reference: WB T64.3]


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  1. karu    kâakum    kumatupichas-háyaachas    xakinivki'itráhyar    chávura    nimma    koovura   
    also    some    its.quite.small.ones    seventy    finally    I.found.them    all   
    Then there were a lot of smaller ones, so that in the end I had seventy dollars in all.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text
  2. hâari    víriva    káakum    kêe[chas]    úruhsas   
    sometime    so    some    big.ones    round.ones   
    Sometimes, some of the big ones are round.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. káakum    vúra    a'vári    poo'íifti    káru    káakum    vúra    âapunich   
    some    Intensive    high    when.plants.are.growing    also    some    Intensive    low   
    Some [tobacco plants] grow low, some high.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  4. peethríhar    káru    kunpathraamvútiihva    payeeripáxvuuhsa    ithasúpaa    kunpathraamvútiihva    káru    káakum    uumkun    kuntávtiihva    yúpin   
    the.flower    also    they.[each].have.their.hair.wrapped    the.adolescent.girls    all.day    they.[each].have.their.hair.wrapped    also    some    they    they.are.wearing.visors    forehead   
    Flowers also girls wore as their hair-club wrapping, wearing them as wrapping all day, and some of them wore a vizor on the forehead.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  5. xás    kâakum        kunpiip    atafâat    uum    pihnêefich   
    then    some    PERF    they.said    maybe    3.SG    coyote   
    And some of them said, "Maybe he's Coyote.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  6. xás    pa'ávansas    káakum    kunihmáraroov   
    then    the.men    some    they.ran.upriver   
    And some of the men ran upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  7. xás    káakum    vaa    káan    kun'iruvêehriv    poosúruruprinahitihirak   
    then    some    so    there    they.were.standing    where.the.hole.was.through   
    And some of them were standing where the hole was (through which they had entered the sky).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  8. káakum    upthapákpak    xás    upaxyápithva   
    some    he.chewed.it.up    then    he.threw.it.around   
    He chewed up some of it and threw it away.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  9. kánpaatishrihi    káakum    paxúrish   
    let.me.carry.them    some    the.shelled.acorns   
    Let me load up some of the shelled acorns!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  10. káakum    pa'éekoons    táay    vúra        kun'ífik    xás    itahara'átimnam    kóo    tóo    píishha   
    some    the.acorns    much    Intensive    PERF    they.gathered.them    then    ten.baskets    as.much.as    he.had    soak.acorns   
    Some people gathered a lot of acorns, and put as many as ten baskets to soak.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  11. káru    káakum    mah'íitnihach    kuntátapvunaati   
    also    some    early.morning    they.were.trapping   
    And some men were trapping early in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  12. káru    hâari    tu'ísh    káakum    pa'ánav   
    also    sometime    he.drank    some    the.medicine   
    And sometimes (the patient) drank some of the medicine.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text