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kúnish sort of, kind of, rather
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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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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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playníxuti 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playkúnish 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playuuríhaan 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás 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 textchavúra tá 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 textchavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak vúra tóo mchax tá 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 textvúra pukúnish xutihap hûut tá 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textpakoovúra pananuppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kumeekyâahara peheeraha'íppa vúra chishihpurith'íppa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav pa'apxantîich îin tá 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 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 textpeheeraha'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 textxúus 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 textnanittáat 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 textunúhyaachas 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 textimyaat 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 textpeheerahásaan 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 textpamupírish 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 textipansúnukich 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 textpahûut 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 textipít 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
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playipít 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
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playpananikáfih kúnish imfir my.coffee sort.of hot My coffee is warm. Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playpa'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
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playtá 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
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playpani'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
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playkúnish 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
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playvaa 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúnish tuváxrah sort.of it.was.dry They (leaves) were kind of dry. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | PlayKúnish 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúnish 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playimáan 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúnish 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúmateech 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 | Playxás 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa'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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvúra 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playnáa 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúnish 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playapxantinihich'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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playíim 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playíp 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playíp 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvúra 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playipít ip vírusur nimáhat kúnish tá 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvúra kúnish tá 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playhãã vúra kúnish tá 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa 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 textxás 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 textyánava 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 textxás 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 texthôoyva 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textyukún 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 textminík 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 textpa'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 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 textpavúra 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textvúra 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 textpa'avansáxiich vúra tá 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 textkári 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 textvíri 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 textteepshítaanivanihich 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 textvíri 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 textfâat 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 textaxmáy 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textpuxích 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textpayôok 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