Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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pafyuk / pafyúku- to come around again

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lexicon ID #4469 | revised Oct 31 2014

pafyuk / pafyúku- V • to come around again

  • xáyfaat ík vúra ôok ipáfyuk. You mustn't come around here again. [Reference: KT 125.26]
  • páy kumákuusra kâanimich impáak tupáfyuk. In this month (March), the poor people travel on the trails (because snow has melted off). [Reference: JPH ethno ?:160]


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  1. xás    úppeeranik    achvúun    îin    kuníppeeranik    xáy faat    ík    vúra    ôok    ipáfyuk    iim    vúra    pu'ôok    vúrayvutiheeshara   
    then    he.told.him    hookbill.salmon    TOPIC    he.told.him    don't!    must    Intensive    here    you.come.around.again    2sg.    Intensive    not.here    you.will.not.be.going.around   
    And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  2. xás    kuníppéer    iim    kyáru    vura    xáy faat    ík    ôok    ipáfyuk    iim    kyáru    vura    pu'ôok    ikrêevishara    achvúun    kuníppéer   
    then    they.told.him    2sg.    also    Intensive    don't!    must    here    you.come.around.again    2sg.    also    Intensive    not.here    you.will.not.stay    hookbill.salmon    they.told.him   
    And they told him: "You yourself must not come around here, you too are not going to stay here," they told Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text