Ararahih'urípih
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kúnish sort of, kind of, rather

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3999 | revised Jun 30 2005

kúnish PCL • sort of, kind of, rather

Derivatives (7)
chavanichthúkinkunish "a type of worm"
ikxurikasirihkuníshtaahkoo "tinfoil"
sírihkunish "shiny"
taahkúnish "white"
tavátavkunish "light-colored"
thúkinkunish "blue, green, yellow"
xanchifchúkinkunishich "type of frog"

Source: WB 923, p.363

  • yánava vúra táay páxaath toomtupíshriihva, xás vúra amáyav kunish. (Coyote) saw there were a lot of grasshoppers roasted there, and they were sort of tasty. [Reference: WB T4.31]
  • pa'ipahasúruk kúnish tu'uum. He's almost under the tree. [Reference: WB files]


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  1. íp    niyrúhat    kunish    á'   
    PAST    I.rolled.it.up    sort.of    above   
    I'd kinda rolled it up.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. níxuti    kíri    kúnish    sákriiv   
    I.want    want    sort.of    hard   
    I want to make it kinda solid.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. kúnish    kíri    sákriiv    kúnish    paníktaamsipreehaak    paxuun   
    sort.of    want    hard    sort.of    when.I.pick.it.up    the.acorn.soup   
    So that it's kind of solid when I pick it up, the acorn soup.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. uuríhaan    kúnish    uuríhaan   
    lazy.person    sort.of    lazy.person   
    Lazy bones, sort of lazy bones.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. xás    vúra    áv    kúnish    vaa    puyávhara    peepihnîichha   
    then    Intensive    food    sort.of    so    not.good    if.you.become.an.old.man   
    Lots of food it's not good if you become an old man.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  6. xás    upíip    pihnîich    kúnish    kaníyruuhrivi   
    then    he.say    old.man    sort.of    I.lie.down   
    Then he said: "Let me lie down like an old man."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  7. chavúra        pâanpay    pamutiiv    kúnish    tatûupichas    too    mxurukúvraan    pamutiiv    tóo    mtaránkoo   
    finally    PERF    after.while    the.his.ear    sort.of    little.ones    it    become.melted.down    the.his.ear    he    swelter   
    Then after a while his ears seemed to be small, his ears melted down, he was sweltering.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  8. chavúra        xánahishich    chími    axmáy    u'áasish    patáprihak    vúra    tóo    mchax        pukunish    kêenatihara   
    finally    PERF    little.while    soon    suddenly    he.lay.down    on.the.pavement    Intensive    he    get.hot    PERF    not.sort.of.    he.was.not.moving   
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  9. vúra    pukúnish    xutihap    hûut        kun'áapunma    tóo    mkuhiruv   
    Intensive    not.sort.of    do.not.think    how    PERF    they.knew    he    get.sweltered   
    They paid no attention to him, they knew that he was getting sweltered.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  10. xás    kúnish    vúra    tóo    xus    "vúra    ni'aveesh    kóova    tuvíshtar    póomuustih   
    then    sort.of    Intensive    he    think    Intensive    I.will.eat.it    so    he.wants.it    as.he.looked.at.it   
    He was thinking as it were: "I'll have to eat it," he got such an appetite for it as he looked at it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  11. xás    axmáy    vúra    kúnish    ukéen    xás    yíth    upíip    atafâat    pihnêefich    ããx    atafâat    pihnêefich   
    then    suddenly    Intensive    sort.of    it.moved    then    other    she.said    maybe    coyote    ugh!    maybe    coyote   
    Then all at once it kind of moved, and one said: "Maybe it's Coyote. Oh, maybe it's Coyote."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  12. pakoovúra    pananuppírish    puyíththaxay    vúra    kúnish    vaa    kumeekyâahara    peheeraha'íppa    vúra    chishihpurith'íppa    kích    vaa    kúnish    kuméekyav    pa'apxantîich    îin        kinippêer   
    that.of.all    our.plant    not.a.single.one    Intensive    sort.of    that    it.is.not.the.kind.of.make    the.tobacco.plant    Intensive    black.nightshade.plant    only    that    sort.of    kind.of.make    the.white.man    TOPIC    PERF    he.said.to.us   
    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us
    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
  13. kúna    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 text
  14. peheeraha'íppa    uum    vúra    iváxra    kúnish    koovúra    pu'ássarhara    sákriiv   
    the.tobacco.plant    3.SG    Intensive    dryish    sort.of    all    not.juicy    hard   
    The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  15. xúus    kúnish    ár    u'iftakankôotti    patu'áffishahaak   
    smooth    sort.of    person    it.sticks.to.it    when.one.touches.it   
    Tobacco is smooth and sticky when one feels it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  16. nanittáat    mít    upôovôo?ihat    pafâat    vúrava    úuxhaak    iheeraháxiit    kyúnish    kyóo    uux   
    my.mother    near.past    ?    anything    just    when.it.is.bitter    green.tobacco    sort.of    as.much.as    bitter   
    My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  17. unúhyaachas    pa'uhípih    sú'    kúnish    árunsasa   
    round.ones    the.tobaco.stem    inside    sort.of    empty.ones   
    The tobacco stems are round [in section] and empty inside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  18. imyaat    kúnish    upiyáatunvaramoohitih   
    fur    sort.of    .it.is.always.going.together/toward.each.other   
    It is like fur all compressed together.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  19. peheerahásaan    xúus    kunish    ithváaykamkam    kôomahich    vúra    u'áxvuh?ha?hitihach    peheerahasanvásihkamkam   
    the.tobacco.leaf    smooth    sort.of    outside.of.the.chest    little.bit    Intensive    it.is.hairy    outside.of.the.underside.of.the.tobacco.leaf   
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  20. pamupírish    vúra    pu'ivrárasurutihara    sákriivsha    pamúpsii    ípam    kunish    pamupirish'ápsii    xákaan    u'ifshúrootihirak    sákriivsha   
    its.leaves    Intensive    it.is.not.falling.off    hard.ones    its.stem    sinew    sort.of    its.leaf-stem    both    where.the.leaves.grow.off    hard.ones   
    The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  21. ipansúnukich    vaa    káan    payêepsha    ikpíhan    peehêeraha    kunish    ár    u'iftakankôoti    vaa    peheerahayêepsha    káanvári   
    toward.the.top    so    there    the.good.ones    strong    the.tobacco    sort.of    person    it.is.sticking.to.it    so    the.good.tobacco    toward.there   
    Toward the top they are good leaves, it is strong tobacco, like it would stick to a person, they are good tobacco leaves that side.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  22. pahûut    pakunkupítihanik    xáas    vúra    kúnish    ikxáyxaytihaphanik   
    the.way    that.they.did.it.long.ago    almost    Intensive    sort.of    .   
    How they would say that [the ground] was sort of cultivated
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text
  23. ipít    kúnish    niyíkiheen   
    yesterday    sort.of    I.was.sick   
    Yesterday I was sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  24. ipít    kúnish    niyíkihatih   
    yesterday    sort.of    I.was.feeling.sick   
    Yesterday I was sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  25. pananikáfih    kúnish    imfir   
    my.coffee    sort.of    hot   
    My coffee is warm.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  26. pa'áraaras    kúnish    koovúra    pa'ishímfir    kuma'áraaras   
    the.men    sort.of    all    the.tough    kind.of.men   
    Those guys are all tough guys.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  27.     kúnish    nithítiv    pachishíi    poohyíivtih   
    PERF    sort.of    I.hear    the..dog    it.is.barking   
    I heard the dog barking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  28. pani'áhootih    uum    kúnish    nimáhat    papúufich    pay'ôok    úkriivtih   
    when.I.was.walking    3.SG    sort.of    I.saw    the.deer    right.here    it.is.living   
    When I was walking, I saw where the deer lives.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  29. kúnish    úkviit-hitih    pay'ôok   
    sort.of    he.is.sleeping    right.here   
    He is making his bed right here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  30. vaa    kúnish    kunimúsahiti    pásaan   
    so    sort.of    they.looked.like    the.leaves   
    They (the quails) are the same color as the leaves.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  31. kúnish    tuváxrah   
    sort.of    it.was.dry   
    They (leaves) were kind of dry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  32. Kúnish    ipshûunkinich    pay   
    sort.of    low    this   
    It (the net) is kind of short (to catch the frog).
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  33. kúnish    chí    upathríheesh   
    sort.of    soon    it.is.going.to.rain   
    It's just about to rain.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  34. imáan    kúnish    upathríheesh   
    tomorrow    sort.of    it.is.going.to.rain   
    It looks like it's going to rain tomorrow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  35. kúnish    upathríheesh   
    sort.of    it.is.going.to.rain   
    It looks like it's going to rain.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  36. 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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  37. xás    uxuti    kunish    yíim    nîinamich    papúufich    xás    póo'uum    xás    vúra    uum    pufíchkaam   
    then    he.thought    sort.of    far    little    the.deer    then    when.he.got.there    then    Intensive    3.SG    big.deer   
    And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  38. pa'áama    tóo    mnish    vúra    uum    kúnish    ikxáramkunish   
    the.fish    she.has    cook    Intensive    3.SG    sort.of    black   
    She cooked the fish, it was black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  39. vúra    uum    kúnish    puyáv    imúsahatihara   
    Intensive    3.SG    sort.of    not.good    you.are.looking   
    You don't look so good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  40. náa    vúra    kúnish    kéevniikich   
    1sg.    Intensive    sort.of    old.woman.(dimin.)   
    I am sort of an old woman.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  41. kúnish    apxantínihich    imusahitih   
    sort.of    white.man    you.look.like.that   
    You white people look like that.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  42. apxantinihich'ávansa    uum    kúnish    vâaramas   
    white.man    3.SG    sort.of    tall.ones   
    White men are tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  43. íim    káru    pee'áhooti    vúrava    kúnish    furáthfip   
    2sg.    also    when.you.arrived    just    sort.of    be.nervous   
    When you arrived it seemed like you were cranky.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  44. íp    peevôonfuruk    íp    kúnish    vaa    ifuráthfiptih   
    PAST    when.you.entered.the.house    PAST    sort.of    that    you.were.cranky   
    It seemed like you were cranky when you came in.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  45. íp    u'áasishriheen    kúnish    vaa    puyáv    ipmahóonkoonatihara   
    PAST    she.laid.down    sort.of    that    not.good    you.are.not.feeling   
    She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  46. vúra    uum    kúnish    púfaat    paxuntápan   
    Intensive    3.SG    sort.of    nothing    the.acorn   
    There aren't really any acorns.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  47. ipít    ip    vírusur    nimáhat    kúnish        ni'ay   
    yesterday    PAST    bear    I.saw.it    sort.of    PERF    I.was.afraid   
    Yesterday I saw a bear, I was sort of afraid.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  48. vúra    kúnish        naxúriha   
    Intensive    sort.of    PERF    I.am.hungry   
    I'm sort of hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  49. hãã    vúra    kúnish        néexrah   
    yes    Intensive    sort.of    PERF    I.thirst   
    I'm sort of thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  50. vaa    ukupathitívahitih    kúnish    upíti    huhuhuhuhuhu   
    so    he.was.hearing.it.that.way    sort.of    it.was.saying    roaring.sound   
    He heard that, it sort of said, "Huhuhuhuhuhu."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  51. xás    axmáy    fâat    kúnish    uthítiv   
    then    suddenly    what    sort.of    he.heard.it   
    And suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  52. yánava    vúra    táay    páxaath    tóo    mtupíshriihva    xás    vúra    amáyav    kunish   
    visible    Intensive    much    the.grasshoppers    it.had    been.cooked    then    Intensive    good-tasting    sort.of   
    He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  53. xás    vúra    kúnish    púfaat    ipmahóonkoonara   
    then    Intensive    sort.of    nothing    he.did.not.feel.it   
    And he sort of didn't feel anything.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  54. hôoyva    kúnish    kunpakúriihvutih   
    somewhere    sort.of    they.were.singing   
    Somewhere they were sort of singing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  55. xás    pihnêefich    u'aachíchha    xás    upíip    kúnish    íp    nípaat    pamú'aan    uum    káan    úkyiimeesh   
    then    coyote    he.was.happy    then    he.said    sort.of    PAST    I.said    his.string    3.SG    there    it.will.go.through.the.air   
    And Coyote was glad, and he said, "I sort of said his string would reach there!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  56. xás    upíip    yee    vúra    ník    kúnish    ûumukich   
    then    he.said    well    Intensive    a.little    sort.of    near   
    And he said, "Say, it's kind of close!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  57. yukún    peethívthaaneen    vúra    thúkinkunish    xás    kúnish    ûumukich   
    you.see    the.earth    Intensive    blue-green    then    sort.of    near   
    The earth is so green and kind of close.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  58. miník    kúnish    puyívuhara   
    of.course    sort.of    not.far   
    "It's not so far!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  59. pa'ás    kúnish    tuvurúniihva    tiim   
    the.rock    sort.of    it.was.flowing.down    edge   
    It was sort of running over the edge of the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  60. kúna    vúra    kúnish        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 text
  61. pavúra    ixusáhaak    kúnish    chí    kaneeykáreesh    vúra    ikpêehveesh    ík   
    when    you.think    sort.of    soon    they.are.going.to.kill.me    Intensive    you.will.shout    must   
    Whenever you think they are sort of about to kill you, you must shout.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  62. kári    xás    vúra    pu'ikviit-hára    káruma    kúnish    úkviit-hitih   
    then    then    Intensive    she.didn't.sleep    in.fact    sort.of    she.was.sleeping   
    But she didn't sleep, the truth was she sort of slept (in pretense).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  63. kári    xás    upíip    hûu huhûu    kúnish    nanisípaam    tuyuunhítih   
    then    then    he.said    owl's.cry    sort.of    my.grinding.slab    it.is.out.of.position   
    And he said, "hûu huhûu, my grinding slab is sort of crooked."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  64. vúra    kúnish    hûut    tée    piip   
    Intensive    sort.of    how    PERF.2SG    say   
    "You sort of said something."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  65. pa'avansáxiich    vúra        pukúnish    ikviiptíhara    kóova    tóo    kfuuyshur   
    the.boy    Intensive    PERF    not.sort.of    he.wasn't.running    so    he.was    be.tired   
    The boy could hardly run, he was so tired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  66. kári    xás    uxúti    pakachakâach    hûut    áta    kumá'ii    pa'ípat    múxuun    kích    kúnish    poopátatih   
    then    then    she.was.thinking    the.bluejay    how    maybe    because.of    the.doe    her.acorn.soup    only    sort.of    that.he.is.eating   
    And Blue Jay thought, "I wonder why he sort of eats only Doe's acorn soup?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  67. víri    teepshítaanivanihich    axmáy    kúnish    fâat    uthítiv   
    so    after.a.while    suddenly    sort.of    what    he.heard.it   
    After a while suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  68. teepshítaanivanihich    axmáy    kúnish    fâat    uthítiv   
    after.a.while    suddenly    sort.of    what    he.heard.it   
    In a little while, suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  69. víri    vaa    ukuupha    chaka'îich    kúnish    kun'ixipúniihva   
    so    so    he.did.it    slowly    sort.of    they.drifted.down   
    They did that, they sort of floated slowly down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  70. fâat    kúnish    kun'ixáxanaatih   
    what    sort.of    they.were.crying   
    They were sort of crying somewhat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  71. axmáy    kúnish    pay'ôok    fâat    upmahóonkoon   
    suddenly    sort.of    right.here    what    he.felt.it   
    Suddenly he sort of felt something right here (on his body).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  72. xás    ufáathkar    xás    vúra    kúnish    tu'ay    pa'íshaha   
    then    he.wades.in    then    Intensive    sort.of    he.fears    the.water   
    Then he waded in, but he was sort of afraid of the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  73. xás    pa'aneekyávaan    vúra    kúnish    ikxaréeyav   
    then    the.sweating.doctor    Intensive    sort.of    spirit.person   
    And the doctor was kind of (like) an ikxaréeyav.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text
  74. xás    patu'aráriihkanhaak    xás    pu'ikxáramkunishhara    kúnish    ámkuufkunish   
    then    when.it.healed    then    not.black    sort.of    blue   
    And when it healed, it was not black, it was sort of blue.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text
  75. puxích    kúnish    upáthriihtih    víri    puxútihap    kíri    nupêer    paaxíitichas    ôok    kóova    nu'am   
    very.much    sort.of    it's.raining    so    they.do.not.think    I.wish    we.say    the.children    here    so    we.eat   
    It's sort of raining hard, so they don't want to ask the (neighbor's) children to eat here with them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text
  76. xás    pa'ávansa    vaa    vúra    úkviipti    kúnish    yiimúsich    payêem   
    then    the.man    so    Intensive    he.is.running    sort.of    little.ways.off    now   
    The man is running like that, sort of far away now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  77. xás    avansáxiich    uum    u'áhootih    pa'ipahasúruk    kúnish    tu'uum   
    then    boy    3.SG    he.is.walking    under.the.tree    sort.of    he.is.going   
    A boy is walking in front, he is sort of going under the tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  78. xás    paachvíiv    káan    úkxiiptih    kúnish    tu'áy    páchishiih   
    then    the.bird    there    it.is.flying    sort.of    it.is.afraid.of    the.dog   
    The bird is flying there, it is sort of afraid of the dog.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  79. payôok    áxak    pa'ápsuun    kúnish    chími    kuníshkaaksipreevish   
    right.here    two    the.snakes    sort.of    soon    they.will.start.to.jump   
    Here are two snakes, they are sort of going to strike (lit., jump).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text