Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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-múrax nothing but ...

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4275 | revised Nov 08 2005

-múrax • SUFF • nothing but ...

Derivative (1)
ishmúnaxich "meat alone, nothing but meat"

  • vaa múrax vúra uxútih, púya íf yáv tani'asiktávaanhitih. This way only he is thinking, 'My, am I marrying well!' [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 031]

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  1. uknîi    kaan    kun'áraarahiti    itráhyar    mu'túnviiv    avansamúrax   
    once.upon.a.time    there    they.were.living    ten    his.children    nothing.but.men   
    Uknii. They lived there. His ten children were just boys.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. koovúra     yuxmúrax    u'árihishriheesh   
    all    nothing.but.sand    it.will.turn.into   
    It will turn into nothing but sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. hãã    I couldn't do that    ayu'âach    vúra    vaa    yuxmúrax    u'árihishriheesh   
    yes    I couldn't do that    it.was.because    Intensive    so    nothing.but.sand    it.will.turn.into   
    Yes, I couldn't do that because it would turn into nothing but sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  4. xás    sú'    póo'uum    pootvárayva    pamukun'ikrívkir    koovúra    athkuritmúrax    vúra   
    then    inside    when.he.arrived    when.he.looked.around    their.disk-seats    all    nothing.but.fat    Intensive   
    And when he got inside and looked around, (the people's) seats were all of nothing but fat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. pamúsaanva    furaxmúrax   
    her.clothes    nothing.but.woodpecker-heads   
    Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. peekxúrar    púvaxay    thivrúhish    koovúra    axupa'ithvutiharamúrax   
    the.evening    not.yet    float.ashore    all    nothing.but.those.carrying.dressed.deer.meat.on.the.back   
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  7. vúra    furaxmúrax    pamúsaanva   
    Intensive    nothing.but.woodpecker-heads    his.clothing   
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  8. vúra    furaxmúrax    pamúsaanva   
    Intensive    nothing.but.woodpecker-heads    his.clothing   
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. páy    uum    úhthaam    koonmúrax   
    this    3.SG    garden    nothing.but.corn   
    This is a garden, nothing but corn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text