Ararahih'urípih
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nanu- (variant nunu-) our

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4327 | revised Aug 12 2014

nanu- PREF • our Variant: nunu-.

Variant nunu- (lexicon ID #7357): Means the same as nanu-, used in some words by some speakers.

Derivatives (5)
páy_nanusúruk "underground"
páy_nanuxákararih "country outside Karuk territory"
páy_nanu'ávahkam "sky"
páy_nanu'ávahkam_áhootihanik "moon"
páy_nanu'ávahkam_veekxavnamíchmiif "name of a mythical personage"


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  1. chavúra    páy    nanu'ávahkam    kun'ithyúruva   
    finally    this    above.us    they.dragged.her.to   
    Indeed they dragged her up into the sky.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xas    páy    nanu'ávahkam    áachipak        kun'ithyuruva   
    then    this    above.us    into.the.middle    PERF    they.dragged.him.to   
    And right up into the middle of the sky they dragged him along, too.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. xás    kunipêer    "chôora    chími    nanukríivram   
    then    they.told.him    let's.go    soon    our.house   
    Then they told him: "Let's go to our house."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. 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
  5. kusâam    panunu'úhthaam   
    downhill    our.garden   
    Our garden is down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  6. pananu'átraax    vúra    uum    ipshûunkinich   
    our.arms    Intensive    3.SG    low   
    Our arms are too short.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  7. vaa    pananítaat    uum    tupíthxah    pananúsaanva    koovúra    vúra   
    so    my.mother    3.SG    she.washed.them    our.clothes    all    Intensive   
    My mother washed all our clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  8. tupíthxah    pakoovúra    pananúsaanva    koovúra   
    she.washed.them    all    our.clothes    all   
    She washed them all, all our clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  9. koovúra    yâamachas    pananúvuup   
    all    pretty    our.necks   
    We all have pretty necks.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  10. xás    vúra    uum    itíhaan    táay    nanu'áhup   
    then    Intensive    3.SG    always    much    our.wood   
    We always had a lot of wood.
    Source: Vina Smith, Gathering wood (VS-47) | read full text
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  11. pananupiykiríkir    tu'av   
    our.ladder    he.has.eaten   
    He ate our ladder."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  12. vaa    pávaa        kupavêenahan    koovúra    tutháfip    panunupatúmkir   
    that    who.that    PERF    one.who.made.mischief    all    he.has.devoured.them    our.pillows   
    That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. kári    xás    kunpiip    húuka    nanupatúmkir   
    then    then    they.said    to.where    our.pillows   
    And they said, "Where are our pillows?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  14. káruma    titháfipaheen    pananupatúmkir   
    in.fact    you.have.eaten.them.up    our.pillows   
    You ate up our pillows!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  15. kúna    vúra    pamukrívraam    vaa    vúra    umúsahiti    panunukrívraam    koovúra    pootâayhiti    iinâak    vaa    vúra    umúsahiti    ôok    iinâak    pootâayhitih   
    in.addition    Intensive    his.house    that    Intensive    it.looks.like    our.house    all    that.they.are.many    indoors    that    Intensive    it.looks.like    here    indoors    that.they.are.many   
    "But his house looks just like our house, everything that is inside looks just like what is inside here.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  16. vúra    pusakeemvárihveeshara    koovúra    vaa    umúsahiti    panunú'uup   
    Intensive    you.won't.be.homesick    all    that    it.looks.like    our.possessions   
    You won't be homesick, everything looks like our things.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  17. xás    upíti    vúra    if    koovúra    vaa    umúsahiti    ôok    pananú'uup    panini'ávan    mukrívraam   
    then    she.is.saying    Intensive    true    all    that    it.looks.like    here    our.things    my.husband    his.house   
    And she said, "It's true, everything looks like our things here, in my husband's house."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  18. xás    pâanpay    xás    uxús    naa    nixúti    napikshayvûunishti    yukún    koovúra    vaa    umúsahiti    panunú'uup    káru    uum    vúra    vaa    umúsahiti    panini'áka   
    then    after.while    then    she.thinks    1sg.    I.am.thinking    he.is.lying.to.me    you.see    all    that    it.looks.like    our.possessions    also    3.SG    Intensive    that    he.looks.like    my.father   
    Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me, everything looks like our things, and he looks just like my father."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  19. xás    kunpiip    nuu    vaa    nanu'ífunih   
    then    they.said    we    that    our.hair   
    And they said, "It's our hair.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  20. nuu        núpthith    panunúpxaan   
    we    PERF    we.finished.weaving    our.caps   
    We've finished weaving our caps."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  21. kári    xás    upiip    púya    payêem    ík    vôohara    mûuk    ivúreesh    papay'ôok    tu'íhithunahaak    nunúthvaaykam   
    then    then    he.says    and.so    now    must    digging.stick    with.(by.means.of)    you.will.jab.him    when.here    when.he.danced.around    in.front.of.us   
    And (one) said, "Say, this time we must jab him with a digging stick when he dances around here in front of us."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  22. xás    kunipêer    yôotva    nanu'ávanheesh   
    then    they.told.him    hurray!    our.future.husband   
    And they said, "Hurray, (you) are our husband!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  23. xás    kunipéer    chími    iktîiti    pananu'átimnam   
    then    they.told.him    soon    unpack.them!    our.burden.baskets   
    And they told him, "Unpack our burden baskets!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  24. xás    pakéevniikich    upiip    kóku    yáxa    hûut    tu'iin    panunukrívraam   
    then    the.old.woman    he.said    oh-oh!    look!    how    it.has.something.wrong.with.it    our.house   
    And the old woman said, "Oh-oh, look, what's wrong with our house?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  25. kári    xás        kunpíip    chími    nanu'eeráriiv    nupimúsan   
    then    then    PERF    they.say    soon    our.den    let's.go.look.at.them!   
    Then people used to say, "Let’s go look at our dens!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  26. xás    pananupáthraam    patáhpuus        nuvêehkurih   
    then    our.hair-wrapping    the.fir.boughs    PERF    we.stuck.them.in   
    And we stuck in the fir boughs from our hair-binding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  27. xás    panunu'ífunih    vúra    xávish    mûuk    nupákootih    kíri    vâaramas    u'if    panunu'ífunih   
    then    our.hair    Intensive    mock.orange    with.(by.means.of)    we.were.whipping.our.hair    I.wish    long    it.grows    our.hair   
    And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text