Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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kúna in addition, in turn; but
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3978 | revised Apr 21 2005
kúna • PCL • in addition, in turn; but
Derivatives (2)
yíthakuneek "at various places"
yitheekúna "the next one"
Source: WB 919, p.363
- kúna peeyuuphâak pukinpávyiihmeeshara. But if you open your eyes, we won't get back. [Reference: WB T3.153]
- tâak yíth kuna. Give me another one. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 394]
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xas pasáruk nipitfákutih víri kúna su upárihkaa pihneefích'anamahich then downhill I.am.looking.away.downhill so in.addition inside it.runs.inside coyote.pup I looked back just in time to see a coyote pup running back into the log. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textyánava kári vúra sú kári xas vaa kúna nithyúrurupuk táma ikrívki papihnêefichtunvêechas visible then Intensive inside then then so in.addition I.drag.it.out then six the.little.coyotes And there was one more still inside. Then I pulled out that one too. There they were, six little coyotes! Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textviri kúna vúra ithyárukirukam kumavîitkir chími ukfúkuvravish so in.addition Intensive on.other.side.of.river its.ridge soon he.will.climb.over He was about to climb over the ridge on the other side of the creek. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textta'ítam kúkuum ni'aaksúraheen chímiva súrukam kúna nipásip tama uskákavraa so again I.shot.at.him soon under in.addition I.shoot. then he.jumps.over.the.ridge I shot under, and he jumped over the ridge. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textkári xás vúup kúna nivúsur then then neck in.addition I.cut.it.off Then, in addition, I cut off his neck. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textyíth kúna tá nikyâasip tuupichasyâach other in.addition PERF you.start.it really.small.ones I start another one, with smaller sticks. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playfátaak vúra tá nipáchish yítha kúna nikyâasip somewhere Intensive PERF I.throw.it.down one in.addition I.start.it I just throw it down somewhere, I start another one. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxas yúruk kuna utápichrup then downriver in.addition he.slipped.downriver Then he slipped in downriver direction. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textxas káruk kuna utápichroov then upriver in.addition he.slipped.upriver Then he slipped in upriver direction. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textxas sáruk kuna utápichfak then downhill in.addition he.slipped.downhill Then he slipped in downslope direction. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full texttîi 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 textée aaf kuna upákat oh! excrement in.addition it.tastes.like "Oh, it tastes like manure." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textxás vaa kúna kunpáxeep then that in.addition they.won.it.from.him And they won it from him. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full textkúna úum pahôotah yâak nu'ípakahaak hínupa tapu'ára íinara in.addition 3.SG if.late good.place we.come.back surprise has.not.people not.exist If we came back late to the good place, humankind would not exist. Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full textyíth kúna u'árihish other in.addition she.started.to.sing Then she sang another song. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full textvaa vúra púrith umússahiti kúna vúra axvíththirar umússahiti pachishihpúrith uxraháthkaay pappírish káru vúra axvíththirarkunish so Intensive huckleberry it.is.looking.like.it in.addition Intensive dirty it.is.looking.like.it the.dog.huckleberry sour the.leaves also Intensive dirty-like They look like huckleberries, but the dog huckleberries are dirty looking, they are sour, the leaves also are dirty looking. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full textkúna vúra patapasihêeraha uum kúnish axváhahar tíikyan ár uxváhahiti patu'áffishahaak patapasihêeraha in.addition Intensive the.real.tobacco 3.SG sort.of having.been.made.sticky in.the.hand person it.makes.it.sticky when.one.touches.it the.real.tobacco But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full textkúna vúra vaa kun'aapúnmutihanik pa'áraar hôoy vúrava pa'úhish pookyívishrihaak vaa vúra íkiich u'ífeesh kun'aapúnmutihanik vúra vaa in.addition Intensive so they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago the.people where just the.seed if.it.falls.down so Intensive maybe it.will.grow they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago Intensive that But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full textkúna vúra mít puhári úhish ipshâanmutihaphat pa'úhish u'ífeesh in.addition Intensive near.past never seed they.took.them.back that.seed it.will.grow But They Never Packed Seeds Home Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full textnaa ipshûunkinich kúna pananitípa uum vâaram 1sg. low in.addition my.brother 3.SG long My brother is taller than me. (I'm short, but my brother is tall.) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúna vúra pa'ararakéevriikshas pa'ararapihnîichas pananikáruk va'araréefyiivshas koovúra neepsháravrik in.addition Intensive the.old.Indian.women the.old.Indian.men my.upriver its.Indian.friends all they.helped.me But the Karuk old women, the Karuk old men, my Karuk friends, they all helped me. Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
Spoken by William Bright | Download | Playkúna vúra kúkuum ôok tá ni'uum pananífyiivshas nimúsarukti kári vúra pakáruk váhi ni'aapúnmiikti in.addition Intensive again here PERF I.arrived my.friends I.am.visiting.them then Intensive the.upriver its.language I.am.learning.it.from.them But I've come back here again, I'm visiting my friends, and I'm still learning the Karuk language. Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
Spoken by William Bright | Download | Playkúna vúra xáyfaat ík iyúupha in.addition Intensive don't! must you.open.your.eyes But you mustn't open your eyes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playchímiva vaa kúna ukúupha íshaha úxrah soon so in.addition he.did.it water he.thirsted.for.it Soon he did this also, he got thirsty. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkúna vúra pu'astíipich na'ísheeshara in.addition Intensive not.by.the.bank I.will.not.drink.it But I won't drink by the bank. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textith'áraan ník kúna tóo pvôoruvrath kunithyivúniihvutih each.person a.little in.addition he.had come.back.into.the.sweathouse they.fell.down (As) each person crawled in, they fell down. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkúna vúra xáyfaat iyúupha in.addition Intensive don't! you.open.your.eyes But don't open your eyes." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkúna peeyuuphâak pukinpávyiihmeeshara in.addition if.you.open.your.eyes we.will.not.go.back.there But if you open your eyes (before), we won't get there. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkúna vúra i'asimchákeesh ík xáyfaat ík itxâarihva in.addition Intensive you.will.close.your.eyes must don't! must you.open.your.eyes But you must close your eyes, you mustn't open them. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás patishanihyûum ukvíriprup víri kúna kâam pa'îin kun'áharamuti tá kunihmáravarak then when.downriver.from.tishániik he.ran.downriver so in.addition little.upriver the.ones.that they.were.following.him PERF they.ran.downriver And when he ran downriver from tishániik, the ones following him were running down just upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full texttîi naa kúna kan'árihishrih paninipákurih let... 1sg. in.addition let.me.sing my.song Let me sing my song now." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textxás pihnêefich kúna u'árihish haninuvêe naa hanuvêe naa then coyote in.addition he.sang haninuvêe naa hanuvêe naa So Coyote sang, "haninuvêe naa hanuvêe naa. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textxás pamusípnuuk uum ipshûunkinich kúna vúra tinihyâach káan u'uuchnímach then his.storage.basket 3.SG low in.addition Intensive quite.wide there it.was.squatting And his storage basket was short, but it was sort of wide, it was squatting there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textkári xás upíip chími man kúna vúra xáyfaat ík i'ûurih then then she.said soon why... in.addition Intensive don't! must you.get.tired And they said, "All right, but you mustn't get tired." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textápap kúna pamútraax kuníshpaatsur one.side in.addition his.arm they.broke.it.off They pulled off his arm on the other side. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textxás kári uum patóo kfuuyshur yítha kúna tu'éeh then then 3.SG when.he.had be.tired one in.addition he.had.given.it.to.him And when he got tired, he gave it to another one. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás víri kúna kumâam kunihmárafak pakah'árahsas then so in.addition just.upslope they.ran.down.from.uphill the.upriver.people And the upriver people were running down from uphill just upslope from them. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás axmáy vúra máruk kúna utápichraa then suddenly Intensive uphill in.addition he.slips.downriver And suddenly he slipped upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textithyáruk kúna úpviitrooveesh uthívruuhrooveesh káru káruk uvuunôovahiti pa'íshaha across in.addition it.will.paddle.upstream it.will.float.upriver also upriver it.flows.upstream the.water They would travel back upstream on the other side, they would float upstream also, the water was flowing upstream. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textkári xás kúna kunpiip asiktávaan pamukun'átimnam máruk tá kunsánaan then then in.addition they.say woman their.burden.basket uphill PERF they.carry.uphill And next they said, "Women carry their burden-baskets uphill. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textkúna vúra kúnish tá arákaas in.addition Intensive sort.of PERF old.man But he's sort of old.'" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textxás úpeenti pamú'aramah kúna vúra yáv peekupeekrêehitiheesh then he.is.saying.to.her his.child in.addition Intensive good that.you.will.be.living.in.that.way And he told his child, "But you will live well. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textkúna vúra pamukrívraam vaa vúra umúsahiti panunukrívraam koovúra pootâayhiti iinâak vaa vúra umúsahiti ôok iinâak pootâayhitih in.addition Intensive his.house that Intensive it.looks.like our.house all that.they.are.many indoors that Intensive it.looks.like here indoors that.they.are.many "But his house looks just like our house, everything that is inside looks just like what is inside here. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textkúna vúra páykuuk yíiv áhoon payôok xáyfaat i'áhoo peempaheepshûunkinich kâarim ikupheesh in.addition Intensive over.there far go.travel right.here don't! you.go the.short.road bad you.will.do But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textâanxus kúna u'árihish keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk weasel in.addition he.sang widow.(old) Woodwardia.fern áahrishuk widow.(old) Woodwardia.fern áahrishuk Weasel sang in turn, "keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk, keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textápap kúna úsyuunkiv one.side in.addition she.pulled.off She pulled off (the earring) on the other side. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full textvaa kúna kumûuk úktir so in.addition with.it she.hit She hit at him with it in turn. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full textkúna 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 textxás payítha kúna uxús níkfuukiraa then the.one in.addition he.thought I.grab.it And he thought, "I'm grabbing the other one." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textpamuhrôoha kúna úkfuukiraa his.wife in.addition he.grabbed.her He grabbed his wife in turn. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkúna uum vaa vúra káan úksuusur in.addition 3.SG so Intensive there he.swooped.down He, in turn, swooped down there. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkúna naa naa káru paninitúnviiv páy nanusúruk kúuk tá nupávyiihma in.addition 1sg. 1sg. also my.children underground to PERF we.go.back.to But I, I and my children, we are going underground. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textkári xás mahnûuvanach kúna kunpíkav then then chipmunk in.addition they.get Then in turn they summoned Chipmunk. Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full textxás pa'avansáxiich vúra uum uxráratih kúna vúra u'íchunvuti pooxráratih then the.boy Intensive 3.SG he.was.crying in.addition Intensive he.was.hiding when.he.was.crying And the boy was crying, but he hid when he cried. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textvíri kúna káruk ukvíripvarak so in.addition upriver she.ran.down.from.upriver She in her turn was running down from upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textvíri kúna kukâam tóo kvíripvarak so in.addition a.little.ways.upriver.from.there she.had run.down.from.upriver (Bear) in turn was running down from close upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textkári xás úkpaatrav pamúpsiih aax kúna u'ínihnamnihach then then she.broke.it.in.two her.leg blood in.addition it.dribbled.into.it And she broke her leg, but (only) blood dribbled in. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textyiimúsich kúna uum táma upikyívunih little.ways.off in.addition 3.SG then it.fell.back.down But it fell down again just a little ways off. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkúna chámuxich uum vúra ípihar in.addition sucker 3.SG Intensive bony But Sucker is bony. Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full textkári xás paachvíiv kúna kunikyâavarihva then then the.fire in.addition the.try And the birds tried in turn. Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full textkáan kúna pamukun'aktinakírak vaa káru vúra pu'aapúnmutihara there in.addition their.handrests so also Intensive it.didn't.know The grasping stones there (at the doorway) didn't know either. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textyá yúruk ithivthaneen'ípan kúna úkuuyva patákasar visible downriver at.end.of.world in.addition it.lands the.tossel He saw the tossel land in turn at the downriver end of the world. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textkári xás vaa kúna tá kin'ákih ipchimákananach then then so in.addition PERF they.gave.them handkerchief Then in addition they gave them handkerchiefs. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full textxás papeevapíthvaan upíip fâat kúna then the.storekeeper he.says what in.addition And the storekeeper said, "What else?" Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full textfátaak kúna tóo sriv somewhere in.addition he.has target-shooting They did target-shooting someplace. Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full textimáankam xumvaroovyúrukam kúna kunishríveesh next.day on.a.height.downriver.from.xumvároov in.addition they.would.shoot.at.targets The next day they shot at targets on a height downriver from xumvároov. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textpúyava panipkárahaak payêem káruk kúna ni'árihroovish niptakníhareesh you.see when.I.go.back.across.river now upriver in.addition I.will.go.upriver I.will.go.drive.back When I go back across-river now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full textkúna vúra payêem ápapkam asiktávaan yítha in.addition Intensive now at.one.side woman one But now one woman is on one side. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text