Ararahih'urípih
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púya and so; my!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5160 | revised Nov 09 2005

púya PCL • and so; my!

Derivative (1)
púyava "you see, ..."

Source: WB 1190, p. 376

  • púya vaa vúra kich. So that's all. (end of story) [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 020]


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  1. xás    pihnêefich    upíip    púya    pay    uum    váah   
    then    coyote    he.said    and.so    this    3.SG    so   
    Then Coyote said, "So this is all right!"
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. púya    uum    vookúphaanik    pihnêefich   
    and.so    3.SG    he.did.it.that.way    coyote   
    That's the way Coyote did.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  3. púya    uum    vookúphaanik    pihnêefich   
    and.so    3.SG    he.did.it.that.way    coyote   
    Coyote did thus.
    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. púya    uum    vookuphaanik    pihnêeffich   
    and.so    3.SG    he.did.this    coyote   
    Coyote did this.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  5. púyava    u'íipma   
    and.so.    she.returned   
    Behold she got home.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  6. púyava    uum    ukúphaanik    kachakâachich   
    and.so.    3.SG    she.did.that.way    bluejay.(dim.)   
    Behold Bluejay did this way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  7. púyava        kunixvíphuunish    xás        kunváasanha   
    so    PERF    they.get.angry.at.him    then    PERF    they.become.enemies   
    Then they got angry at him and became his enemies.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  8. púyava    uum    fâat    tu'ûukar   
    and.so.    3.SG    what    he.pays   
    Then he paid something.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  9. xás    patá    kunípeerahaak    fâat    iyúrish    xás    patu'ûurihaak    púyava    uum    hâari    ára    vaa    kúth    tóo    tháaniv   
    then    when    when.they.tell.him    what    pay    then    when.he.refuses    so    3.SG    sometime    person    so    because.of    PERF    sit   
    When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  10. kári    xás    ii    púya    íf    íshaha        néexrah   
    then    then    oh!    and.so    truly    water    PERF    I.thirst.for.it   
    "Oh, how thirsty I am!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. kári    xás    uxus    púya    íf        néexrah   
    then    then    he.thought    and.so    truly    PERF    I.thirst.for.it   
    And he thought, "How thirsty I am!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  12. xás    uxus    púya    íf    kâarim        nikúupha    pachími    ísheesh   
    then    he.thought    and.so    truly    bad    PERF    I.do    being.soon    about.to.drink   
    And he thought, "How bad I do, being about to drink water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  13. oo    púya    íf    yâamachich    pasah'áhup        kuntápkuup   
    oh!    and.so    truly    pretty.(dimin.)    the.driftwood    PERF    they.liked.it   
    Oh, how pretty the driftwood was, they took a liking to it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  14. xás    uxús    púya    páy    uum    payêem    uum    nayâavaheesh   
    then    he.thought    and.so    this    3.SG    now    3.SG    I.will.get.enough   
    And he thought, "There, now I'll get full.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  15. púya    vaa    ukúphaanik    pihnêefich   
    and.so    so    he.did.it    coyote   
    So that's what Coyote did.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  16. kári    xás    upíip    púya    kanapikshúpihi    pamikunpákurih   
    then    then    he.said    and.so    you.guys.teach.it.to.me.again!    your.song   
    And he said, "Hey, teach me your song again!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  17. púya    vaa    vúra    kich   
    and.so    that    Intensive    only   
    So that's all.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  18. púyava        kuníthtit   
    you.see    PERF    they.gamble   
    So they gambled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  19. púyava    patóo    xus        kanachífich    kári    pamutêenva    tóo    syuunkiv   
    you.see    when.she.did    think    PERF    you.beat.me    then    her.earrings    she.did    pull.out   
    And when she thought, "I've been beaten," then she pulled off her earrings.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  20. púyava    kúkuum    yítha    tu'uum    kúkuum    vúra    vaa    tóo    pêer    íkamish    chími    nuthtîiti   
    you.see    again    one    one.would.arrive    again    Intensive    so    she.would    say.to    son-in-law.(dimin.)    soon    let's.gamble   
    So again one would arrive, again she would say, "Son in law, let's gamble!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  21. púyava    pakéevniikich        kunchífich   
    you.see    the.old.woman    PERF    she.was.beaten   
    Then the old woman was beaten.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  22. púya    upatishîip   
    and.so    she.carried.away.in.a.pack-basket   
    So she loaded up a burden-basket.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  23. víri    îifuti        kunívyiihma    pakáan    kunífeesh    vúra    vaa    uthivkêetih   
    and.so    sure.enough    PERF    they.arrived    where    they.will.grow    Intensive    so    she.went.along   
    So sure enough, they arrived where they were going to grow, she accompanied them like that.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  24. kári    xás    uxús    papirishkâarim    púya    íf    yâamach    poo'iikívtih   
    then    then    she.thought    the.grizzly.bear    and.so    truly    pretty    what.he's.wearing.as.a.necklace   
    And Grizzly thought, "My, he's really wearing a pretty necklace!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  25. púya    íf        nitápkuup   
    and.so    truly    PERF    I.like.it   
    My, I really like it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  26. púyava    kumá'ii    pamúyuup    aaxkúnish    poomchaaxrípaanik   
    you.see    because.of    his.eyes    red    because.it.(the.heat).came.out   
    So for that reason his eyes are red from the heat that came out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text
  27. púyava    patóo    kxáramha    pa'asiktávaan    tu'ípak   
    you.see    when.it.had    be.night    the.woman    she.returned   
    And when it got dark, the woman returned home.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  28. púyava    imáan    tuvôonupuk    pa'asiktávaan   
    you.see    tomorrow    she.went.out    the.woman   
    So the next day the woman went out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  29. xás    kunipíti    pa'asiktávaansa    púya    hûut    kumá'ii    peekxáram    xás    uvaaramôotih   
    then    they.said    the.women    and.so    how    because.of    in.the.evening    then    she.always.goes.away   
    And the women said, "Say, why does she always go off in the evening?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  30. xás    kunpiip    púya    hûut    kúth    peekxáram    uvaaramôotih   
    then    they.said    and.so    how    because.of    in.the.evening    she.always.goes.away   
    And (the women) said, "Say, why does she always go off in the evening?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  31. xás    kunipéer    púya    íf    yâamach    peepâanvutih   
    then    they.told.him    and.so    truly    pretty    you.were.painting.your.face   
    And they said to (Horsefly), "My, your face is painted pretty!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  32. púya    xás    káan    u'uum    pathrihapihníich   
    and.so    then    there    he.arrives    Old.Man.Rain   
    So Old Man Rain arrived there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  33. 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
  34. kári    xás    uxus    ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav    púya    chími    ikxáramhi   
    then    then    he.thought    Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit    and.so    soon    let.it.become.dark!   
    Then Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, "Well, let it get dark!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  35. púya    mâam    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii   
    and.so    uphill    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am   
    "Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  36. púyava    patusúpaahaak    púyava    ukráam    kúuk        kunihmárava        kunpáatvunaa    pa'ávansas   
    you.see    when.it.had.become.day    you.see    lake    to.there    PERF    they.ran.to.there    PERF    they.bathed    the.men   
    When day came, they went to a pond, the men bathed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text
  37. púyava    aas        kunpíshmaranaa   
    you.see    water    PERF    they.finished.drinking   
    Then they finished eating.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text
  38. púyava    vúra    kich   
    you.see    Intensive    only   
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text
  39. púyava    íshaha        kun'íthar    ithákuusrah   
    you.see    water    PERF    they.soaked.them.in    one.month   
    They soaked them in water for a month.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text
  40. víriva    uum    tishrámniik    pakuníxtiivhitih   
    so    3.SG    a.level.place    where.they.played.it   
    They played it on a level place.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  41. púyava    xás    kári        kunikyâasip   
    you.see    then    then    PERF    they.began   
    Then they began.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  42. púyava    xákaan    vúra    patá    kunxús    kíri    nutâatsip   
    you.see    with.(one.person)    Intensive    that    they.thought    I.wish    we.should.toss.it   
    Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  43. púyava    yítha    uum    tóo    tâatsip   
    you.see    one    3.SG    he.had    tossed.it   
    And one tossed it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  44. púyava    xás    puráan        kun'ífukiraa    xás        kunvúunva   
    you.see    then    each.other    PERF    they.grabbed    then    PERF    they.wrested   
    Then they grabbed each other, and they wrestled.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  45. púyava    xás    hâari    xákaan    vúra        kunithyívish   
    you.see    then    sometime    with.(one.person)    Intensive    PERF    they.fell.down   
    Sometimes both of them fell down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  46. púyava    xás    uumkun    yu'kúkamkam    pa'ávansas        kunithvíripraa   
    you.see    then    they    on.the.downriver.end    the.men    PERF    they.ran.up.from.downriver   
    Then the men on the downriver end ran up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  47. púyava    payítha    peeshnaaníchhaak    uum    píshiip    tu'úum    patákasar    uphírivirak   
    you.see    the.one    if.he.was.swift    3.SG    first    he.arrived    where.the.tossel    where.it.lay   
    If one was swift, he arrived first where the tossel lay.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  48. púyava    xás    uum    píshiip    tóo    tâatsip   
    you.see    then    3.SG    first    he    tossed.it   
    So he tossed it first.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  49. púyava    patákasar    tóo    kyívishrihaak    púyava    tóo    tâatsip   
    you.see    when.the.tossel    it.had    fallen    you.see    he    tossed.it   
    When the tossel fell, (one of them) tossed it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  50. púyava    hâari    vúra    pu'ikyívivrathtihara   
    you.see    sometime    Intensive    it.didn't.fall.over.the.goal.line   
    Sometimes (the tossel) didn't fall over (the goal line).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  51. púyava    hâari    uum    payu'kúkam    pa'ávansas    píshiip    tu'úum    patákasar    uphírivirak   
    you.see    sometime    3.SG    the.downriver.end    the.men    first    they.arrived    where.the.tossel    it.lay   
    Sometimes the men on the downriver end arrived first where the tossel lay.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  52. púyava    yúruk    tóo    tâatrupuk   
    you.see    downriver    he.had    tossed.it.outdoors   
    So (one of them) tossed it downriver
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  53. púyava    payu'kúkam        kuntâativrukahaak    púyava    kári        kunkôokha    payúruk    va'áras   
    you.see    if.the.downriver.end    PERF    they.toss.it.over.the.goal.line    you.see    then    PERF    they.won    the.downriver    people   
    If the ones on the downriver end toss it over (the goal line), then the downriver people won.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  54. púyava        kunpavyíhuk    kári    xás    chími    nuvûuksahinaa   
    you.see    PERF    they.came.back    then    then    soon    let.us.have.a.work.contest!   
    So they came home and then (they said), "Let's have a contest!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text
  55. íi    kári    xás    kunxus    púya    íf    puxích    too    kúha    kíri    xuus    kun'uum   
    oh!    then    then    they.thought    and.so    true    very.much    she.has    be.sick    I.wish    thought    they.go.to.it   
    And they were thinking that she's really sick, that she needs to get doctored.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  56. púya    vaa    pay   
    and.so    so    this   
    And that's the end of it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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