Karuk Dictionary
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nanu- (variant nunu-) our
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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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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 textxas páy nanu'ávahkam áachipak tá 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 textxás 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 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 textkusâam 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
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playpananu'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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa pananítaat uum tupíthxah pananúsaanva koovúra vúra so my.mother 3.SG she.washed.them our.clothes all Intensive My mother washed all our clothes. tupíthxah pakoovúra pananúsaanva koovúra she.washed.them all our.clothes all She washed them all, all our clothes. koovúra yâamachas pananúvuup all pretty our.necks We all have pretty necks. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás vúra uum itíhaan táay nanu'áhup then Intensive 3.SG always much our.wood We always had a lot of wood. 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
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playvaa pávaa tá 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 textkári 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 textkáruma 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 textkúna 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 textvúra 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textnuu tá 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textkári xás tá 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 textxás pananupáthraam patáhpuus tá 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 textxás 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