Ararahih'urípih
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mah'íitnihach early morning, early in the morning

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lexicon ID #4172 | revised Jul 21 2014

mah'íitnihach • N • early morning, early in the morning

Source: WB 957.1, p.366

  • xás u'ákunvar pihnêefich mah'íitnihach. Then Coyote went hunting early in the morning. [Reference: KS Crane 051]
  • púyava ithâan kumamah'íitnihach vaa káan kunixrárati pahitíhaan kun'úmootihirak. So early one morning, they were weeping there, there where they always used to go. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 017]

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  1. mah'íitnihach    tá    kun'ivyíihrupuk    tá    kun'ákunvanva   
    early.morning    PERF    they.go.outdoors    PERF    they.go.hunting   
    Early in the morning they go out hunting.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. aayâach    papihníich    tóo    píip    "kúkuum    mah'íitnihach    ku'íchunveesh    pachími    kunpávyiihfurukheeshhaak   
    it.was.because    the.old.man    he    say    again    early.morning    you.guys.will.hide.yourselves    when.soon    when.they.come.back.indoors   
    Because the old man had said, "You must hide again tomorrow morning before they come into the house."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. xas    mah'íitnihach    kun'iruvôonsip    xas    kun'ímnish    xuun   
    then    early.morning    they.got.up    then    they.cooked.it    acorn.soup   
    Early the next morning, they got up and cooked the acorn mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  4. kúkuum    mah'íitnihach    tá    kun'ákunvanva    patá    kunpámvaar   
    again    early.morning    PERF    they.went.hunting    when    they.finished.eating   
    And again in the early morning they went forth to hunt when they got through eating.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  5. imáankam    xás    mah'íitnihach    xás    ni'ákunvarat   
    next.day    then    early.morning    then    I.went.hunting   
    Next morning early I went hunting.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  6. máh'iit    mah'íitnihach   
    morning    early.morning   
    In the morning, early in the morning.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  7. tá    ni'itxâarihvutih    mah'íitnihach   
    PERF    I.wake.up    early.morning   
    I woke up in the early morning.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  8. mah'íitnihach    ni'itxâarihva   
    early.morning    I.wake.up   
    I woke up early.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  9. naa    vúra    itíhaan    máh'iitnihich    níkfuuksipriv   
    1sg.    Intensive    always    early.morning    I.get.up   
    I always get up early.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  10. mah'íitnihich   
    early.morning   
    It's morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  11. payêem    uum    mah'íitnihich   
    now    3.SG    early.morning   
    It's morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  12. kári    xás    púyava    úumpan    mah'íitnihach    tá    kunpávyiihship    kúkuum    paastaah   
    then    then    you.see    they.themselves    early.morning    PERF    they.left.again    again    the.ducks   
    And then they, the ducks, left again in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  13. xás    mah'íitnihach    uum    vúrava    ukvatankôotih   
    then    early.morning    3.SG    just    he.always.was.going.to.gather.sweathouse.wood   
    So he always went early in the morning to gather sweathouse wood.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  14. káan    xás    mah'íitnihach    upapivankôoti    pamusárum    ishkêeshak    hôoy    kích    tóo    pthívruuhruprav   
    there    then    early.morning    she.went.to.look.for    her.pine-roots    at.the.river    where    only    they.had    floated.out   
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  15. xás    vúra    mah'íitnihach    pishíich    u'imkatáxrahvarak   
    then    Intensive    early.morning    first    it.was.bright.from.upriver   
    And (when she looked) the light was first coming down from upriver, early in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  16. káru    káakum    mah'íitnihach    kuntátapvunaati   
    also    some    early.morning    they.were.trapping   
    And some men were trapping early in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text