Ararahih'urípih
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kahyúras Klamath Lakes

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3725 | revised Mar 02 2015

kahyúras • N • Klamath Lakes

Literally: 'upriver ocean'

Derivation:  kah-yúras
upriver ocean

Derivatives (2)
kahyuras'afishríhan "Klamath Lakes Young Man (name of a spirit person)"
kahyuras'áraar "Klamath River Shasta"

Source: WB 835.8, p.358

  • kahyúras takunyíchaachha. They gathered at Klamath Lakes. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 001]
  • chavúra pookfúkuvraa pakahyurás'iivreer, xás xánahich vúra uhyárih. Finally, when he climbed over the Klamath Lakes ridge, he stood for a while. [Reference: KT 137b.30]

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  1. xás    úum    vúra    hitíhaan    poopítih    "kahyúras    nivâarameesh    íshpuk    nipachnútareesh   
    then    3.SG    Intensive    always    he.said    Klamath.Lakes    I.will.go    dentalium.shells    I.will.go.to.suck   
    Then he (Coyote) said all the time: "I am going to go to the Klamath Lakes to suck out dentalia."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. xás    uvâaram    pihnêefich    kahyúras    uvâaram   
    then    he.went    coyote    Klamath.Lakes    he.went   
    Then Coyote went. Coyote went to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    upiip    kahyúras   
    then    then    he.said    Klamath.Lakes   
    And he said, "At Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. xasík    kahyúras    nivâarami   
    then.(future)    Klamath.Lakes    let.me.go!   
    Let me go to Klamath Lakes!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  5. vúra    chími    u'uumêesh    kahyúras   
    Intensive    soon    he.will.arrive.there    Klamath.Lakes   
    He was about to get to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  6. káruma    kahyúras    ishpúk    nikyâantih   
    in.fact    Klamath.Lakes    dentalium.shells    I.am.going.in.order.to.gather.it   
    I'm going to get money at Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  7. uknîi    púyava    káruk    kahyúras    kun'áraarahiti    paastaah   
    once.upon.a.time    you.see    upriver    Klamath.Lakes    they.were.living    the.ducks   
    Once upon a time... The ducks lived upriver at Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    uxúsaanik    chími    káruk    ishpúk    kanikyâan    kahyúras   
    then    then    he.thought    soon    upriver    dentalium.shells    let.me.go.to.get.it!    Klamath.Lakes   
    And he thought, "Let me go upriver to get money at Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. naa    kahyúras    tá    nivâaram   
    1sg.    Klamath.Lakes    PERF    I.go   
    I am leaving for Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  10. xás    uxúti    nixúti    chími    ni'uumêesh    kahyúras   
    then    he.was.thinking    I.am.thinking    soon    I.will.arrive.there    Klamath.Lakes   
    And he thought, "I think I'm about to reach Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. xás    uxúti    chími    ni'uumêesh    kahyúras   
    then    he.was.thinking    soon    I.will.arrive.there    Klamath.Lakes   
    And he thought, "I'm about to reach Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. mít    kunípaat    kahyúras    tuvâaram   
    near.past    they.said    Klamath.Lakes    he.had.gone   
    They said he had left for Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  13. xás    upíip    kahyúras    tá    nivâaram    ishpúk    tá    nikyáar   
    then    he.said    Klamath.Lakes    PERF    I.leave    dentalium.shells    PERF    I.go.in.order.to.get.it   
    And he said, "I'm leaving for Klamath Lakes, I'm going to make money."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  14. kahyúras    nivâarameesh    ishpúk    nikyâareesh   
    Klamath.Lakes    I.will.leave    dentalium.shells    I.will.go.to.get.it   
    "I'll leave for Klamath Lakes, I'll go make money."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  15. xás    yánava    tá    ni'úum    kahyúras   
    then    visible    PERF    I.arrived    Klamath.Lakes   
    Then he saw, (he said), "I've reached Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  16. mít    kunípaat    tóo    síinvar    kahyúras   
    near.past    they.said    he.has    drown    Klamath.Lakes   
    They said he drowned at Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  17. pihnêefich    uxus    tîi    kahyúras    kanvâarami    ishpúk    kanikyáan   
    coyote    he.thought    let...    Klamath.Lakes    let.me.go!    dentalium.shells    let.me.go.gather.it!   
    Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes, let me go get money."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  18. kahyúras    nivâaramutih    ishpúk    nikyâantih   
    Klamath.Lakes    I.am.going.to.there    dentalium.shells    I.am.going.in.order.to.get.it   
    I'm going to Klamath Lakes, I'm going to get money."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  19. kári    xás    upiip    naa    kahyúras    nivâaramutih    ishpúk    nikyâantih   
    then    then    he.said    1sg.    Klamath.Lakes    I.am.going.to.there    dentalium.shells    I.am.going.in.order.to.get.it   
    And he said, "I'm going to Klamath Lakes, I'm going to get money.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  20. kári    xás    kahyúras    u'uum   
    then    then    Klamath.Lakes    he.arrived   
    Then he arrived at Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  21. uknîi    pihnêefich    kahyúras    uxus    tîi    kanvâarami   
    once.upon.a.time    coyote    Klamath.Lakes    he.thought    let...    let.me.go   
    uknîi. Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  22. xás    pihnêefich    káruk    u'árihroov    kahyúras    tuvâaram   
    then    coyote    upriver    he.went.upriver    Klamath.Lakes    he.went   
    So Coyote went upriver, he was going to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  23. vaa    páy    pihnêefich    ukúphaanik    pakáruk    kahyúras    uvâaramutih    kupánakanakana   
    so    this    coyote    he.did    when.upriver    Klamath.Lakes    he.was.going    the.end   
    Coyote did that, when he went upriver to Klamath Lakes. kupánakanakana.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  24. kahyúras    tá    kunyíchaachha   
    Klamath.Lakes    PERF    they.gather   
    They gathered at Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  25. víri    kôokinay    kahyúras    tá    kun'aramsípriin    peekxariya'ifápiitshas   
    so    everywhere    Klamath.Lakes    PERF    they.came.from    the.spirit.girls   
    They came from Klamath Lakes and everywhere, the spirit girls.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text