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kúmateech later in the day; in the evening
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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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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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúmateech 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás 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 textpúyava 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
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playkúmateech 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
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playkári 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
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playxás 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 textpamítaat 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 textpúyava kúkuum vúra kúmateech tá 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 textpúyava 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 textpakúmateech 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 textkúmateech 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 textkúmateech 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