Ararahih'urípih
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kaná- marker used for 'they' (subject) acting on 'me' (object)

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lexicon ID #3738 | revised Aug 12 2014

kaná- PREF • marker used for 'they' (subject) acting on 'me' (object)


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  1. chímiva    púxay    vúraxay    kaneekvárishap   
    soon    not.yet    really.not    they.buy.from.me   
    But it turned out that I couldn't.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. kári    xás    pamukunaxvâa    kich    kaneekvárish   
    then    then    the.their.heads    only    they.buy.from.me   
    Then they bought just the heads from me.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  3. itnoopámahich    ník    kana'êeh    xás    váa    káru    vúra    pa'íshpuk    púvaxay    kana'êehap    káruma    chímiheesh    ithakûusrah    véenik    mit    paniykáranaat   
    five.each    a.little    they.gve.me    then    so    also    Intensive    the.money    not.yet    they.give.me    in.fact    soon.will    one.month    ago    near.past    that.I.killed.them   
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  4. kíri    kanaxusêer    puthitíimtihara   
    I.wish    they.think.about.me    he.does.not.hear   
    "I wish they would think about me that I can not understand."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  5. vaa    uum    hôoy    vúrava    kanéeptaatripaavish   
    so    3.SG    where    just    they.will.hook.me.out.of.water   
    That way they will hook me out somewhere.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  6. káruma    uum    pihnêefich    uxúti    xáy    kanátaatripaa   
    in.fact    3.SG    coyote    he.was.thinking    let.not    they.hook.me.out.of.water   
    Coyote was thinking, "Let them not hook me out."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  7. vaa    uum    kana'êethripaavish   
    so    3.SG    they.will.take.me.out   
    Then they'll hook me out."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  8. xás    upíip    oo        kanéepshaamkir   
    then    he.said    oh!    PERF    they.have.left.me   
    And he said, "Oh, they've left me!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  9. pavúra    ixusáhaak    kúnish    chí    kaneeykáreesh    vúra    ikpêehveesh    ík   
    when    you.think    sort.of    soon    they.are.going.to.kill.me    Intensive    you.will.shout    must   
    Whenever you think they are sort of about to kill you, you must shout.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  10. kári    xás    pa'ûumukich    u'uum    kári    xás    uxús    hûut    kúth    papukana'aachichhîivriktihara   
    then    then    when.close.by    he.arrived    then    then    he.thought    how    because.of    that.they.are.not.happy.to.see.me   
    Then when he got near, then he thought, "Why aren't they happy to see me?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  11. kóova    kíri    kanéepshaamkir   
    so    I.wish    they.left.me.behind   
    They wanted so much to leave me behind.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  12. ayu'âach    kanaxúseenti    kâanimich   
    it.was.because    they.were.thinking.that.about.me    poor   
    It was because they thought, 'She's poor.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  13. pahûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    víri    naa    vúra    kích    kaná'aamtiheesh    káruma    apxankêemich    paninípxaan   
    however    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    1sg.    Intensive    only    they.will.eat.me    in.fact    poor.cap    my.cap   
    However long Mankind exists, he will eat only me, (though) the fact is that my cap is a poor cap."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  14. íp    kanéepeerat    xáyfaat    ôok    inaa   
    PAST    they.told.me    don't!    here    you.go.upriver   
    They told me, 'Don't go up there.'"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  15. upíip    naa    nixútih        kanapápivaruk   
    he.said    1sg.    I.think    PERF    they.are.coming.here.to.search.for.me   
    He said, "I think they're coming to look for me."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  16. xás    pa'avansáxiich    uxús    fâat    áta    kúth    pávaa    kanéepeentih   
    then    the.boy    he.thought    what    maybe    because.of    that    they.were.telling.me   
    And the boy thought, "I wonder why I was told that?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  17. púya    mâam    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii   
    and.so    uphill    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am   
    "Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  18. ayu'âach    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii   
    it.was.because    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am   
    It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text