Ararahih'urípih
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kâarim bad, poor, sickly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3678 | revised Nov 17 2014

kâarim • ADJ • bad, poor, sickly

Derivatives (4)
kâanimich "poor; ugly; pitiable; impoverished"
kaarimchúphaan "a man's name, Charley Johnson"
kâarimha "to become bad, poor, unable"
tapaskâarim "very sick"

Source: WB 851, p.359

Note: Vowel remains long in compounds, e.g. pakaarimtâapas 'the worst one' (JPH "Grammar" 146). Corresponds to bound form -kêem. Plural is kâarimsha. The dimin. is kâanimich.

  • vúra uum kâarim uxúti poo'áhooti ithyarukpíhriiv. Across-the-Water Widower felt bad when he was traveling. [Reference: TK 69.2]
  • axíitchap uumkun vúra kâarimshahirurav. Children feel it worse. [Why axíichap?] [Reference: KT 151.4]

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  1. kâarim    nipmahóonkoonati    patá    níkviit-hitih    itíhaan   
    bad    I.feel    when    I.am.sleeping    always   
    I feel bad when I am always sleeping.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  2. xás    váa    káan    kâarim    ukupavêenahanik   
    then    that    there    bad    he.did   
    Then he did not do right there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. kâarim    nipmahóonkoonatih   
    bad    I.am.feeling   
    I am sad.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  4. kâarim    nipmahóonkoonatih    naa   
    bad    I.am.feeling    1sg.   
    I am sad.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  5. naa    vúra    puxích    kâarim    tá    nipmahóonkoon   
    1sg.    Intensive    very.much    bad    PERF    I.am.feeling   
    I am really sad.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  6. Púya if    vúra    uum    kâarim    xás    pamuchíshiih    xás    tuxaychákish   
    oh.my!    Intensive    3.SG    bad    then    his.dog    then    he.has.caught.him   
    Oh my, its really bad, he's caught his dog.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  7. pananiyukúku    vúra    uum    kâarim    umúsahitih   
    my.shoes    Intensive    3.SG    bad    it.is.looking   
    My shoes are ugly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  8. poo'íifti    xás    vúra    vaa    kâarim    vúra    púfaat    pu'ûum    táay    vúra    púfaat   
    when.he.was.growing.up    then    Intensive    that    bad    Intensive    nothing    not.barely    much    Intensive    nothing   
    When he was growing up he was poor, he didn't have hardly anything, he didn't have much.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  9. vúra    púfaat    uum    vúra    mu'ám    mu'uup    xás    vúra    vaa    kâarim    xás    vúra    vaa    poo'íiftih   
    Intensive    nothing    3.SG    Intensive    his.food    his.possessions    then    Intensive    that    bad    then    Intensive    that    how.he.grew.up   
    He didn't have any food or possessions, he was poor, that is how he grew up.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  10. xáyfaat    íkyav    vaa    kâarim    ikyáatih   
    don't!    you.do.it    that    bad    you.are.doing.it   
    Don't treat her [the cat] that way, you are treating her badly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  11. puxích    kâarim    kun'ipmahóonkoonatih   
    very.much    bad    they.are.feeling   
    They're feeling bad.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
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  12. pananitípah    vúra    uum    kâarim    upmahóonkoonatih   
    the.my.brother    Intensive    3.SG    bad    he.is.feeling   
    My brother is not feeling so good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
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  13. vúra    tá    kâarim    tóo    xra    íshaha   
    Intensive    PERF    bad    he.had    thirst.for    water   
    He was really bad off, he was thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  14. vúra    tá    kâarim   
    Intensive    PERF    bad   
    He was really bad off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  15. kári    xás    ee    vúra    vaa    u'áhootih    vúra    tá    kâarim   
    then    then    oh!    Intensive    so    he.was.traveling    Intensive    PERF    bad   
    And oh! he was walking that way, he was really bad off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  16. xás    uxus    púya    íf    kâarim    tá    nikúupha    pachími    ísheesh   
    then    he.thought    and.so    truly    bad    PERF    I.do    being.soon    about.to.drink   
    And he thought, "How bad I do, being about to drink water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  17. ii    íf    kâarim    nikupheen    paniyuuphéen   
    oh!    truly    bad    I.did    when.I.opened.my.eyes   
    Oh, I really did bad, when I opened my eyes!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  18. xás    vúra    kâarim    tóo    pmahóonkoon   
    then    Intensive    bad    he.had    feel   
    Then he felt bad.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  19. kúna    vúra    páykuuk    yíiv    áhoon    payôok    xáyfaat    i'áhoo    peempaheepshûunkinich    kâarim    ikupheesh   
    in.addition    Intensive    over.there    far    go.travel    right.here    don't!    you.go    the.short.road    bad    you.will.do   
    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  20. víri    payaas'ára    hûutva    tu'íinahaak    víri    payaas'ára    kâarim    tukúphaak    vaa    kári    xás    ík    ichuuphítiheesh   
    so    the.Humankind    somehow    when.it.exists    so    the.Humankind    bad    when.it.has.done.it    so    then    then    must    you.will.be.speaking   
    However (long) Mankind exists, when Mankind does bad, then you will have to speak.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  21. víri    vaa    kuthítiimtiheesh    pánaa    kâarim    tá    nixus    peeshviripshúruk    poofyúkutihat    yakún    na    vaa    peeshvírip   
    so    so    you.will.be.hearing.it    when.I    bad    PERF    I.feel    under.the.pine.trees    when.he.was.going.around    you.see    1sg.    so    the.Jeffrey.pine   
    You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  22. vúra    kumakâarim    payíkihar   
    Intensive    worse    the.sick   
    The sick person just got worse.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  23. kâarim    ukyáati    peehnohá'anamahach   
    bad    she.was.doing.to.her    the.little.wife   
    She treated the little wife badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  24. xás    vúra    kâarim    ukyáatih   
    then    Intensive    bad    she.was.doing.to.her   
    And she treated her badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  25. xás    upiip    vúra    kâarim    panixútih   
    then    he.said    Intensive    bad    that.I.am.thinking   
    And he said, "I'm feeling bad.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  26. mahnûuvanach    vaas    kích    uthiv    vúra    tá    kâarim   
    chipmunk    blanket    only    it.lies    Intensive    PERF    bad   
    Chipmunk, it's just the blanket lying there, she's bad off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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