Ararahih'urípih
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-kan Locative; at, in, to

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lexicon ID #3736 | revised Aug 22 2005

-kan • SUFF • Locative; at, in, to

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Note: Alternant of -k 'locative'; occurs irregularly with a few nouns, e.g. tíikan 'in the hand', sipnúukan 'in the storage basket'.

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  1. kúna    vúra    patapasihêeraha    uum    kúnish    axváhahar    tíikyan    ár    uxváhahiti    patu'áffishahaak    patapasihêeraha   
    in.addition    Intensive    the.real.tobacco    3.SG    sort.of    having.been.made.sticky    in.the.hand    person    it.makes.it.sticky    when.one.touches.it    the.real.tobacco   
    But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  2. áxak    pa'ápsuun     vaa    káankan    kuntháaniv     asímnaam   
    two    the.snake    that    there    they.lie    bed   
    Two snakes are sitting on the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  3. víri    vaa    kunkupitih    pathakan'ávak    tá    kunthataktakúraan    pamukunyáfus    pamukunyupastáran    mûuk    pakun'ívunti    kahyuras'afishríhan   
    so    so    they.were.doing.it    above.the.knee    PERF    they.were.tattered    their.dresses    their.tears    with.(by.means.of)    that.they.were.crying.for.him    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man   
    They did this, their dresses were all tattered up above the knees from the tears that they were weeping for Klamath Lakes Young Man.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  4. xás    tíikan    uyuuhrámnih    xás    pa'arataanva'úpas    úktaamti    tíikan   
    then    hand    she.spit.into    then    the.pain-saliva    she.held    hand.   
    And she spat into her hands, and she held the pain-saliva in her hands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text