Ararahih'urípih
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kich only, just

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3809 | revised Aug 01 2014

kich PCL • only, just

Derivative (1)
páy_kich "again, once more"

Source: WB 874, p.360

Note: Idiom: hûut_kich 'How_are_you?' 'How are you?'

  • vúra chishihpurith'ípa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav. Only the nightshade plant is sort of the same kind (as tobacco). [Reference: TK 135.21]
  • kári xás upiip, hôoy kích imáheen. And they said, "Where did you see a person?" [Reference: WB T5.96]


Sentence examples (123)

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  1. xás    pa'únuhich    kich    tupáthih   
    then    the.kidney    only    he.threw.to.him   
    Then he threw only the kidney to him.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. hûut    kích    pa'ishkêesh   
    how    only    the.river   
    How was the river?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  3. úum    papihnîichich    vúra    kich    itíhaan    iinâak    úkrii    áah    ukyâatih   
    3.SG    the.little.old.man.    Intensive    only    always    indoors    he.sat    fire    he.was.making.it   
    Their old man always sat inside, tending the fire.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. vúup    kich    kípa    nicháfichtih   
    neck    only    like    I.chew.it   
    The neck is what I want to chew!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  5. xas    îikam    kích    vúra    pakuntátuyshur   
    then    outdoors    only    Intensive    they.swept.it.off   
    Then they swept the outside platform nicely.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  6. aayâach    kun'ixviphûunishti    íp    pa'úthvoonhitihat    va'íhuk        kun'ithyúruvarak    pamútraax    kich    kun'áaphutih   
    it.was.because    they.were.angry.at.him    PAST    that.he.had.been.eager.to    its.flower.dance    PERF    they.dragged.him.down    the.his.arms    only    they.were.carrying.(two.objects)   
    That was because they were mad at him because he had wanted to dance. They they dragged him down, they were just carrying him (by) the arms".
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  7. 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
  8. mâa    vúrava    sáruk    papírish    kich    uváyvaayhitih   
    look!    just    downhill    the.brush    only    it.is.waving   
    Only the brush was moving.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  9. kári    xás    upíip    púxay    vúra    húunxayheeshara    chími    akâay    kích    kiikpíkaan   
    then    then    he.said    not.yet    Intensive    it.will.not.be.harmful    soon    who    only    go.get.him   
    Then he said, "I cannot do any more for him, you better fetch someone else!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  10. kári    xás    kachakâach    upíip    ããx    fatamakêesh    kich    ára    upêereesh   
    then    then    bluejay    he.said    ugh!    anything    only    person    he.will.say.it   
    Then Bluejay said, "Indeed! Maybe he will say something!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  11. no    páy    kích    uum    kunipíti    uvíiktih   
    no    this    only    3.SG    3pl(>3s)    you.are.weaving.it   
    People always say you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. fâat    kích    ivíiktih   
    what    only    you.are.weaving.it   
    [To Madeline:] What are you weaving?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  13. uum    vaa    káan    kích    úkriiva    ufíkriipti   
    3.SG    so    there    only    she.sits    she.is.sorting   
    She just sits there, she sorts them.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  14. víri    vaa    kích    peemváram    i'ítap   
    so    so    only    the.plates    you.learned   
    You only learned the plates.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  15. vaa    peemváram    kích    vaa    uum    kích    nixúti    vaa    tákiram   
    so    the.plates    only    so    3.SG    only    1s(>3)    so    acorn-leaching.hole   
    All I know about plates is for soaking acorn dough
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  16. víri    vaa    vúra    kich    pa'imváram    kun'ítaptih   
    so    so    Intensive    only    the.Indian.plate    they.learned   
    They only learned about the Indian plate.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  17. tîi    pay    kich    xas    kumatêeshich    kuna    kanpútyiinkachi   
    let...    this    only    then    still.more    in.addition    let.me.defecate.on.it   
    Let me do a little bit more of job on it."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  18. xás    uumkun    váa    vúra    kích    kunkupítihanik    pakunpakurîihvanaatihanik    pa'ávansas    pakunpakurîihvanaatihanik    ikriripan'ikmaháchraam   
    then    they    so    Intensive    only    they.were.doing    they.sang    the.men    they.sang    Amekyaram.sweathouse   
    All they did was sing songs, the men, they used to sing in Amekyaram sweathouse.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  19. mâaka    kích    uvôonipaati    ma'tîimich   
    in.other.room    only    he.crawled.toward.the.back    back.corner.of.sweathouse   
    He (Grizzly Bear) only moved back against the wall in the back part of the sweathouse.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  20. mâaka    kích    uvafnúuchripaati    pirishkâarim   
    in.other.room    only    he.shrugged    grizzly   
    Grizzly Bear only shrugged back.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  21. 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
  22. xas    uum    vúra    váa    kich    ukupítihanik    póothtiitihanik   
    then    3.SG    Intensive    so    only    he.was.doing.long.ago    that.he.was.gambling   
    And all that he used to do was to gamble.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  23. pakoovúra    pananuppírish    puyíththaxay    vúra    kúnish    vaa    kumeekyâahara    peheeraha'íppa    vúra    chishihpurith'íppa    kích    vaa    kúnish    kuméekyav    pa'apxantîich    îin        kinippêer   
    that.of.all    our.plant    not.a.single.one    Intensive    sort.of    that    it.is.not.the.kind.of.make    the.tobacco.plant    Intensive    black.nightshade.plant    only    that    sort.of    kind.of.make    the.white.man    TOPIC    PERF    he.said.to.us   
    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
  24. purafâat    vúra    káru    kuma'úhish    utháamhítihaphanik    vúra    iheeraha'úhish    vúra    kích    kuniyâatihanik   
    nothing    Intensive    also    kind.of.seed    they.were.not.planting.it.long.ago    Intensive    tobacco.seed    Intensive    only    they.were.gathering.it.long.ago   
    And they never sowed any kinds of seeds, they operated only with the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  25. purafâat    vúra    káru    kuma'úhish    iinâak    táayhitihanik    vúra    ihêeraha    kích    iheeraha'úhish    vúra    kich   
    nothing    Intensive    also    kind.of.seed    indoors    have.been.many.long.ago    Intensive    tobacco    only    tobacco.seed    Intensive    only   
    And they never had any kind of seeds stored in the houses, only the tobacco, the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  26. paxiitíchas    kich    uumkun    vúra    táv    kun'ikyâatihanik    kunvíiktihanik    peethríhar    aanmûuk    aksanváhich    kár    axpaheekníkinach    káru    tiv'axnukuxnúkuhich    xás    vaa    yúpin        kunpúuhkhin   
    the.little.children    only    they    Intensive    visor    they.were.making.it.long.ago    they.were.weaving.it.long.ago    the.flower    with.string    flower.sp.    also    plant.sp.    also    bluebell.(dimin.)    then    that    forehead    PERF    they.put.on.a.headband   
    Only the children used to make a vizor, weaving the flowers with string, shooting stars, and white lilies, and bluebells, and they put it around their foreheads.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  27. vaa    vúra    kich    pumít    kupítihaphat    pumít    ikxáyxaytihaphat   
    so    Intensive    only    not.near.past    that.they.did.it.long.ago    not.near.past    it.was.chopped.up   
    The only thing they did not do was to work on the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text
  28. Pamufíthih    kich        numah   
    his.feet    only    PERF    we.see.them   
    We can only see his feet.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  29. hûut    kich   
    how    only   
    How are you?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  30. hûut    kích    peempaah   
    how    only    the.roads   
    How are the roads?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  31. hûut    kích    peeshkéesh   
    how    only    the.river   
    How's the river?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  32. hûut    kích    pamítaat   
    how    only    your.mother   
    How's your mother?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  33. hûut    kích    pami'ákah   
    how    only    your.father   
    How's your father?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  34. páy    kích    kúkuum    nipêesh   
    this    only    again    I.will.say.it   
    I'll say it again.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  35. páy    kích    pîipi   
    this    only    say.it   
    Say it again.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  36. vaa    vúra    ip    pa'aapúnmuti    vaa    vúra    kich    vaa    kuméekrii   
    so    Intensive    PAST    you.know.it    so    Intensive    only    so    kind.of.life   
    We only knew that kind of living.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  37. hãã    vaa    vúra    kich    i'aapúnmuti    vaa    kuméekrii   
    yes    so    Intensive    only    you.know.it    so    kind.of.life   
    Yes, you only knew that kind of living.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  38. peeshkeesh    hûut    kích   
    the.river    how    only   
    How is the river?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  39. hûut    kích    iim   
    how    only    2sg.   
    How are you?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  40. hûut    kích    uum    Phil   
    how    only    3.SG    Phil   
    How is Phil?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  41. pananipúsihich    uum    vúra    máh'iit    kích    u'áamtih   
    my.cat    3.SG    Intensive    morning    only    it.is.eating   
    My cat only eats in the morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  42. ôok    uum    vúra    pa'ás    kích    púfaat    uum    pa'ípaha   
    here    3.SG    Intensive    the.rock    only    nothing    3.SG    the.tree   
    There are only rocks here, no trees.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  43. ôok    uum    púfaat    pa'ípaha    'as    kich   
    here    3.SG    nothing    the.tree    rock    only   
    There are no trees here, only rocks.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  44. púfaat    pa'ás    ôok    xuntápan    kich   
    nothing    the.rock    here    acorn    only   
    There are no rocks here, just acorns.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  45. hûut    kích    pamitúnviiv   
    how    only    the.your.children   
    How are your children?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
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  46. hûut    kích    pamí'aramah   
    how    only    the.your.child   
    How is your child?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
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  47. pi'êep    paniyáan'iiftihanhaak    pa'ôok    káruk    veethívthaaneen    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    papanámniik    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    naa    vúra    xakitrahyar    káru    yítha    hárinay    kích        níkrii   
    long.ago    when.I.was.a.young.man    when.here    upriver    its.country    first    I.arrived    when.Orleans    first    I.arrived    1sg.    Intensive    twenty    also    one    year    only    PERF    I.stay   
    Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  48. ámtaap    kích    uthívpup   
    dust    only    it.puffed.up   
    Just dust puffed up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  49. xás    upiip    chími    êev    hôoy    kích    ahúp'anamahach   
    then    she.said    soon    greeting.to.women    where    only    twig   
    And (one) said, "Come on, dear, where is a little stick?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  50. kári    xás    víri        ípi    vúra    pamu'ípi    kích    utháaniv   
    then    then    so    PERF    bone    Intensive    his.bones    only    he.lay   
    And there were just bones by now, only his bones lay there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  51. xás    kári    vaa    vúra    kích    káan    u'iishhíti    vuutrava'áfiv   
    then    then    so    Intensive    only    there    there.was.meat    testicles   
    And there was still meat there in his testicles.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  52. vaa    kích    poothítiv    páhuhuhuhuhuhu   
    that    only    that.he.heard    the.huhuhuhuhuhu   
    He just heard that "Huhuhuhuhuhu."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  53. víriva    kích    upíti    átuhtuhtuhtuhtuhtuh   
    so.that    only    he.was.saying    exclamation   
    He was just saying, "átuhtuhtuhtuhtuh!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  54. xás    ámtaap    kích    úkpuupvar    apmaan   
    then    dust    only    it.puffed.into.it    mouth   
    And just dust puffed into his mouth.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  55. xás    ámtaap    kích    ukpúpusip   
    then    dust    only    it.puffed.up   
    But just dust puffed up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  56. xás    kúkuum    vúra    ámtaap    kích    ukpúpusip    pookyívish   
    then    again    Intensive    dust    only    it.puffed.up    when.it.fell.down   
    And again just dust puffed up when it fell.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  57. ámtaap    kích    ukpúpusip   
    dust    only    it.puffed.up   
    Just dust puffed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  58. kári    xás    kunpiip    hôoy    kích    imáheen    áraar   
    then    then    they.said    where    only    you.saw.him    human   
    And they said, "Where did you see a person?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  59. yánava    káan    kích    sípnuuk    úkrii    upakurîihvutih   
    visible    there    only    storage.basket    it.sat    it.was.singing   
    They saw it was just a storage basket sitting there, it was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  60. sípnuuk    kích    káan    ukûuntakoo   
    storage.basket    only    there    it.is.sitting   
    Just a storage basket is sitting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  61. xás    kunpíip    hôoy    kích    ára    kumáheen    tóo    kvíriprup   
    then    they.said    where    only    person    you.guys.saw.him    he.had    run.off..downriver   
    And they said, "Where have you seen a person? He ran downriver."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  62. xás    patóo    kyaavárihvahaak    kích    tóo    piip    kitâana   
    then    when.PERF.3SG    when.try    only    PERF.3SG    say    kitâana   
    And when he tried, he only said, "kitâana."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  63. xás    pookyívish    vúra    ípi    kích    káru    pamúmaan   
    then    when.he.landed    Intensive    bone    only    also    his.skin   
    And when he landed, he was just bones and his skin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  64. xás    papihnêefich    u'úum    yánava    axíich    kích    kun'áraarahitih   
    then    when.Coyote    he.arrived    visible    child    only    they.were.living   
    And when Coyote got there, he saw there were nothing but children.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  65. íim    êev    hûum    kích    ixútih   
    2sg.    greeting.to.women    is.that.so?    only    you.are.thinking   
    What do you think, dear?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  66. xás    kunpínaa    vaa    kích    vúra    pakunipítih    sishanayâamach    tóo    síinvar   
    then    they.come    that    only    Intensive    what.they.are.saying    pretty.one.having.a.penis    he.has    drown   
    And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  67. púya    vaa    vúra    kich   
    and.so    that    Intensive    only   
    So that's all.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  68. vaa    kích    upíti    pakéevniikich    yôotva    tu'iv    panani'íkam   
    so    only    she.was.saying    the.old.woman    hurray!    he.has.died    my.son-in-law   
    The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, he's dead, my son-in-law."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  69. vaa    kích    upítih    pakéevniikich    yôotva    tu'ív    panani'íkam   
    so    only    she.was.saying    the.old.woman    hurray!    he.has.died    my.son-in-law   
    The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, my son-in-law is dead!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  70. iinâak    vaa    kích    uthítiimti    poopakurîihvuti    yôotva    tu'iiv'íiv    íkamish    tu'iiv'íiv   
    indoors    so    only    he.heard.it    that.she.was.singing    hurray!    he.has.died    son-in-law.(dimin.)    he.has.died   
    Inside he just heard her singing, "Hurray, he's dead, son-in-law is dead!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  71. simsimvôo    kích    uveehríshukva   
    sword    only    they.were.sticking.out   
    Nothing but swords were sticking out.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  72. vaa    kích    upíti    itroopatíshaamni        níykar    pa'ávansas   
    so    only    she.was.saying    nine    PERF    I.killed.them    the.men   
    She kept saying, "I killed nine men.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  73. xás    pakáan    kun'uum    yánava    papihnîich    kích    pácheech    úkrii   
    then    when.there    they.arrived    visible    the.old.man    only    all.alone    he.was.sitting   
    And when they got there, they saw only the old man sitting alone.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  74. yánava    upítih    cháfich    kích    navíshtaantih   
    visible    he.was.saying    bone.to.gnaw    only    I.want.it   
    They saw he was saying, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  75. vaa    ukupapakurîihvahitih    cháfich    kích    navíshtaantih   
    so    he.was.singing.that.way    bone.to.gnaw    only    I.want.it   
    He was singing that, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  76. xás    vúra    papihnîich    ucháfichti    pa'ípih    xás    aax    kích    uthuufhíti    poocháfichtih   
    then    Intensive    the.old.man    he.was.gnawing.them    the.bones    then    blood    only    it.was.flowing.out.in.a.stream    as.he.was.gnawing.them   
    And the old man was gnawing the bones, and nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  77. xás    papihnîich    vaa    vúra    upakurîihvutih    cháfich    kích    navíshtaantih   
    then    the.old.man    so    Intensive    he.was.singing    bone.to.gnaw    only    I.want.it   
    And the old man was singing that way, "I just want a bone to chew on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  78. pamútraax    vúra    kích        kun'áaphutih   
    his.arms    Intensive    only    PERF    they.were.carrying.(two.objects)   
    They were just carrying his arms.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text
  79. víri    kún    siit    kích    uksahárahitih   
    so    meaning.unknown    mouse    only    there.was.squeaking   
    There only mice were squeaking.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  80. xás    poopáhariithvunaa    pamuhrooha'îin    kunipêer    yaxéek    iim    vaa    kích    ikupítiheesh   
    then    when.he.caught.up.with.them    his.wife    she.told.him    you'll.see    2sg.    so    only    you.will.be.doing   
    And when he caught up with them, his wife told him, "You're going to be doing nothing but this.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  81. saamvárook    aratváraf    kích    i'áamtiheesh   
    in.creeks    black.mud    only    you.will.be.eating.it   
    You'll be eating nothing but mud in the creeks
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  82. kúna    nuu    yaas'arará'uuthkam    kích    nu'irukúunpiithvutiheesh   
    in.addition    we    in.front.of.rich.people    only    we.will.sit.around   
    But we will be sitting around only in front of rich people."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  83. kári    xás    uxús    pamukúntaat    hûut    áta    kúth    pa'ípun    vúra    kích    tu'avíkvuti    patu'ípakahaak   
    then    then    she.thought    their.mother    how    maybe    because.of    the.salmon.tails    Intensive    only    he.has.been.carrying    when.he.returns   
    And (the children's) mother thought, "Why, I wonder, is he carrying only the tail when he returns?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  84. kári    xás    upiip    akâay    kích    vúra    ipshansîipreevishan    pamu'ípih   
    then    then    he.said    who    only    Intensive    one.who.will.carry.away    his.bones   
    And he said, "Who is going to carry away her bones?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  85. víriva    kumá'ii    vaa    káan    kích    kun'áraarahitihanik    pirishkâarim   
    so    because.of    so    there    only    they.lived    grizzly   
    For that reason grizzly bears lived only there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  86. fatamakêesh    kích    ára    úpeereesh   
    anything    only    person    she.will.tell.them   
    She'll tell a person just anything."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  87. kíri    naa    vúra    kích    yaas'arara'îin    na'áamti    káru    tápas    neekyâavish   
    I.wish    1sg.    Intensive    only    Humankind    they.eat.me    also    real    they.will.make.me   
    May Mankind eat me alone and take care of me!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  88. 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
  89. ii    xás    umah    yánava    ámtaap    kích    ukrítuv   
    oh!    then    she.saw.him    visible    dust    only    it.was.lying.in.a.pile   
    Oh, then she saw him, she saw just ashes lying there!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  90. xás    aah    kích    úkfuukiraa   
    then    fire    only    she.grabbed   
    But she grabbed just the fire.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  91. kári    xás    uxúti    pakachakâach    hûut    áta    kumá'ii    pa'ípat    múxuun    kích    kúnish    poopátatih   
    then    then    she.was.thinking    the.bluejay    how    maybe    because.of    the.doe    her.acorn.soup    only    sort.of    that.he.is.eating   
    And Blue Jay thought, "I wonder why he sort of eats only Doe's acorn soup?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  92. húuk    kích    paathmi   
    to.where    only    throw.it.to   
    Just throw it (away) someplace!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  93. víri    vaa    kích    upíti    poo'íihtih    shakatíiyu'inaa    híyoo   
    so    so    only    he.was.saying    as.he.was.dancing    shakatíiyu'inaa    híyoo   
    He said only this as he danced, "shakatíiyu'inaa híyoo.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  94. hôoy    kích    kusrípan   
    where    only    madrone.tree   
    Where was Madrone?
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  95. xás    araramvanyupsítanach    uxus    xáyfaat    vaa    nipiip    tóo    piip    ípahak    kích    panimáahti    pá'aax   
    then    horsefly    he.thought    don't!    so    I.say.it    he.had    say    in.trees    only    I.am.finding.it    the.blood   
    and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  96. víri    naa    kích    îin        nu'apúnmiik   
    so    1sg.    only    TOPIC    PERF    I.learned.it.from.you   
    I alone have learned it from you.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  97. uum    vúra    hitíhaan    vaa    kích    ukupitih    úkvaatih   
    3.SG    Intensive    always    so    only    he.was.doing.it    he.gathered.sweathouse.wood   
    He did only this all the time, he gathered sweathouse wood.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  98. vúra    kích    ukupitih    xuus    u'íruvooti   
    Intensive    only    he.was.doing.it    thought    he.was.turning.to.it   
    He did only (this), he thought about them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  99. xás    kunípeenti    ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav    hûut    kích    ixútih   
    then    they.told.him    Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit    how    only    you.are.thinking   
    And (the person) said to Sacred Sweathouse Spirit, "How are you feeling?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  100. víri    naa    kích    îim    ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav   
    so    1sg.    only    2sg.    Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit   
    Only I have learned it from you, Sacred Sweathouse Spirit.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  101. naa    kích    îin        nu'apúnmiik   
    1sg.    only    TOPIC    PERF    I.learned.it.from.you   
    I alone have learned it from you.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  102. víri    pamu'ífuni    fúrax    kích    utávahitih   
    so    his.hair    woodpecker.head    only    it.was.decorated   
    His hair was decorated on the ends with nothing but woodpecker heads.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  103. víri    pakunpûusur    fúrax    kích    utávahiti    pamu'ifunih'ípan   
    so    when.they.took.it.off    woodpecker.head    only    it.was.decorated    the.ends.of.its.hair   
    When they took it off, the ends of (the dog's) hair were decorated with nothing but woodpecker scalps.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  104. xás    vaa    kích    kunipítih    pukíntaapxuveeshara   
    then    so    only    they.were.saying    we.will.not.capsize   
    And they said only that, "We won't capsize."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  105. vákay    kích    kunikrítuv   
    worm    only    they.lay   
    Only worms lay there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  106. káan    xás    mah'íitnihach    upapivankôoti    pamusárum    ishkêeshak    hôoy    kích    tóo    pthívruuhruprav   
    there    then    early.morning    she.went.to.look.for    her.pine-roots    at.the.river    where    only    they.had    floated.out   
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  107. xás    u'árihrupuk    vaa    kích    upíti    húm    íta    húm    íta    húm    íta   
    then    she.rushed.outdoors    that    only    she.was.saying    húm    íta    húm    íta    húm    íta   
    Then she ran outdoors, she said only, "húm íta, húm íta, húm íta." (No meaning.)
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  108. yícheech    vúra    kích    kári    muhrôoha    xákaan   
    alone    Intensive    only    then    his.wife    with.(one.person)   
    Only one man and his wife were still (there).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  109. kári    xás    pamakáyvaas    vaa    kích    tápas    kuníkyav   
    then    then    the.cloth    so    only    real    they.made   
    And they kept only the cloth.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  110. xás    yícheech    vúra    kích    upikrôok    rúup   
    then    alone    Intensive    only    he.remembers    ?   
    And he only remembered one thing, "rúup."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  111. xás    poo'árihroov    kích    poopíti    rúup    rúup   
    then    when.he.goes.upriver    only    he.was.saying    ?    ?   
    So as he went upriver he was saying nothing but "rúup, rúup."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  112. púyava    vúra    kich   
    you.see    Intensive    only   
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text
  113. xás    pa'ávansa    vúra    kích    mukun'ikrívkir    utâayhiti   
    then    the.men    Intensive    only    their.chairs    it.was.a.lot   
    And only the men's seats were there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  114. vúra    páy nanuxákarari    kích    uum    vaa    kunkupítih   
    Intensive    country.outside    only    3.SG    so    they.did   
    Only ones outside of our country did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text
  115. uumkun    vúra    kícheesh   
    they    Intensive    just   
    It will just be them (i.e., the family).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text
  116. xás    kári    upiip    chími    akâay    kích    vúra    káru    kiikpíkaan   
    then    then    she.said    soon    who    only    Intensive    also    go.get.her   
    And she said, "Go get somebody else, too!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  117. víri    vaa    kích    ta'ítam    xánkiit    chémi   
    so    so    only    so    bullhead    all.right   
    Then Bullhead said, "Okay."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  118. mahnûuvanach    vaas    kích    uthiv    vúra        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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  119. kári    xás    kachakâach    upiip    ããx    naa    fatamakêesh    kích    ára    úpeereesh   
    then    then    bluejay    she.said    ugh!    1sg.    anything    only    person    she.will.tell.him   
    Bluejay said, "Ããx, she would just say anything to anybody.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  120. víri    vaa    kích    upítih    tupuxíchkaanva    vúra    tu'ih    too    máahrav   
    so    so    only    she.is.saying    she.has.worked.hard    Intensive    she.has.danced    she.has    track   
    That's all she would say, she's really dancing real hard, she's knowing things now:
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  121. vaa    vúra    kich   
    so    Intensive    only   
    That's all.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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