Ararahih'urípih
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kúmateech later in the day; in the evening

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3972 | revised Jun 26 2015

kúmateech ADV • later in the day; in the evening

Derivation kuma-teech
3sPOSS--teech

Derivative (1)
kúmateechvanihich "a little later in the day"

Source: WB 916, p.358

  • kúmateech tu'ípak ithá'iithva ík pa'ararasára. In the evening he would come home just loaded down with Indian bread. [Reference: KS 22. Maruk'áraar Gives Man Bread 004]
  • xás upiip, ishávaas, kúmateech vúra nipthivkéevish. And (Coyote) said, "Nephew, this evening I'll go along." [Reference: WB T2.52]


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  1. kúmateech    uum    kúnish    umcháxeesh   
    later.in.day    3.SG    sort.of    it.is.going.to.be.hot   
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  2. kúmateech    uum    umcháxeesh   
    later.in.day    3.SG    it.is.going.to.be.hot   
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  3. xás    upíip    ishávaas    kúmateech    vúra    nipthivkéevish   
    then    he.said    child.of.deceased.sibling    later.in.day    Intensive    I.will.go.along   
    And he said, "Nephew, this evening I'll go along."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  4. púyava    kúkuum    vúra    kúmateech    pookxáramheesh    kúkuum    vúra    vaa    kári    kunpávyiihshipreevish   
    you.see    again    Intensive    later.in.day    when.it.was.about.to.get.dark    again    Intensive    so    then    they.were.about.to.leave   
    Again in the evening when it was about to get dark, again they were about to leave.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  5. kúmateech    kunívyiihshipreevish   
    later.in.day    they.were.going.to.leave   
    Later on they were going to leave.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  6. kári    xás    kúmateech    kunpavyíhivrath   
    then    then    later.in.day    they.went.back.in.the.sweathouse   
    And later on they went back in the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  7. xás    kúmateech    ikxúrar    vúra    xára    xás    vúra    u'ípak   
    then    later.in.day    evening    Intensive    long.time    then    Intensive    she.came.back   
    And later on, in the evening, she came back late.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  8. pamítaat    kúmateech    xasík    u'ípakeesh   
    your.mother    later.in.day    then.(future)    she.will.come.back   
    "Your mother will come back later today."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  9. púyava    kúkuum    vúra    kúmateech        kunpavyíhuk    pa'asiktávaansa   
    you.see    again    Intensive    later.in.day    PERF    they.came.back    the.women   
    Again later in the day the women came back.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  10. púyava    uum    kúmateech    patóo    kxuraraha    púyava    kári    vírusur    tuvâaram    tóo    mkaanvar    ikxáram   
    you.see    3.SG    later.in.day    when.it    become.evening    you.see    then    bear    she.went.away    she    went.to.gather.from.plants    night   
    Then later, when it was evening, Bear went off, she went to gather food in the evening.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  11. pakúmateech    nutákireesh   
    when.later.in.the.day    we.will.leach.(acorn.meal)   
    We were going to leach (acorn meal) soon.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  12. kúmateech    poo'ípakahaak    peekxariya'áraar    vaa    ukrivkíreesh   
    later.in.day    when.he.came.back    the.priest    that    he.will.sit.on.it   
    Later on, when the priest came back, he was going to sit on that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  13. kúmateech    xasík    pakun'áveesh    pamukéeks   
    later.in.day    then.(future)    they.will.eat    her.cake   
    Later today they will eat her cake.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text