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tîi let... (expressing wish)
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lexicon ID #6042 | revised Aug 23 2005
tîi • PCL • let... (expressing wish)
Source: WB 1372, p.385
Note: Used with first person imperative, expressing a decision.
- tîi kan'áhoo Let me walk! I think I'll walk! [Reference: WB files]
- tîi vúra naa kánsiitvi. I might as well steal it. [Reference: TK 91.4]
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xás uxus tîi káruk kanvâarami then he.thought let... upriver let.me.go He thought: "Let me go upriver." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textxas uxus tîi matêe kanpútyiinkachi páy pa'asayâamachak vúra uum yâamach pa'as then he.thought let... later let.me.defecate.on.it this on.the.pretty.rock Intensive 3.SG pretty the.rock Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full texttîi matêe kanipvínaxsunachi let... later let.me.lick.it.off.a.little "Let me taste it by sticking out my tongue. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full texttîi pay kich xas kumatêeshich kuna kanpútyiinkachi let... this only then still.more in.addition let.me.defecate.on.it Let me do a little bit more of job on it." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textkári xás uxus "tîi yítha kán'ám paxathímtup then then he.thought let... one let.me.eat the.cooked.grasshoppers Then he thought: "Let me eat one of the roasted grasshoppers." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textxás uxus ti kanítnuupnihi' then he.thought let... let.me.look.through.it He thought: "I am going to look in!" Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full textkári xás uxútih tîi kanparíshriihvi then then he.was.thinking let... let.me.twine! And he thought, "Let me twine string! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás uxus tîi kúuk kaníkfuukmi then he.thought let... to.there let.me.crawl.to.it! And he thought, "Let me crawl to it." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás papishpíshi uxus tîi páy kan'am then then the.yellowjacket he.thought let... this let.me.eat.it! And the yellowjacket thought, "Let me eat this." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás uxús papihnêefich tîi kányuuphi then then he.thought Coyote let... let.me.open.my.eyes! And Coyote thought, "Let me open my eyes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textkári xás kári uxus tîi kányuuphi apapíichyuupich then then then he.thinks let... I.open.my.eyes little.eye.on.one.side And (Coyote) thought, "Let me open my eyes, just one little eye." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playxás uxúti tîi kanpakatkâatih then he.was.thinking let... let.me.taste.it! And he thought, "Let me taste it!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás uxúti tîi matée kóomahich kan'ífapvi paxathímtas then he.was.thinking let... later little.bit let.me.pick.them.up! the.roasted.grasshoppers And he thought, "Let me pick up a few roasted grasshoppers for a moment!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textuxúti tîi kanpakatkâati papatúmkir he.was.thinking let... let.me.take.a.taste.of.them! the.pillows And he thought, "Let me taste the pillows!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás uxús pihnêefich tîi kanitníshuk then he.thought coyote let... let.me.look.out! And Coyote thought, "Let me look out!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textpihnêefich uxus tîi kahyúras kanvâarami ishpúk kanikyáan coyote he.thought let... Klamath.Lakes let.me.go! dentalium.shells let.me.go.gather.it! Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes, let me go get money." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkári xás uxus tîi yíth kanpíkyav pananíshaanva then then he.thought let... other let.me.make.it.again! my.clothing And he thought, "Let me get a different suit of clothes." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkári xás uxus tîi kan'ám yítha then then he.thought let... let.me.eat.it! one Then he thought, "Let me eat one." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkári xás uxus tîi kanpakatkâati then then he.thought let... let.me.taste.them! Then he thought, "Let me taste them." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textxás uxus tîi kanitníshukvi then he.thought let... let.me.look.out! And (Coyote) thought, "Let me look out!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textuknîi pihnêefich kahyúras uxus tîi kanvâarami once.upon.a.time coyote Klamath.Lakes he.thought let... let.me.go uknîi. Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textxás uxus tîi kanípuunvi then he.thought let... let.me.rest And he thought, "Let me rest. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full texttîi naa kúna kan'árihishrih paninipákurih let... 1sg. in.addition let.me.sing my.song Let me sing my song now." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full texttîi kanpípaachun let... let.me.throw.off.again Let me throw (the song) away." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full texttîi kanvasíhuunihi let... let.me.go.back.first! Let me go down back first! Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full texttîi kanixvâahuunihi let... let.me.go.down.head.first! Let me go down head first! Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textuxús tîi kankanmahvanáyviichvan he.thinks let... let.me.look.around.for.fun He thought, "Let me go look around, just for fun." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textxás uxus tîi kanpútyiinkachi then he.thinks let... let.me.defecate.on.it And he thought, "Let me defecate on it!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full texttîi kanvínaxsunachi let... let.me.lick.it.a.little Let me lick it off! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full texttîi kan'am let... let.me.eat.it Let me eat it!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full texttîi têeshich vúra let... several Intensive Let (me eat) a little more!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textchémi kúkuum tîi kan'am all.right again let... let.me.eat.it "All right, let me eat it again!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full texttîi matêe áama kan'am let... later salmon I.eat Let me eat salmon for a moment!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textxás uxús tîi káan kanvunáyviichvan then he.thought let... there let.me.go.wander.around.idly And he thought, "Let me go look around there. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textkári xás uxus tîi kanimúsan then then he.thought let... I.go.look.for.her And he thought, "Let me go see her!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full textxás uxús tîi kanimnîishi then he.thought let... let.me.cook.it! Then he thought, "Let me cook it! Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkári xás uxus tîi kanmáhi hûut áta pookupeekyâahitih then then she.thought let... let.me.see how maybe how.she.is.making.it And she thought, "Let me see how she makes it!" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkári xás uxús kachakâach tîi kantharampûuki then then she.thought bluejay let... let.me.cook.acorn.soup Then Blue Jay thought, "Let me make acorn soup!" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás kári uxus tîi máruk kanvâarami then then he.thought let... uphill let.me.go And he thought, "Let me go uphill." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full texttîi kanimúsan let... let.me.go.see.it Let me go look at it!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textkári xás pirishkâarim upiip tîi kanikyaavárihvi then then grizzly she.said let... let.me.try Then Grizzly said, "Let me try!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textkári xás patá kunpíkyaar pakuntáxraati kári xás asmáax tîi kan'ífiki pataxratêep then then when they.finished that.they.were.attaching.arrowheads then then towhee let... let.me.pick.it.up! the.scraps And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps". Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full textxás kári pa'asiktávaan kunxus tîi vaa káan nusôomvan then then the.women they.thought let... so there we.go.to.offer.in.marriage And the women thought, "Let's go offer ourselves in marriage there!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full textkári xás vírusur uxus tîi naa káru then then bear she.thought let... 1sg. also And Bear thought, "Let me (go) too!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full textithyarukpíhriiv u'árihroov uxus tîi káruk kanvâarami Across.the.Water.Widower he.went.upriver he.thought let... upriver let.me.go! Across-the-Water Widower went upriver, he thought, "Let me go upriver!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full textxás kunxús nuu káru vaa tîi núkuuphi then they.thought we also so let... let.us.do.it And they thought, "Let us do that too!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textkári xás uxus ii tîi naa káru kan'ûupvan then then she.thought oh! let... 1sg. also let.me.go.dig.roots! And she thought, "Oh, let me go dig roots too!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textxás uxús tîi kanvâarami then he.thought let... let.me.go.there And he thought, "Let me go there!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textxás uxus tîi kanpimúsanvunaa then he.thought let... let.me.go.to.see.them.again! And he thought, "Let me go to see them again!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textta'ítam uxúsanik peekpihantâapas tîi xákaan núvuunvi so he.thought the.strongest.one let... with.(one.person) let.us.wrestle! So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textxás uxus tîi ithyáruk kanpimúsan pa'ifápiit then he.thought let... across let.me.go.to.see.her.again! the.young.woman He thought, "Let me go across to see the girl again!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás uxus tîi kanimúsan then he.thought let... let.me.go.to.see! And he thought, "Let me go see!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás uxus tîi kanpikvátan pananípaah then he.thought let... let.me.go.to.carry.it.back.on.my.shoulder! my.boat And he thought, "Let me go get my boat!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás uxus tîi kan'ixupsúroo pasípnuuk then he.thought let... let.me.uncover.them! the.storage.baskets And he thought, "Let me uncover the storage baskets!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás uxus tîi ithyáruk patapríha'ifápiit kanimúsan then he.thought let... across patapríhak.young.woman let.me.go.to.see.her! And he thought, "Let me go across river to see the patapríhak girl!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás uxús tîi máruk chinach'ásak kánpaathkirihi paninisárum then she.thought let... uphill at.Big.Rock let.me.throw.into.water my.pine-roots And she thought, "Let me throw my pine-roots in the water, uphill at Big Rock. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textkári xás ithâan ávansa uxus tîi kanikrûuntih then then once man he.thought let... let.me.wait! And once a man thought, "Let me wait (for her)!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full textkári xás upiip tîi kanítkaanvan then then he.said let... let.me.go.spear.fish! And he said, "Let me go spear fish!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full textkári xás uxus tîi sáruk kanvâarami impaak then then she.thought let... downhill let.me.go on.the.path And she thought, "Let me go downhill on the path!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full textkári xás uxus tîi kantharampûuki then then she.thought let... let.me.cook.acorn.soup And she thought, "Let me cook acorn soup!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full textxás upiip tîi kánpaatvan then he.said let... let.me.bathe And he said, "Let me go bathe!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text