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kuuk thither, to there
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lexicon ID #4076 | revised Nov 17 2014
kuuk • ADV • thither, to there
Derivatives (2)
kûukam "in that direction, in that way"
páykuuk "over there"
Source: WB 912, p.358
- kári xás kúuk u'uum pakun'ûupvanaatihirak. And (Across-the-Water Widower) went there where (the girls) were digging roots. [Reference: TK 68.7]
- kári xás kúuk upáathma yítha, takuníxtiivhar pasah'áhup. And then one (girl) threw it to the other, they played with the driftwood. [Reference: WB T 1.107]
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chi váa kúuk kiik'uumi kíri váa káan ku'iin kíri vaa mikun'ávan íf pufich'iykáraansas soon that to.there you.guys.go.there I.wish that there you.guys.live I.wish that your.husband truly deer-slayers "Go over there to live! That's where we want you to live! You had better marry those boys, they are such good hunters!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textkári xas kúuk ni'úum then then to.there I.go.(there) Then I went to the log. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textkári xás ni'ûufak pataskaná'anamahich kaan ni'íipma then to.there I.bring.it.downhill the.little.pole there I.return.with.it I took my little pole and climbed down. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textkári xás kúuk ni'uum then then to.there I.go Then I went in that direction. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textkári xás kúuk ni'uum then then to.there I.go I went toward it. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textxasík peeschool upvôonupukat vaa kúuk i'uuméesh then.(future) the.school it.let.out that to.there you.will.go When the school has let out, you'll go there (to Katimin)." Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás uxus tîi kúuk kaníkfuukmi then he.thought let... to.there let.me.crawl.to.it! And he thought, "Let me crawl to it." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás kúuk upáathma pamúvaas then to.there he.threw.it.toward.it his.blanket And he threw his blanket at it. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás kúuk upáathma yítha tá kuníxtiivhar vaa pasah'áhup then then to.there she.threw.it.to.her one PERF they.played.with.it that the.driftwood And one threw it to (another), they played with that driftwood. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textpayêem panimáhaak pasaamvároo paninívaas kúuk nipaathméesh now when.I.see.it the.creek my.blanket to.there I.will.throw.it.toward.it "Now when I see a creek, I'll throw my blanket at it. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás poomáh pasaamvároo ta'ítam kúuk upaathmáheen then when.he.saw.it the.creek so to.there he.threw.it.toward.it And when he saw the creek, then he threw (the blanket) at it. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás páy nanu'ávahkam kúuk kinpôonva then sky to.there they.took.them.back And they were taken to the sky. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás vúra hûut chí pakúuk kunkupá'uumaheesh then Intensive how soon to.there they.will.arrive.somehow And how were they to get there? Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textkári xás yiivári kúuk u'íipma kúkuum upítkaanvar then then rather.far to.there he.went.away.again again he.speared.fish.again Then he went away again, he went to spear fish again. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textpaxuntápan kunífiktih kúuk tóo kvíripma xás koovúra tu'ífik píshiip when.acorns they.were.picking.it.up to.there she.had run.to then all she.had.picked.it.up first When they picked acorns, she would run there, and she would pick them all first. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás upêer xáyfaat ík vúra haríxay kâam kúuk i'íipma then he.said don't! must Intensive sometimes little.upriver to.there you.go.back And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textpa'ifápiit mukrívraam kúuk u'uum the.young.woman her.house to.there he.arrived They got to the girl's house. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textkári xás pakúuk kunpávyiihma axmáy vúra fâatva kunthítiv then then to.there they.go.back suddenly Intensive something they.hear And when they came back there, suddenly they heard something. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textpúyava ichámahich kúuk kunchúnvavuti you.see one.by.one to.there they.sneak Then they sneaked up to it one by one. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textxás kúuk úkfuukiraa then to.there he.grabbed.at And he grabbed in that direction. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full textta'ítam kúuk kun'úumaheen so to.there they.arrived So they went there. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textpúyava xás patá kun'íshunva kári xás pa'asiktávaan kúuk u'uum you.see then when they.buried.him then then the.woman to.there she.went So when they buried him (there), then the woman went there. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textxás pamutat'îin kunipêer îikam kúuk uumi then his.mother she.told.him outdoors to.there go! And his mother told him, "Go outdoors! Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textxás pámita îin kunsíitvat úpeenti xáyfaat mâam kúuk ikuníhivraa then who TOPIC they.stole.him he.told.him don't! uphill to.there you.shoot.over! And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textxás mâam kúuk ukúniihva yiimúsich vúra then uphill to.there he.shot little.ways.off Intensive So he shot a little ways uphillward. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textváa kúuk ukvíripma pa'ípa unhíshriihvat pa'áthiith so to.there she.ran.toward Where.recent.past she.tied.down the.hazel.branches She ran there where she had tied the hazel branches. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full textxás kúuk u'úumanik papreacher muhrôoha then to.there she.went the.preacher his.wife So the preacher's wife went there. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full textvíriva kúuk tá kun'ahávoo páchishiih so to.there PERF they.herded.them.towards the.dogs The dogs would herd them there (towards the traps). Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full textvíriva kúuk tá kunívyiihma pamukun'ímpaah so to.there PERF they.went.to their.paths (The deer) would go to their paths. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full textpúyava patusúpaahaak púyava ukráam kúuk tá kunihmárava tá kunpáatvunaa pa'ávansas you.see when.it.had.become.day you.see lake to.there PERF they.ran.to.there PERF they.bathed the.men When day came, they went to a pond, the men bathed. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full textxás sáruk kúuk tá kun'uum xás úuth ishkêeshak tá kunpáatva then downhill to.there PERF they.arrive then out.to.water in.the.river PERF they.bathe And they went downhill, and they bathed out in the river. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text