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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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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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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 textitnoopámahich 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 textpúffaat 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 textvúra 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 textnuu 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 textchanáakat 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 | Playkoovúra 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 | Playxás 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 textkiikxúrikeeshap yâamachich I.will.mark.you.all pretty.(dimin.) I'll paint you pretty. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textpamikun'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 textminík 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 textxás pa'ávansas uumkun yúruk ník tá kunithvirípiithva xás puvúra fâat tá 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 textxás 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 textyâamach 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 texthôoy 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 textxáy iykárap let.not they.kill.you Don't let them kill you." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxáyfaat 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textxáy 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 textxás 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