Ararahih'urípih
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-ap inverse marker used when certain subjects and objects are reversed, in particular when the action is being done to the second person ('you')

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lexicon ID #398 | revised Aug 12 2014

-ap SUFF • inverse marker used when certain subjects and objects are reversed, in particular when the action is being done to the second person ('you')


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    1. chímiva    púxay    vúraxay    kaneekvárishap   
      soon    not.yet    really.not    they.buy.from.me   
      But it turned out that I couldn't.
      Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
    2. itnoopámahich    ník    kana'êeh    xás    váa    káru    vúra    pa'íshpuk    púvaxay    kana'êehap    káruma    chímiheesh    ithakûusrah    véenik    mit    paniykáranaat   
      five.each    a.little    they.gve.me    then    so    also    Intensive    the.money    not.yet    they.give.me    in.fact    soon.will    one.month    ago    near.past    that.I.killed.them   
      They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
      Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
    3. púffaat    vúra    îin    áamtihap   
      nothing    Intensive    TOPIC    it.eats.them   
      Nothing eats them.
      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
    4. vúra    pu'uhthaamhítihap   
      Intensive    they.do.not.plant.it   
      They do not sow it.
      Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
    5. nuu    vúra    pakuma'áraaras    vúra    pufâat    úhish    ipsháruktihaphanik    xáat    máruk    kunifyúkutihanik   
      we    Intensive    the.kind.of.people    Intensive    nothing    seed    they.had.been.bringing.it.long.ago    may    uphill    they.had.been.going.around.long.ago   
      Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.
      Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
    6. chanáakat    îin    tee    párap   
      mosquito    TOPIC    PERF    it.bit.you   
      The mosquito bit you.
      Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
      Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Play
    7. koovúra    panani'araréefyiivshas    naa    kíipeentihap    yôotva    púxich    taná'aachichha   
      all    my.Indian.friends    1sg.    I.am.telling.you.guys    hurray!    very.much    I.am.happy   
      To all my Indian friends, I'm saying, "Thank you, I'm very glad!"
      Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
      Spoken by William Bright | Download | Play
    8. xás    úpeenti    îim    ôok    keemisha'îin    i'áveeshap   
      then    he.told.him    outdoors    here    a.monster    it.will.eat.you   
      And he told (the person sweating), "A monster outside here is going to eat you."
      Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
    9. kiikxúrikeeshap    yâamachich   
      I.will.mark.you.all    pretty.(dimin.)   
      I'll paint you pretty.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
    10. pamikun'axvâa    kiikxúrikeeshap    yâamachich   
      your.heads    I.will.mark.you.all    pretty.(dimin.)   
      I'll paint your heads pretty."
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
    11. miník    kiikxúrikeeshap    yâamach    kiikyâavishap   
      of.course    I.will.mark.you.guys    pretty    I.will.make.you.guys   
      I'll paint you, I'll make you pretty!"
      Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
    12. xás    pa'ávansas    uumkun    yúruk    ník        kunithvirípiithva    xás    puvúra    fâat        máhap   
      then    the.men    they    downriver    a.little    PERF    they.ran.around    then    not.Intensive    what    PERF    they.did.not.see.it   
      And the men ran around downriver, and they didn't see anything.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
    13. xás    pihnêefich    úpeenvunaa    paaxíich    chími    pamikún'aav    kiik'âanvathap   
      then    coyote    he.told.them    the.children    soon    your.faces    let.me.paint.your.faces   
      And Coyote told the children, "Let me paint you on your faces!
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
    14. yâamach    vúra    kiikyâavishap   
      pretty    Intensive    I.will.make.you.guys   
      I'll make you pretty."
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
    15. hôoy    íf    akáray    îin    xuus    i'éethtiheeshap   
      where    truly    who    TOPIC    thought    will.be.taking.it.of.you   
      Nobody will take care of you.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
    16. xáy    iykárap   
      let.not    they.kill.you   
      Don't let them kill you."
      Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
    17. xáyfaat    kíikmahap   
      don't!    they.see.you   
      Don't let them see you."
      Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
    18. xás    yaas'ara'îin    kunipêer    iim    kumá'ii    pa'ára    u'íinahaak    i'áamtiheeshap    vaa    kúth    puharíxay    xúrihitiheesh   
      then    Humankind    they.told.her    2sg.    because.of    when.humanity    it.exists    it.will.eat.you    so    because.of    never    it.will.be.hungry   
      Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger.
      Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
    19. xás    upiip    pûuhara    vúra    kanathárihi    chí    kiipáhariithuneeshap   
      then    he.said    no    Intensive    pass.her.to.me    soon    they.will.catch.up.with.you   
      And he said, "No, pass her to me, they're about to catch up with you."
      Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
    20. kári    xás    chémi    kiikpiikívmathap   
      then    then    all.right    let's.put.necklaces.on.you.guys!   
      And (they said), "All right, put necklaces on them!"
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
    21. xáy    kíikmahap   
      let.not    they.see.you.guys   
      Let them not see you!
      Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
    22. xás    upiip    ninítaat    ôok    imúsarukapat   
      then    she.said    my.mother    here    she.came.to.visit.you   
      And she said, "My mother came to visit you here.
      Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text