Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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-sip / -sipriv- up; begin to ...

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lexicon ID #5417 | revised Dec 11 2014

-sip / -sipriv- SUFF • up; begin to ...

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Note: Plural action form is -sîiprin(a). The form before -tih Durative is -sîipriv- or -sîiprin-.


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  1. kúnish    kíri    sákriiv    kúnish    paníktaamsipreehaak    paxuun   
    sort.of    want    hard    sort.of    when.I.pick.it.up    the.acorn.soup   
    So that it's kind of solid when I pick it up, the acorn soup.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  2. hôoy    if    imvárak    xuun    íktaamsipreevish   
    where    truly    in.a.plate    acorn.soup    you.will.pick.it.up   
    You can't pick up acorn soup in a plate.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  3. nuvuxichshúroo    nuvuxichshiipriv    vuxich[ar]    bucksaw    muuk    nuvuxichvúxich   
    we.sawed.it    we.sawed.it    saw        with.(by.means.of)    a.bucksaw   
    We sawed it down– [correction] sawed it up, we sawed it up with a saw– with a bucksaw.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  4. kári    xás    kunpithxunásiipreen    pamukun'ápxaan   
    then    then    they.put.on    their.caps   
    And they put on their basket-caps.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  5. kári    xás    upíthxuunasip   
    then    then    she.put.it.on   
    And she put it on.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  6. púyava    uum    pa'asiktávaansa    yáas    kunívyiihshiprimtih    máh'iit   
    you.see    3.SG    the.women    then    they.began.to.go    morning   
    Then the women started out, in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  7. víri    pootâatsip    pamutákasar        káruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    úkuuyva   
    so    when.he.tossed.it    his.tossel    visible    upriver    at.end.of.world    it.landed   
    When he tossed his tossel, he saw it landed at the upriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. káruk     núvyiihship    tínxuumnipaak   
    upriver    we.went    to.Ferry.Point   
    We went upriver to Ferry Point.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text
  13. xás    yuh'aráriik    núvyiihship   
    then    Crescent.City    we.went   
    Then we went to Crescent City.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text