Ararahih'urípih
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kâam a little ways upriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3669 | revised Sep 10 2015

kâam • ADV • a little ways upriver

Source: WB 835.9, p. 358; Shivshaneen, 1996, (8.2)

Note: No glottalization at end of utterance.

  • athithúfvuunupma kumakâam va'áraaras vaa vúra kári kunvíkahiti pananúvik. The people a little upriver from Happy Camp weave our kind of basketry. [Reference: TK 128.6]
  • xás víri vúra úxyar pa'áama, xás kuníhmararishuk, xás kâam xavisharáthuuf kunihmárakurih. And they (the salmon) ran out (of a container), and a little ways upriver they ran into Ike's Gulch. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 045]

Sentence examples (16)


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  1. kâam    uum    Chester    pá'ukriivtih   
    little.upriver    3.SG    Chester    he.lives   
    Chester lives up the river a little ways.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  2. kâam    papúufich    tá    nimah   
    little.upriver    the.deer    PERF    I.see   
    I see the deer up the river.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. xás    kâam    útroovutih   
    then    little.upriver    he.was.looking.upriver   
    And he looked upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. miník    ni'ísheesh    kâam   
    of.course    I.will.drink    little.upriver   
    I'll drink upriver a ways."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. kâam    kiimúsan    póokriihvutihirak   
    little.upriver    you.guys.go.to.look!    where.he.is.fishing.with.a.set-net   
    Go look upriver where he's fishing."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  6. xás    yúruk    pakunpávyiihma    tá    kunpiip    uum    vúra    pihnêefich    kâam    úkriihvutih    upakurîihvutih   
    then    downriver    when.they.went.back    PERF    they.said    3.SG    Intensive    coyote    little.upriver    he.is.fishing.with.a.set-net    he.was.singing   
    And when they got back downriver, they said, "It's Coyote upriver fishing, he's singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. chíshki    kúkuum    kâam    kiikpimúsan   
    quickly    again    little.upriver    you.guys.go.back.to.look!   
    Go look upriver again quick!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. xás    pihnêefich    sú'    uhyívkaanva    ararátaay    kiihmárarishuki    xás    kâam    kiihmáraroov   
    then    coyote    inside    he.shouted.into.it    lots.of.people    you.guys.run.out!    then    little.upriver    you.guys.run.upriver!   
    And Coyote shouted in through it, "Lots of people, come out, and run upriver!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  9. xás    patishanihyûum    ukvíriprup    víri    kúna    kâam    pa'îin    kun'áharamuti    tá    kunihmáravarak   
    then    when.downriver.from.tishániik    he.ran.downriver    so    in.addition    little.upriver    the.ones.that    they.were.following.him    PERF    they.ran.downriver   
    And when he ran downriver from tishániik, the ones following him were running down just upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  10. víri    kúna    kukâam    tóo    kvíripvarak   
    so    in.addition    a.little.ways.upriver.from.there    she.had    run.down.from.upriver   
    (Bear) in turn was running down from close upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  11. xás    upêer    xáyfaat    ík    vúra    haríxay    kâam    kúuk    i'íipma   
    then    he.said    don't!    must    Intensive    sometimes    little.upriver    to.there    you.go.back   
    And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  12. chavúra    ithivthaneen'achipkâam    tu'árihvarak   
    finally    just.upstream.of.the.middle.of.the.world    he.had.come.down.from.upriver   
    Finally he was coming down from upriver, just upstream of the middle of the world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  13. kári    xás    vaa    kâam    ifuchtîimich    kunítvaavnuk    aseeshtákak   
    then    then    so    little.upriver    last.time    they.looked.over    placename   
    And finally, at aseeshtákak, they looked over, a little ways upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  14. kári    xás    kunipéer    mâa    kâam    vuhvúha    ukyáati    pakúth    ivúrayvutih   
    then    then    they.told.her    look!    little.upriver    deerskin.dance    he.is.making.it    the.one.for.whose.sake    you.are.wandering.around   
    And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  15. kâam    kunikfúyvuunish   
    little.upriver    they.whistled.at.him   
    He was whistled at, a little ways upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  16. xás    paapxantínihich    upíip    chími    kâam    vâarami    peevapithváram   
    then    the.white.man    he.says    soon    little.upriver    go.away    store   
    And the white man said, "Go upriver to the store!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text