Ararahih'urípih
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thitiv / thitim- to hear

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5954 | revised Jan 29 2016

thitiv / thitim- V • to hear

Derivatives (5)
thitíima "to listen in a direction"
thitíimship "to begin to hear"
thítimfak "to hear downhill"
thitivakêem "hard of hearing"
thitivxúrar "heedless"

Source: WB 1452, p.389

  • tithítiv hum. Do you hear? [Reference: Richardson 1993:27]
  • âanxus uthitívanik, káruk keechxâach úkrii. Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 001]


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  1. koovúra    úm    ithítiimtih   
    all    or    you.hear   
    Do you hear everything?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. naa    vúra    punathitíveeshara    xâat    xára    kaan    kú'uuhyanati    naa    vúra    vaa    punatákirara    fâat    vúra    pakuchuphúruthunatih   
    1sg.    Intensive    I.won't.hear    may    long.time    there    you.talk    1sg.    Intensive    so    I.can't.leach.acorn.meal    what    Intensive    what.you.are.talking.about   
    I won't be able to hear, even if you talk a long time, I won't be able to leach acorn or whatever you're talking about.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. xás    vúra    púxay    thitívara   
    then    Intensive    not.yet    did.not.hear   
    Then he made believe he could not understand.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  4. kíri    kanaxusêer    puthitíimtihara   
    I.wish    they.think.about.me    he.does.not.hear   
    "I wish they would think about me that I can not understand."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  5. kári    xás    úpaanik    poopítithunanik    xáyfaat    ík    vúra    váa    náa    nithítiimti    pamikunpákurih    náa    púvaa    nanívaahara    pamikunpákurih   
    then    then    he.said    when.he.looked.back    don't!    must    Intensive    so    1sg.    I.hear    the.your.song    1sg.    not.thus    not.for.me    the.your.song   
    Then he said looking back: "I must never hear your song any more; your song will not do for me."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  6. pirishkâarim    váa    úpaanik    xáyfaat    ík    vúra    váa    náa    nithítiimti    pamikunpákurih   
    grizzly    so    he.said    don't!    must    Intensive    so    1sg.    I.hear    the.your.song   
    Grizzly Bear said it: "I must never hear your song any more.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  7.     nithítiv   
    PERF    I.hear.it   
    I heard it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  8.     nithítiv   
    PERF    I.hear.it   
    I heard it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  9.     nuthítiv   
    PERF    we.hear.it   
    We all heard it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  10.     nithítiv    papúsihich   
    PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat   
    I heard the cat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  11. nithítiimtih    papúsihich    uum   
    I.hear.it    the.cat    3.SG   
    I hear the cat
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  12. papúsihich    nithítiimti    upakurîihvutih   
    the.cat    I.hear.it    it.is.singing   
    I hear the cat purring.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  13.     nithítiv    papúsihich    upakurîihvutih   
    PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat    it.is.singing   
    I hear the cat purring.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  14.     nithítiv    papúsihich    upakurîihvutih   
    PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat    it.is.singing   
    I hear the cat purring.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  15.     nithítiv    payupsítanach    uxráratih   
    PERF    I.hear    the.baby    it.is.crying   
    I hear the baby crying.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  16.     nithítiv    papúsihich    îikam   
    PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat    outdoors   
    I hear the cat outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  17.     nithítiv    papúsihich    îikam    uvathíivtih   
    PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat    outdoors    it.is.fighting   
    I hear the cats fighting outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  18.     kúnish    nithítiv    pachishíi    poohyíivtih   
    PERF    sort.of    I.hear    the..dog    it.is.barking   
    I heard the dog barking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  19. nu    ni'áasish    nikvíit-ha    xás    vúra    fâatva    nithítiv   
        I.go.to.bed    I.fall..down    then    Intensive    something    I..hear   
    When I was sleeping I heard something.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  20. fâatva    îikam        nithítiv.   
    something    outdoors    PERF    it.sits   
    I heard something outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  21.     nuthítiv   
    PERF    I.hear.you   
    I hear you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  22. iim    putá    nathítivara   
    2sg.    NEG-PERF    I.do.not.hear.you   
    I do not hear you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  23. iim    punuthítiimtihara   
    2sg.    I.am.not.hearing.you   
    I do not hear you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  24. Xás    paxanchíifich    uthítiv   
    then    the.frog    he.hears.them   
    And the frog hears them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  25. tithítiv    um   
    you.hear    or   
    Do you understand?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  26. ithítiv    hum   
    you.hear    or   
    Did you hear it?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  27. Arch    uum    tuthítiv   
    Arch    3.SG    he.has.heard   
    Arch is listening.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  28. kári    xás    uthítiv    úxaaktih    pa'íshaha    úxaaktih   
    then    then    he.heard    it.was.making.noise    the.water    it.was.making.noise   
    Then he heard it, it was sounding, the water was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  29. vúra    vaa    uthítiimtih    úxaaktih    pa'íshaha    patuchunvákir   
    Intensive    so    he.was.hearing.it    it.was.making.noise    the.water    while.he.sneaked.up.on.it   
    He heard it that way, the water was sounding as he sneaked up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  30. uthítiimti    pakunípeenti    tu'áhooheen   
    he.was.hearing.it    when.they.were.telling    he.has.arrived   
    He heard them telling (each other), "He has come."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  31. tuthítiv    poothivnúrutih   
    he.had.heard.it    as.it.was.roaring   
    He heard it thundering.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  32. vaa    ukupathitívahitih    kúnish    upíti    huhuhuhuhuhu   
    so    he.was.hearing.it.that.way    sort.of    it.was.saying    roaring.sound   
    He heard that, it sort of said, "Huhuhuhuhuhu."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  33. vaa    kích    poothítiv    páhuhuhuhuhuhu   
    that    only    that.he.heard    the.huhuhuhuhuhu   
    He just heard that "Huhuhuhuhuhu."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  34. xás    axmáy    fâat    kúnish    uthítiv   
    then    suddenly    what    sort.of    he.heard.it   
    And suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  35. vúra    vaa    utháaniv    uthítiimti    pakunchuphúruthunatih   
    Intensive    so    he.lay    he.was.listening    when.they.were.talking.about.him   
    (Coyote) lay like that, he heard them talking about him.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  36. xás    axmáy    vúra    uthítiv    ishnur   
    then    suddenly    Intensive    he.heard.it    thunder   
    And suddenly he heard thundering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  37. xás    uthítiv    páthuuf    uvúrunihva   
    then    he.heard.it    that.a.creek    it.was.flowing.downhill   
    And he heard a creek flowing down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  38. xás    kúkuum    uthítiv    páthuuf   
    then    again    he.heard.it    the.creek   
    So he heard a creek again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  39. xás    axmáy    vúra    uthítiv    asámyiith    úxak   
    then    suddenly    Intensive    he.heard.it    gravel    it.made.a.noise   
    And suddenly he heard it, the gravel sounded.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  40. kári    xás    uthítiv    áas    uvúuntih   
    then    then    he.heard.it    water    it.was.flowing   
    And he heard it, water flowing.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  41. kári    xás    áas    uthítiv   
    then    then    water    he.heard.it   
    And he heard water.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  42. kári    xás    pá'aas    uthítiv   
    then    then    the.water    he.heard.it   
    Then he heard the water.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  43. kári    xás    tée    kxurar    kári    xás    uthítiv    kunchúuphitih   
    then    then    PERF    evening    then    then    he.heard.it    they.were.talking   
    By now it was evening, and he heard them, they were talking.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  44. xás    tuthítiv    chími    uthivtapáraheesh   
    then    he.had.heard    soon    there.was.going.to.be.a.war.dance   
    And he heard it, there was going to be a war dance.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  45. xás    uthítiv    akâayva    upakurîihvutih   
    then    he.heard    anyone    he.was.singing   
    And he heard it, someone was singing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  46. vúra    vaa    uthítiimti    poopakurîihvutih   
    Intensive    so    he.was.hearing    he.is.singing   
    He heard (someone) singing like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  47. vúra    vaa    uthítiimti    poopakurîihvutih    vúra        ûumukich    kitâana kitâana íiyaa   
    Intensive    so    he.was.hearing    he.is.singing    Intensive    PERF    near    kitâana kitâana íiyaa   
    He heard the singing that way just close by, "kitâana kitâana îyaa."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  48. ithyáruk    pootkáratih    yánava    pavuhvúha    tu'íshipva    uthítiimti    pakuníhyiivtih   
    across    when.she.looks.across.the.river    visible    the.jump.dance    it.lined.up    she.is.hearing    their.shouting   
    When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  49. âanxus    uthitívanik    káruk    keechxâach    úkrii   
    weasel    he.heard    upriver    widow.(old)    she.lives   
    Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  50. iinâak    vaa    kích    uthítiimti    poopakurîihvuti    yôotva    tu'iiv'íiv    íkamish    tu'iiv'íiv   
    indoors    so    only    he.heard.it    that.she.was.singing    hurray!    he.has.died    son-in-law.(dimin.)    he.has.died   
    Inside he just heard her singing, "Hurray, he's dead, son-in-law is dead!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  51. âanaxus    uthítiimti    táay        kiníykar    áraaras   
    weasel    he.was.hearing    much    PERF    they.are.killing.them    people   
    Weasel heard that they were killing a lot of people.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  52. xás    kunthítiv    sáruk    úhyiivtih    chú    páy    axíich    pipúniich    táay    íp    imafúnvaansa   
    then    they.heard.him    downhill    he.was.shouting    here!    this    child    salmon.tail    much    PAST    beggars   
    Then they heard him, he was shouting downhill, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  53. víri    vaa    kuthítiimtiheesh    pánaa    kâarim        nixus    peeshviripshúruk    poofyúkutihat    yakún    na    vaa    peeshvírip   
    so    so    you.will.be.hearing.it    when.I    bad    PERF    I.feel    under.the.pine.trees    when.he.was.going.around    you.see    1sg.    so    the.Jeffrey.pine   
    You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  54. pâanpay    pirishkâarim    tuthítiv    káan    tu'iimníhva   
    after.while    grizzly    she.had.heard    there    he.had.been.having.a.love.affair   
    Finally Grizzly Bear heard he was having a love affair there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  55. ôok    íp    nithítiimtihat    póoxaaktih   
    here    PAST    I.heard    that.it.was.sounding   
    Formerly I heard them sounding from here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  56. vúra    punathítiimtihara   
    Intensive    I.can't.hear   
    I can't hear them."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  57. xás    káruk    tuthítiimnoov    póoxruunhitih   
    then    upriver    he.heard.upriverward    she.was.growling   
    Then he heard her growling from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  58. kári    xás    pakúuk    kunpávyiihma    axmáy    vúra    fâatva    kunthítiv   
    then    then    to.there    they.go.back    suddenly    Intensive    something    they.hear   
    And when they came back there, suddenly they heard something.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  59. kunthítiimti    vaa    káan    kun'ûupvunaatih    tayiith   
    they.heard    so    there    they.were.digging.roots    Brodiaea   
    They heard that (people) were digging brodiaea roots there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  60. víri    teepshítaanivanihich    axmáy    kúnish    fâat    uthítiv   
    so    after.a.while    suddenly    sort.of    what    he.heard.it   
    After a while suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  61. teepshítaanivanihich    axmáy    kúnish    fâat    uthítiv   
    after.a.while    suddenly    sort.of    what    he.heard.it   
    In a little while, suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  62. kári    xás    uthítiimtih    pavuraakirasúruk    ikrêen    paniinamichtâapas   
    then    then    he.heard    underneath.the.ladder    sitting    the.smallest   
    And the littlest one, sitting underneath the ladder, heard it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  63. kári    xás    uthítiv    yóo    chrívchav    pá'aas    pa'úkraam    pakunpáathkuri    pamutípah   
    then    then    he.heard    visibly.it    splash    the.water    in.the.lake    when.they.threw.him.into.the.water    his.brother   
    Then he heard it, he saw the water splash in the lake, when (the giant) threw his brother in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  64. kári    xás    ikxáram    axmáy    uthítiv    axmáy    uvôonfuruk    pa'apurúvaan   
    then    then    night    suddenly    she.heard    suddenly    he.entered.the.house    the.devil   
    Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text