Karuk Dictionary
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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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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 | Playhôoy 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 | Playnuvuxichshúroo 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textpúyava 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 textvíri pootâatsip pamutákasar yá 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 textpúyava 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 textpúyava 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 textpúyava 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 textpúyava 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 textkáruk 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 textxás 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