Ararahih'urípih
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pi'êep long ago

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lexicon ID #5170 | revised Nov 08 2005

pi'êep • ADV • long ago

Source: WB 1111, p.372

  • hûutvava vúra úthvuuytihanik, tapi'êep. I don't know what his name was, it was a long time ago. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 037]
  • xás káan nimáhat pi'êep va'irípraam. And there I saw an old mine. [Reference: DF 05: Finding Gold 002]

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  1. pi'êep    vaa    káan    ta    neepshinvárihva   
    long.ago    that    there    PERF    I.forgot   
    A long time ago I forgot.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. xas    kaan    nimáhat    pi'êep    va'irípraam   
    then    there    I.saw.it    long.ago    its.mine   
    There I saw an old mine.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  3. pi'êep     kunipítih    payupsíriharas    uum    vaa    xás    mukunfikríparas   
    long.ago    they.are.saying    blind.people    3.SG    so    then    their.sorters   
    Long ago, they say, the blind people were their sorters.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. pi'êep    pihnêefich    vaa    káan    úkrii   
    long.ago    coyote    that    there    it.(animate).sits   
    Long ago Coyote lived there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  5. akâay    vaa    káan    úkreenik    pi'êep   
    who    that    there    it.(animate).sat    long.ago   
    Who lived there long ago?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  6. pi'êep    nanítaat    musára    tóo    kyav   
    long.ago    my.mother    her.bread    PERF.she    make   
    Long ago my mother made her bread.
    Source: Vina Smith, Biscuits (VS-23) | read full text
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  7. taay    vúra    pa'ás    pay'ôok    pi'êep   
    much    Intensive    the.rock    right.here    long.ago   
    There were lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  8. pi'êepvari    kári    naa    nîinamich    kunípeenti    chími    pimnîishi   
    long.ago    then    1sg.    little    they.used.to.say    soon    cook   
    Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  9. pi'êep    paniyáan'iiftihanhaak    pa'ôok    káruk    veethívthaaneen    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    papanámniik    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    naa    vúra    xakitrahyar    káru    yítha    hárinay    kích    tá    níkrii   
    long.ago    when.I.was.a.young.man    when.here    upriver    its.country    first    I.arrived    when.Orleans    first    I.arrived    1sg.    Intensive    twenty    also    one    year    only    PERF    I.stay   
    Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  10. pi'êep    uum    pa'áraar    ithtítaansahanik   
    long.ago    3.SG    the.people    gamblers   
    Long ago the people were gamblers.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  11. papi'êep    kunkupa'ákunvutihanik    kun'ákeekvutih   
    when.long.ago    they.hunted.in.this.way    they.carried.bows   
    They carried bows when they hunted, long ago.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text