Ararahih'urípih
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kêen / kêena- to move, tremble

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3799 | revised Oct 31 2014

kêen / kêena- • V • to move, tremble

Derivative (1)
ipkêen "to be an earthquake"

Source: WB 869, p.360; Shivshaneen, 1996, (2.2)

Note: The idiom arátaanva ukêenati, lit. 'a pain is moving', means 'an illness exists', e.g. tíiv arátaanva ukêenati 'He has an earache'.

  • xás axmáy vúra kúnish ukêen. And suddenly something sort of moved. [Reference: KT 146.42]
  • xás púxay vúra kêenatihara. And he just wasn't moving at all. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 037]

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  1. uum    vúra    kích    a'    úkrii    ma'tîimich    pirishkâarim    púxay    vúra    kêenatihara   
    3.SG    Intensive    only    above    he.sat    back.corner.of.sweathouse    grizzly    not.yet    Intensive    he.was.not.moving   
    Grizzly Bear alone was sitting up in the back part of the sweathouse, he never moved.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. chavúra    tá    xánahishich    chími    axmáy    u'áasish    patáprihak    vúra    tóo    mchax    tá    pukunish    kêenatihara   
    finally    PERF    little.while    soon    suddenly    he.lay.down    on.the.pavement    Intensive    he    get.hot    PERF    not.sort.of.    he.was.not.moving   
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. xás    axmáy    vúra    kúnish    ukéen    xás    yíth    upíip    atafâat    pihnêefich    ããx    atafâat    pihnêefich   
    then    suddenly    Intensive    sort.of    it.moved    then    other    she.said    maybe    coyote    ugh!    maybe    coyote   
    Then all at once it kind of moved, and one said: "Maybe it's Coyote. Oh, maybe it's Coyote."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. pihnêefich    vúra    káan    úyruuhriv    púxay    vúra    kêenatihara   
    coyote    Intensive    there    he.lay    not.yet    Intensive    he.was.not.moving   
    Coyote lay there, he didn't stir.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. xás    pá'aan    ukéen   
    then    the.string    it.quivered   
    And the string quivered.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  6. xás    vúra    púxay    kêenara   
    then    Intensive    not.yet    he.did.not.move   
    And he didn't stir.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  7. púyava    pa'ipanîich    pa'áama    tu'uumáhaak    púyava    pa'áan    tóo    kéen   
    you.see    when.at.the.end    the.salmon    it.arrived.there    you.see    the.string    it.had    move   
    When the salmon got to the end, the string quivered.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  8. xás    vaa    káan    tupátum    pakáan    pa'arátaanva    ukêenatih   
    then    that    there    she.put.mouth    there    the.pain    it.was.trembling   
    She put her mouth there where the 'pain' (i.e. disease object) was quivering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text