Ararahih'urípih

Karuk Dictionary

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váa that, that way, he, she, it

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6381 | revised Jan 16 2024

váa • PRON • that, that way, he, she, it

Derivative (1)
vúrava "just (intensive)"

Source: WB 1516, p.393

Note: Usually refers to something designated elsewhere in the linguistic context.

vaa yav. That's good. [Reference: Richardson 1993:9]
vaa péeshpuk nikyâareesh. I'll go get that money. [Reference: WB T1.8]
kíri páy kári vaa ni'ish. I wish I could drink that! [Reference: WB T1.46]

Sentence examples (267)

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vaa	káan	nivâarameesh
that	there	I.will.go

I'm going there.

Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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fâat	uum	vaa
what	3.SG	that

What is this?

Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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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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xas	pa'ávansa	mukun'ikrívraam	váshihkam	usúruruprinahiti	vaa	kaan	kunthanfúrukvuti	papúufich
then	the.men	their.house	behind	a.hole.was.through.it	that	there	they.move.it.into.a.house	the.deer

Now there was a hole in the back of the boys' house, they dragged the deer in there.

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

chi

váa

kúuk

kiik'uumi

kíri

váa

káan

ku'iin

kíri

vaa

mikun'ávan

íf

pufich'iykáraansas

soon

that

to.there

you.guys.go.there

I.wish

that

there

you.guys.live

I.wish

that

your.husband

truly

deer-slayers

"Go over there to live! That's where we want you to live! You had better marry those boys, they are such good hunters!"

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

itráhyar	pa'asípiitsa	káru	vaa	kóohoo	imvarámpiitsa	káru	itráhyar	síkih
ten	the.new.bowls	little.ways.off	that	as.much.as	new.plates	also	ten	spoon

There were ten new bowls, and also ten new plates, and also ten spoons.

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

xas	vaa	káan	kunthathyúrufurukva	pamukunpúufich	itráhyar	xas	kun'av
then	that	there	they.dragged.it.indoors	the.their.deer	ten	then	they.ate

They dragged in their deer into the house and then the ten young men ate.

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

yánava	váa	kaan	su	pa'úxruunhitih
visible	that	there	inside	that.it.is.growling

And the growling came from inside.

Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

vaa	káan	aas	uvúuntih
that	there	water	it.was.flowing

There was a spring flowing there.

Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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yúxnaam	vaa	káan	púva	néehruuvtihara	payúxnaam
sand	that	there	not.yet	I.didn't.use	the.fine.sand

Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand.

Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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hãã	vúrava	ishimfirákuupha	vaa
yes	just	big.happening	so

Yes, (it was) a big happening.

Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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xás	váa	káan	kâarim	ukupavêenahanik
then	that	there	bad	he.did

Then he did not do right there.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

ta'ítam	vaa	káan	su'	u'árihivrathaheen
so	that	there	inside	he.jumped.in.the.sweathouse

Then he jumped inside of it there.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

vúra	vaa	mu'ánavhanik	pa'ámtaap
Intensive	that	was.his.medicine	the.ashes

Now ashes were his medicine.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

chavúra	vaa	káan	u'úum	paxathímtup	kunikyâatihirak	pakunikyâatihirak	paxathímtup
finally	that	there	he.arrived	the.cooked.grasshoppers	where.they.fix.	where.they.fix.	the.cooked.grasshoppers

Then he reached the place where they fix cooked grasshoppers, where they fix 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 text

váa	ta	ifuchtîimich	váa	tápaan	uxraam	pamúkiit	muyáfus
that	PERF	last.one	that	must(?)	he.bet.it	his.grandmother	her.dress

Then at last he even bet his grandmother's dress.

Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

xás	vaa	kúna	kunpáxeep
then	that	in.addition	they.won.it.from.him

And they won it from him.

Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

táay	nik	tá	kunchífich	vúra	pu'ixraratihara	váa	xás	u'ívur	pamúkiit	muyáfus
much	a.little	PERF	they.won	Intensive	he.didn't.cry	that	then	he.cried.for	his.grandmother	her.dress

They had won lots of things from him but he never cried, all he cried for was his grandmother's dress.

Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

xás	vaa	káan	upishunvávaananik
then	that	there	she.buried.herself.long.ago

She buried herself there.

Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

púya	uum	vookuphaanik	pihnêeffich
and.so	3.SG	he.did.this	coyote

Coyote did this.

Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

pakoovúra

pananuppírish

puyíththaxay

vúra

kúnish

vaa

kumeekyâahara

peheeraha'íppa

vúra

chishihpurith'íppa

kích

vaa

kúnish

kuméekyav

pa'apxantîich

îin

tá

kinippêer

that.of.all

our.plant

not.a.single.one

Intensive

sort.of

that

it.is.not.the.kind.of.make

the.tobacco.plant

Intensive

black.nightshade.plant

only

that

sort.of

kind.of.make

the.white.man

TOPIC

PERF

he.said.to.us

Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us

Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text

pu'ikpíhanhara	pasahihêeraha	xáat	vaa	ár	uhêer
it.is.not.strong	the.downslope.tobacco	may	that	person	he.smokes.it

That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

vaa	uum	vúra	hitíhaan	araréethvaayvari	vaa	kóo	vâaramas-hitih
that	3.SG	Intensive	always	towards.a.person's.chest	so	as.much.as	being.tall

But most of the time they come up to a person's chest.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

afiv'ávahkam	a'vánihich	vaa	poopírishhiti	pamu'iheerahásaan	áfiv	uum	vúra	piríshiipux
above.the.base	a.little.above	that	that.it.is.putting.forth.leaves	its.leaves	bottom	3.SG	Intensive	without.leaves

Somewhat up the stem the leaves commence; the base is without leaves.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

peheerahásaan	tiníhyaachas	vaa	pakun'ihêeratih
the.tobacco.leaf	wide.ones	that	that.they.are.smoking.it

The tobacco leaves are widish ones; those are what they smoke.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

kúna

vúra

vaa

kun'aapúnmutihanik

pa'áraar

hôoy

vúrava

pa'úhish

pookyívishrihaak

vaa

vúra

íkiich

u'ífeesh

kun'aapúnmutihanik

vúra

vaa

in.addition

Intensive

they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago

the.people

where

just

the.seed

if.it.falls.down

Intensive

maybe

it.will.grow

they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago

Intensive

that

But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

hâari

axmáy'ik

vúra

fátaak

tá

kunmah

vaa

vúra

taay

pátayiith

xás

sú'

patá

kun'ûupvakurih

sometime

suddenly

Intensive

somewhere

PERF

they.see

that

Intensive

much

the.brodiaea

then

inside

that.has

they.dig.into.it.for.roots

Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

hâari	vaa	káan	vúra	mupîimach	tá	kunmah	akthiptunveechiváxrah	âapun	ithivthaneensúruk
sometime	that	there	Intensive	next.to.it	PERF	they.see	wild.oat.straw	on.the.ground	under.ground

Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

fâat	vaa	vúra	vaa	pávaa	kupítihan	man'áta	axraas
what	that	Intensive	that	that	is.doing	maybe	gopher

It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

vúra	fâatva	vaa	vúra	pávaa	kupítihan	sú'	ithivthaneensúruk	usanpîithvutih
Intensive	something	so	Intensive	that	is.doing	inside	under.ground	it.is.carrying.things.around

Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

paxiitíchas

kich

uumkun

vúra

táv

kun'ikyâatihanik

kunvíiktihanik

peethríhar

aanmûuk

aksanváhich

kár

axpaheekníkinach

káru

tiv'axnukuxnúkuhich

xás

vaa

yúpin

tá

kunpúuhkhin

the.little.children

only

they

Intensive

visor

they.were.making.it.long.ago

they.were.weaving.it.long.ago

the.flower

with.string

flower.sp.

also

plant.sp.

also

bluebell.(dimin.)

then

that

forehead

PERF

they.put.on.a.headband

Only the children used to make a vizor, weaving the flowers with string, shooting stars, and white lilies, and bluebells, and they put it around their foreheads.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

vaa	tá	kunpîip	pa'amtápyuux	ník	yav
that	PERF	they.think	the.ashy.potato	a.little	good

They thought the ashy earth is good enough.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

kúna

vaa

vúra

ník

kun'áapunmutihanik

pamukunvôoh

muuk

vaa

káan

taay

u'íifti

pakáan

hitíhaan

kun'ûupvutihaak

patá

yíth

vaa

káan

yáanchiip

taay

u'íifti

yíth

pakáan

kun'uupvutihaak

there

Intensive

a.little

they.knew.it.long.ago

with.their.digging.sticks

with.(by.means.of)

that

there

much

it.is.growing

there

always

when.they.are.digging.it

that.has

other

there

next.year

much

it.is.growing

other

there

when.they.are.digging.it

But they knew indeed that where they dig cacomites all the time, with their digging sticks many of them grow up, the following year many grow up where they dig them.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

taay	tûupichas	u'íifti	sú'	vaa	mupîimachich	patayîith
much	small.ones	it.is.growing	inside	that	next.to.it	the.Indian.potato

There are tiny ones growing under the ground, close to the Indian potatoes.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

áfeer	tá	kunvítrip	vaa	uum	pukúkuum	píiftihara	pávaa	kun'îinishtihaak	payúux	uxéetchichhitih
resembling.the.base.of.[it]	PERF	they.pull.it.up	so	3.SG	not.again	it.was.not.growing.up	that	when.they.finished.doing.it	the.dirt	it.is.softer

Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.

Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

Medford	nivâarameesh	vaa	káan	pananikústaan	úkrii
Medford	I.am.going.to.go	that	there	my.sister	she.lives

I am going to Medford because my sister lives there.

Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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vaa	mu'ákah
that	3sPOSS

It's his father.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
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vaa	húm	i'ávaheen
that	or	you.ate.it

Did you eat it?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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vaa	húm	pee'ávaheen
that	or	that.you.ate.it

Did you eat it?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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vaa	húm	pee'ávaheen	paputíruh
that	or	that.you.ate.it	the.potato

Did you eat the potato?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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naa	nímuusti	váa
1sg.	I.am.looking.at.it	that

I am looking at it.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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vaa	húm	péemuustih
that	or	that.you.are.looking.at.it

Are you looking at it?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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váa	húm	ímuustih
that	or	you.are.looking.at.it

Are you looking at it?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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vaa	húm	péemuusti	íim
that	or	that.you.are.looking.at.it	2sg.

Are you looking at it?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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vaa	pananipúsihich	utapkûuputih
that	my.cat	it.likes.it

My cat likes it.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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uum	vaa	múchviiv
3.SG	that	his.bird

Is that his bird?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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uum	vaa	mú'achviiv
3.SG	that	his.bird

Is that his bird?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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achviiv	vaa	káan	ukûuntakoo
bird	that	there	it.is.sitting.on

There is a bird sitting there.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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achviiv	vaa	káan	úkrii
bird	that	there	it.(animate).is.sitting

A bird is sitting there.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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akâay	vaa	káan	úkrii	pa'ikrívkir
who	that	there	he.(animate).is.sitting	the.chair

There is someone sitting there in the chair.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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itháantakoo	vaa	káan	ípahak
you.sit.it.on.top.of	that	there	in.the.tree

Put it in the tree.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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vaa	káan	pûuvish	thárishrih
that	there	bag	put.down

Put it in the bag.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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vaa	káan	íp	nikvêeshrihat	peekrívraamak
that	there	PAST	I.stayed.the.night	at.the.house

I stayed the night at that house.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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vaa	pa'ávansa	nipítaptih
that	the.man	I.know.him

I know that man.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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vaa	nipítapti	pa'ávansa	panámniik	aramsîiprintih
that	I.know.him	the.man	Orleans	coming.from

I know the man who lives in Orleans.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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vaa	íp	nichuphûunishti	pa'ávansa
that	PAST	I.talk.to.him	the.man

I talked to that man.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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vaa	káan	papaah	îikam	ipít
that	there	the.peppernut	outdoors	yesterday

There was a peppernut outside yesterday.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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vaa	káan	ipít	pachiipich	úkrii
that	there	yesterday	the.redfish	it.(animate).sits

There was a redfish outside yesterday.

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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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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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papûuvish	vaa	káan	pa'as	nipaathkúriheesh
the.bag	that	there	the.rock	I.will.throw.it.into.(a.vessel)

I will throw the rock into the bag.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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vaa	káan	uthaantákoo	ahup'ásipak
that	there	it.is.on.top.of	the.box

It is on top of the box.

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vaa	káan	pa'ápsuun	úkrii	ásip	súrukam
that	there	the.snake	it.sits	box	under

The snake is underneath the box.

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xáyfaat	vaa	káan	ithárishrih	ahup'ásip	súrukam
don't!	that	there	you.put.it.down	box	under

Don't put it underneath the box.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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vaa	yáv	paníkpuuhtih
that	good	I.am.swimming

I am swimming well.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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Káru	payêem	vúra	vaa	umúustih	kári
also	now	Intensive	that	he.is.looking.at.them	then

And now he's still looking at them.

Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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vaa	vúra	yav
that	Intensive	good

That's good.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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fâat	uum	vaa
what	3.SG	that

What is that?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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pa'íshahak	nimúustiheesh	vaa	káan
in.the.water	I.will.watch.it	that	there

I am going to look at myself in the water.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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xás	vaa	tá	nu'ákunvar
then	that	PERF	we.hunted

And we would go hunting.

Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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xás	vaa	tá	nu'ákunvar	papúufich	ímpaah
then	that	PERF	we.hunted	the.deer	trail

And we were hunting the deer [from the] road.

Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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xás	vaa	pa'ávansa	ukúniihka	papúufich
then	that	the.man	he.shot.at	the.deer

And the man shot at the deer.

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xás

vúra

uum

vaa

káan

xás

uupíipha

vúra

uum

kêech

papúufich

uum

vúra

uum

máath

then

Intensive

3.SG

that

there

then

he.said?

Intensive

3.SG

big

the.deer

3.SG

Intensive

3.SG

heavy

So [when he got] there, he said? the deer was really big, it was really heavy.

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xás	vúra	vaa	máruk	u'áhoo
then	Intensive	that	uphill	he.went

And then he went all the way back up.

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xás	vaa	káan	tuvupaksúroo
then	that	there	he.cut.it.off

And he cleaned it there.

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xás	vaa	káan	tuvúpaksur
then	that	there	he.cut.it.off

So he cleaned it down there.

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váa

vúra

uum

yíiv

xas

vaa

vúra

uxúti

íkiich

punakúniihkeeshara

xás

vúra

vaa

ukúniihka

that

Intensive

3.SG

far

then

that

Intensive

he.thought

maybe

I.won't.shoot.it

then

Intensive

that

he.shot.it

And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it.

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xás	vúra	vaa	sáruk	ukfukúraa
then	Intensive	that	downhill	he.climbed.up

And he climbed all the way back up from downhill.

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xás	vaa	ukúniihkat	papúufich
then	that	he.shot.it	the.deer

And he shot that deer.

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You know	xás	vaa	ip	máath	poo'áhoo
You know	then	that	PAST	heavy	that.he.walked

You know, it was heavy to carry.

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xás	vúra	vaa	kêech	papúufich
then	Intensive	that	big	the.deer

It was a big deer.

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xás

upíip

chími

kaan

vaa

sáruk

tá

nivâaram

xás

vúra

ni'ípakeesh

vaa

papúufich

then

he.said

soon

there

that

downhill

PERF

I.go

then

Intensive

I.will.return

that

the.deer

And he said, I'm going down there to get it, I'll bring the deer back here.

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vaa	pa'ávansa	upiip
that	the.man	he.said

The man said that.

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xás	vúra	uum	vaa	kóovura	tá	kunyôotva
then	Intensive	3.SG	that	all	PERF	they.were.glad

And they were all glad.

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váa	vúra	punapipshinvárihvutihara	váa	vúra	ni'áapunmuti	payêem
that	Intensive	I.do.not.forget	that	Intensive	I.know.it	now

I'll never forget that, I know it today.

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vaa	vúra	vaa	itíhaan	vúra	vaa	u'ákunvuti	káru
that	Intensive	that	always	Intensive	that	he.was.hunting	also

He was always doing that, he was always hunting.

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asákaamsa	kaan	xás	vaa	á'	tá	nukfukúraa
big.rocks	there	then	that	above	PERF	we.climbed.up

We used to climb those big rocks out there.

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miyukúkuh	uum	vaa
your.shoes	3.SG	that

Those are your shoes.

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uum	vúra	yáv	vaa	kumá'ii
3.SG	Intensive	good	that	because.of

She is really good, that's why.

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uum	vúrava	yáv	vaa	kumá'ii
3.SG	Intensive.	good	that	because.of

That's why she is good.

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uum	vaa	ishímfir
3.SG	that	brave

She is tough.

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akâay	vaa	tóo	kúupha
who	that	he.has	do

Who did that?

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vaa	múxuun
that	his.acorn.soup

That's his acorn soup.

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vaa	uum	xuntápan
that	3.SG	acorn

That's acorns.

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pay	uum	vaa	kunipítih
this	3.SG	that	they.are.saying.it

They are saying that.

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vaa	apxantínihichas	panuchuphuníshkoonaatih
that	white.people	that.we.are.talking.to.them

We are talking to those white people.

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uum	vaa	páykuuk	vúra	uum	vaa	yav
3.SG	that	over.there	Intensive	3.SG	that	good

The one over there, she's good.

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hãã	vaa	amáyav	patáay	ni'ávat
yes	that	good-tasting	the.lots	I.ate

Yes, what I ate was good.

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manâa	vaa	pa'ávansa	vúra	vaa	puxích	mít	vúra	itíhaan	vúra	ikpíhan
maybe	that	the.man	Intensive	that	very.much	near.past	Intensive	always	Intensive	strong

Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.

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itíhaan

vúra

vaa

ikpíhan

káru

xás

vúra

vaa

poo'if

vúra

vaa

itíhaan

vúra

ikpíhan

strong

Intensive

that

strong

also

then

Intensive

that

when.he.grew.up

Intensive

that

strong

Intensive

strong

He is always strong, and when he grew up he was just always strong.

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íp	poo'íf	xás	vúra	vaa	ikpíhan
PAST	when.he.grew.up?	then	Intensive	that	strong

Growing up he was strong.

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xás	vúra	itíhaan	vúra	vaa	ikpíhan
then	Intensive	strong	Intensive	that	strong

He was always strong.

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itíhaan	vúra	vaa	ikpíhan
strong	Intensive	that	strong

He was always strong.

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poo'íifti	xás	vúra	vaa	kâarim	vúra	púfaat	pu'ûum	táay	vúra	púfaat
when.he.was.growing.up	then	Intensive	that	bad	Intensive	nothing	not.barely	much	Intensive	nothing

When he was growing up he was poor, he didn't have hardly anything, he didn't have much.

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xás	vúra	vaa	tu'if
then	Intensive	that	he.grew.up

He grew up that way.

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vúra

púfaat

uum

vúra

mu'ám

mu'uup

xás

vúra

vaa

kâarim

xás

vúra

vaa

poo'íiftih

Intensive

nothing

3.SG

Intensive

his.food

his.possessions

then

Intensive

that

bad

then

Intensive

that

how.he.grew.up

He didn't have any food or possessions, he was poor, that is how he grew up.

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vaa	vúra	uum	puxích	tá	nafuráthfip
that	jab	3.SG	very.much	PERF	I.am.cranky

I am really cranky.

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íp	peevôonfuruk	íp	kúnish	vaa	ifuráthfiptih
PAST	when.you.entered.the.house	PAST	sort.of	that	you.were.cranky

It seemed like you were cranky when you came in.

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íkiich	ápapkam	vaa	mi'asímnaam	itxâariheen
maybe	other.side	that	your.bed	you.woke.up

Maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

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íp	u'áasishriheen	kúnish	vaa	puyáv	ipmahóonkoonatihara
PAST	she.laid.down	sort.of	that	not.good	you.are.not.feeling

She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.

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xáyfaat	íkyav	vaa	kâarim	ikyáatih
don't!	you.do.it	that	bad	you.are.doing.it

Don't treat her [the cat] that way, you are treating her badly.

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îikam	paaxíitichas	kunihmárathunanaatih	xás	vúra	vaa	káan	kuniksháahtih
outdoors	the.kids	they.are.running.around	then	Intensive	that	there	they.are.laughing

The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there.

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pûuhara

naa

nixúti

îikam

vúra

káan

kunihmárathununaatih

xás

koovúra

vaa

vúra

yáv

kunipmahóonkoonatih

1sg.

I.am.thinking

outdoors

Intensive

there

they.were.running.around

then

all

that

Intensive

good

they.are.feeling

No, I think they are running around there outside, they are all feeling happy.

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oh	vúra	utátuyishrihti	vaa	vúra	páy	paporch
oh	Intensive	she.finished.sweeping.it	that	Intensive	this	the.porch

Oh, she finished sweeping the porch.

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vaa	káan	uthivtákoo
that	there	it.lies.on

It's sitting there.

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vaa	káan	úkrii
that	there	3s(>3)

He lives there.

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vaa	káan	mukrívraam
that	there	his.house

That's his house.

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vaa	káan	póokrii
that	there	the.place.he.lives

That's where he lives.

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vaa	káan	tas	káru
that	there	fence	also

That is a fence there.

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vaa	káan	uyukúkuhiti	yukúkuh
that	there	she.is.wearing.it	shoe(s)

The shoe is on her foot.

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vaa	káan	aah	tóo	kyav
that	there	fire	he.has	make

He's building a fire.

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xás	vaa	káan	úkrii
then	the	that	he.is.sitting

He's sitting there.

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vaa	káan	tóo	krîishrih
the	that	he.has	sit.down

He's sitting down there.

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vaa	káan	táay	pa'ápus	apus'ípaha
that	there	much	the.apple	apple.tree

There are lots of apples; [it's an] apple tree.

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vaa	káan	úkrii	ikrívkir	vasíhkam
that	there	he.sits	disk-seat	behind

He's at the back of the chair.

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vaa	káan	u'íchunvutih
that	there	he.is.hiding

He's hiding.

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vaa	káan	u''íchunvutih
that	there	he.is.hiding

He's hiding there.

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vaa	káan	mukrívraam
that	there	his.house

That's his house.

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áxak	pa'ápsuun	vaa	káankan	kuntháaniv	asímnaam
two	the.snake	that	there	they.lie	bed

Two snakes are sitting on the bed.

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hãã	vaa	káan	nikrîishriheesh
yes	that	there	I.will.sit.down

Yes, I'll sit down there.

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yáxa	vaa	káan	nitákararih
look!	that	there	I.hang

Look I'm hanging here.

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vaa	káan	pa'ípaha	nitákararih
that	there	the.tree	I.hang

I'm hanging on the tree.

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papúsihich	vaa	káan	úkriv	pa'ikrívkir
the.cat.	that	there	it.sits	the.chair

The cat is sitting over there in the chair.

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papúsihich	úm	vaa	káan	úkrii
the.cat	or	that	there	it.sits

Is the cat sitting over there?

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vaa	páykuuk	nipítap
that	over.there	I.know.her

I know that person over there.

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xáyfaat	vaa	ichuphûunish
don't!	that	you.talk.to.him

Don't talk to him!

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xás

upíip

pa'íshaha

itárivramnihaak

vaa

kári

vúra

itasámsaamtiheesh

itíhaan

peekóohaak

uum

vaa

get

lumpy

then

she.said

when.water

you.pour.it.in

that

then

Intensive

you.will.stir.it

always

if.you.stop

3.SG

get

lumpy

And she said, “Pour the water in, and keep stirring it all the time, if you stop, it will get lumpy.”

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xás

bench

nihyári

xás

vaa

tá

ni'ípanha

the

table

then

bench

I.stood

then

that

above

PERF

I.reach

the

table

And I stood on a bench, so I could reach the table.

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manâa	vaa	kôomahich	tá	nipikróok
maybe	that	little.bit	PERF	I.remember

That’s as much as I remember.

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xasík	peeschool	upvôonupukat	vaa	kúuk	i'uuméesh
then.(future)	the.school	it.let.out	that	to.there	you.will.go

When the school has let out, you'll go there (to Katimin)."

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kúkuum	vúra	tanupipêer	itíhaan	vaa	vúra	áhup	nukyâati
again	Intensive	we.told.each.other	always	that	Intensive	wood	we're.gathering

Again we told each other, “We’re always gathering wood.”

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

víri	vaa	kumá'ii	pa'itíhaan	nuu	xás	nukyáviichvuti	aa	íshaha	káru	núktaamti
so	that	because.of	always	we	then	we.workee		water	also	we.carried

That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water.

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vaa	uum	kunipíti	pitaxyárih
that	3.SG	they.say	swearing

That, they said, was "swearing."

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vaa	uum	ararákuupha
that	3.SG	Indian.law

That was Indian law.

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vaa	mûuk	nutâatripaavish
that	with.(by.means.of)	we.will.hook.it.out.of.the.water

We'll hook it out with that."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

kári	xás	kúuk	upáathma	yítha	tá	kuníxtiivhar	vaa	pasah'áhup
then	then	to.there	she.threw.it.to.her	one	PERF	they.played.with.it	that	the.driftwood

And one threw it to (another), they played with that driftwood.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

vaa	kíp	pu'ípararahara	taay	kíp	ukupavêenahitih
that	just	not.reliable	much	just	he.makes.mischief

That one is just not reliable, he just does lots of tricks."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

vaa	ík	vúra	panuvíitihaak
that	must	Intensive	when.we.are.paddling

That's the way it must be when we paddle.

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vaa	ík	vúra	i'asímchaaktiheesh
that	must	Intensive	you.will.be.closing.your.eyes

You will have to keep your eyes closed like that."

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vaa	káan	muthívthaaneen
that	there	his.country

That was his country there.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

achavúra	ithá'iithva	vaa	kóo	uparíshriihva
finally	one.pack-load	that	as.much.as	he.twined.it

Finally he twined a whole pack.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

vaa	panini'íshaha	tupafipsîiprinaheen
that	my.juice	he.has.finished.it.off

He's drunk up that juice of mine.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

xás	uxúti	vaa	kíp	kôok	uvíshvaanti	xathímtas
then	he.was.thinking	that	just	kind	he.likes.it	roasted.grasshoppers

And he thought, "He just likes that kind, roasted grasshoppers."

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

xás	pamu'afupchúrax	vaa	kumûuk	upsívshap
then	his.anus	that	with.it	he.sealed.it.up

And he sealed up his anus with that.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

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

hinupáy	íp	pa'axváha	mûuk	upsívshaapat	hinupáy	vaa	poo'iinkútih
surprise	PAST	the.pitch	with.(by.means.of)	he.sealed.it.up	surprise	that	that.it.was.burning

There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

xasík	vaa	nipachipchípeesh
then.(future)	that	I.will.suck.on.it

Then I can suck on that."

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

ípararahum	atafâat naa	vaa
reliable?	maybe	that

He's not reliable, maybe that's him."

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

káru	pamukunpiykiríkir	vaa	káru	vúra	athkúrit
also	their.ladder	that	also	Intensive	fat

And their ladder was fat too.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

chavúra	koovúra	utháfip	pamukunpiykiríkir	vaa	káru	vúra	utháfip
finally	all	he.devoured.them	their.ladder	that	also	Intensive	he.devoured.it

Finally he ate them all up, he ate their ladder up too.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

vaa	pávaa	tá	kupavêenahan	koovúra	tutháfip	panunupatúmkir
that	who.that	PERF	one.who.made.mischief	all	he.has.devoured.them	our.pillows

That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows."

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

xás	íp	táay	áan	usáanvutihat	káruma	vaa	íp	uvúpareeshat	pamúspuk
then	PAST	much	string	he.was.carrying.it	in.fact	that	PAST	he.was.going.to.string.his.money.with.it	his.money

He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

kári	xás	kun'áharam	kunpiip	vaa	pávaa	kupavêenahan
then	then	they.chased.him	they.said	that	who.thusly	one.who.does.mischief

Then they chased him, they said, "That's the one who did that mischief."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

víri	vaa	kunípeentih	pihneefpíshtaaxva
so	that	they.are.calling.it	winged.ant

That's what they call "Coyote pulling-back-foreskin."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

vaa	pakunípeenti	pihneefchúnivach
that	that.they.are.calling.it	bird.sp.

That's what they call "little Coyote-urine" (Astragalinus sp.)

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

kári	xás	kunpíip	pa'îin	kun'áharamutih	naa	nipêesh	vaa	pa'ípa	ikmaháchraam	kúkreenhat
then	then	they.said	who	they.were.chasing.him	1sg.	I.will.say	that	who.(in.the.recent.past)	sweathouse	one.who.stayed

Then the ones chasing him said, "I'll bet that was him who was in the sweathouse."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

kári	xás	kuníthvuy	pa'úkraam	yítha	káru	uum	upítih	vaa	kuma'úkraam	nipikvêeshriheesh
then	then	they.were.named	the.lakes	one	also	3.SG	he.was.saying	that	its.pond	I.will.camp

And they named the ponds, and (each) one said, "I will camp at that pond."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

xás	vaa	uparishríihvutih
then	that	he.was.twining.it

And he was twining that.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

xás	pihnêefich	upíip	naa	vúra	vaa	nikupheesh
then	coyote	he.said	1sg.	Intensive	that	I.will.do

And Coyote said, "I can do that!

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

xás	ta'ítam	vaa	vúra	káru	tupáaxkiv
then	so	that	Intensive	also	they.won.it

And so (the upriver people) won that too.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

vaa	xás	nipatumkôovish
that	then	I'll.suck.her

Then I'll suck her that way!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

xás	upiip	ii!	naa	êev	káru	vúra	vaa	nixútih
then	she.says	oh!	1sg.	greeting.to.women	also	Intensive	that	I.am.thinking

And she said, "Alas, dear, I think so too."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

xás	kunpínaa	vaa	kích	vúra	pakunipítih	sishanayâamach	tóo	síinvar
then	they.come	that	only	Intensive	what.they.are.saying	pretty.one.having.a.penis	he.has	drown

And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

púya	vaa	vúra	kich
and.so	that	Intensive	only

So that's all.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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vaa	káan	ávansa	úkrii	páykuuk	yíiv	úkrii	patuyshipriha'ápapkam
that	there	man	he.lives	over.there	far	he.lives	on.the.other.side.of.the.mountain

A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

kúna

vúra

pamukrívraam

vaa

vúra

umúsahiti

panunukrívraam

koovúra

pootâayhiti

iinâak

vaa

vúra

umúsahiti

ôok

iinâak

pootâayhitih

in.addition

Intensive

his.house

that

Intensive

it.looks.like

our.house

all

that.they.are.many

indoors

that

Intensive

it.looks.like

here

indoors

that.they.are.many

"But his house looks just like our house, everything that is inside looks just like what is inside here.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

pamutiiv	káru	vúra	aaxkúnishichas	vaa	vúra	pánaa	neemúsahiti	pananítiiv
his.ear	also	Intensive	reddish	that	Intensive	as.I	it.looks.like.me	my.ear

His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

vúra	pusakeemvárihveeshara	koovúra	vaa	umúsahiti	panunú'uup
Intensive	you.won't.be.homesick	all	that	it.looks.like	our.possessions

You won't be homesick, everything looks like our things.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

xás

poo'úum

yánava

koovúra

vaa

umúsahiti

pamukun'îikam

umúsahitih

víri

íf

kákach

poopíti

vaa

umúsahitih

then

when.she.arrives

visible

all

that

it.looks.like

that.their.outdoors

it.looks.like

truly

daddy

how.he.said

that

it.looks.like

And when she arrived, she saw that everything looked like it looked outside their house, it was true how daddy said it looked.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

xás	ta'ítam	vaa	vúra	káan	ukrêeheen
then	so	that	Intensive	there	she.lived

And so she lived there.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

xás	kúkuum	vaa	vúra	káan	u'ípahoo	míta	kûukam	u'arávuukat
then	again	that	Intensive	there	she.goes.back	near.past	in.that.direction	she.started.from

And she traveled again the way she had come there.

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

xás	upíti	vúra	if	koovúra	vaa	umúsahiti	ôok	pananú'uup	panini'ávan	mukrívraam
then	she.is.saying	Intensive	true	all	that	it.looks.like	here	our.things	my.husband	his.house

And she said, "It's true, everything looks like our things here, in my husband's house."

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

xás

pâanpay

xás

uxús

naa

nixúti

napikshayvûunishti

yukún

koovúra

vaa

umúsahiti

panunú'uup

káru

uum

vúra

vaa

umúsahiti

panini'áka

then

after.while

then

she.thinks

1sg.

I.am.thinking

he.is.lying.to.me

you.see

all

that

it.looks.like

our.possessions

also

3.SG

Intensive

that

he.looks.like

my.father

Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me, everything looks like our things, and he looks just like my father."

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

víri	payêem	panipimúsarahaak	víri	vaa	ník	kári	nimáheesh	peekrívraam	káan	vúra	u'iikráhaak
so	now	when.I.visit	so	that	a.little	then	I.will.see	if.the.house	there	Intensive	when.it.is.standing

Now when I go back to see (my father), then I'll see if the house is standing there."

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

xás

pihnêefich

upíti

vaa

vúra

káru

vúra

pa'áraar

uumkun

kunkúpheesh

pánaa

tá

nikuupha

then

coyote

he.is.saying

that

Intensive

also

Intensive

the.human

they

they.will.do

as.I

PERF

I.do

And Coyote said, "The people will do just like that too, like I did."

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

kári	xás	pihnêefich	uxús	púxay	vúra	vaa	kupítiheeshara
then	then	coyote	he.thinks	not.yet	Intensive	that	won't.be.doing

And Coyote thought, "They can't do that."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

kári	xás	vaa	káan	u'uum
then	then	that	there	he.arrives

Then he arrived there.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

pihnêefich	vúra	vaa	úmuustih
coyote	Intensive	that	he.watches

Coyote was watching this.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

víri	vaa	kúth	payêem	paxuntápan	kôokaninay	vúra	u'íiftih
so	that	because.of	now	the.acorn	everywhere	Intensive	it.is.growing

That's why the acorns grow everywhere now.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

víri	vaa	kúth	sâam	usaamnúputih	káru	vaa	kúth	áama	ukvíripraatih
so	that	because.of	little.downhill	it.is.flowing.downstream	also	that	because.of	salmon	it.runs.up.the.river

That's why (the water) flows downstream, and that's why salmon run up the river.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

xás	sâamvanihich	pamukunchíshii	vaa	káru	asaxyípit	tóo	párihish
then	a.little.downhill	their.dog	that	also	quartz	PERF	be.transformed

And a little downhill, their dog had turned to quartz.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

kári	xás	vaa	káan	asaxyípit	upárihish
then	then	that	there	quartz	she.is.transformed

Then she turned to quartz there.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

víri	hûutva	kóo	ithívthaaneen	u'iináhaak	vaa	vúra	kóo	kuníhruuvtiheesh	pasímsiim
so	somehow	as.much.as	land	when.it.exists	that	Intensive	as.much.as	they.will.be.using	the.knife

However long the world exists, so long will they use (her) knife.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

vaa	kumûuk	kuníhviithtiheesh	peeshyâat	peethívthaaneen	tá	kunpikyâahaak
that	with.it	they.will.be.cleaning	the.spring.salmon	the.world	PERF	when.they.fix.it

They will clean the spring salmon with that, when they fix the world.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

vaa	chími	ithyúruripaan
that	soon	go.haul.it.out!

Go haul it out!"

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

yukún	vaa	káan	á'	u'íithra	murax'ipaha'ípan
you.see	that	there	above	he.is.sitting	slippery.tree.top

He's up there at the top of a slippery tree."

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

vaa	kíri	ni'av	pakéech
that	I.wish	I.eat.it	the.big.one

Let me eat that one, the big one!"

Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

xás	kunpiip	nuu	vaa	nanu'ífunih
then	they.said	we	that	our.hair

And they said, "It's our hair.

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

vúra	vaa	kun'íihtih
Intensive	that	they.were.dancing.down.from.upriver

They kept dancing that way.

Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

vúra	vaa	kun'íihtih
Intensive	that	they.were.dancing.down.from.upriver

They kept dancing that way.

Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

vúra	vaa	áachip	tá	kun'íihvarak
Intensive	that	middle	PERF	they.dance.down.from.upriver

They danced down from upriver that way to the middle (of their course).

Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

vaa	vúra	káan	asaxvuhpihnîich	upkêevish	asánaamkarak
that	Intensive	there	Old.Man.Turtle	he.transforms	placename

Old Man Turtle was transformed there at asánaamkarak.

Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

uum	pa'asiktávaan	vúra	vaa	kun'íihruputih
3.SG	the.women	Intensive	that	they.were.dancing.away.downriver

The women kept dancing downriver that way.

Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

xás	payúrasak	kun'íkakurih	kári	vaa	vúra	kun'áaphuti	pamútraax
then	SUB-into.the.ocean	they.jump.(into.water)	then	that	Intensive	they.were.carrying.(two.objects)	his.arms

And when they jumped into the ocean, they were still carrying his arms.

Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

kári	xás	kúkuum	vúra	vaa	tóo	kuupha	tutátuyshiprimtih	xás	tóo	yvêesh	paxuun
then	then	again	Intensive	that	she.did	do	she.was.sweeping.up	then	she.did	pour.out	the.acorn.soup

So she did that way again, she swept up, then she poured the acorn soup down.

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

púyava	xás	paaxíich	upêer	pamútaat	úma	kachakâach	vaa	ukupítih	kachakáach	uyveeshrîihvuti	paxuun
you.see	then	the.child	she.told.her	her.mother	emphatic(?)	bluejay	that	she.is.doing	bluejay	she.is.pouring.it.out	the.acorn.soup

So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

ta'ítam	vaa	kun'irunaakíraheen
so	that	they.went.on.it

So they went up on it.

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

kári	xás	uxús	páchishii	hôoy	íf	vaa	páy	pánukupheesh
then	then	he.thought	the.dog	where	truly	that	this	that.we.will.do

And Dog thought, "We can't do it like this."

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

víri	vaa	kúth	chishíi	fâat	vúra	vaa	uthíramtih
so	that	because.of	dog	what	Intensive	so	he.is.tracking

For that reason Dog can track anything that way.

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

víri	vaa	îin	pakín'aaxtih
so	that	TOPIC	that.was.killing.them

It was that one that was killing them.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

víriva	kumá'ii	akráa	púfaat	mu'ípih
so	because.of	eel	nothing	his.bone

For that reason Eel has no bones.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

ta'ítam	koovúra	pakeemishatunvêechas	kunikyáviichvunaa	yukún	vaa	káan	kunpávyiihmeesh	patupíshyaavpa
so	all	the.little.wild.animals	they.work	you.see	that	there	they.go.back.to	when.it.is.winter

So all the little wild animals worked, you see they were going to come back there when it was winter.

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

vaa	kumá'ii	pa'áathva	ukyáavunaati
that	because.of	be.afraid	he.makes

That's why he scared them.

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

víri	vaa	ukupitih	tusaríshriihva	pakóo	kuma'ávaha
so	that	she.was.doing	she.was.putting.down	all	kinds.of.food

She was doing this, she was bringing in all kinds of food.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

xás	kári	yítha	upiip	yakún	húm	vaa	áraar	uum	vaa	vírusur
then	then	one	she.said	you.see	or	that	human	3.SG	that	bear

Then one said, "You see, that's no person, that's a bear!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

vaa	kumá'ii	pavaa	ukupítih	ikxáram	xás	póomkaanvutih
that	because.of	that	she.was.doing	night	then	that.she.was.gathering.from.plants

That's why she did that, she gathered food in the evening.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

púyava	hínu páy	uum	vírusur	víri	vaa	kumá'ii	pátaay	úmkaanvutih
you.see	surprise	3.SG	bear	so	that	because.of	so.much	that.she.was.gathering.from.plants

So there she was a bear, that's why she gathered (so) much.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

púyava	payêem	paakráa	vaa	pa'úuth	uxyakâanvutih
you.see	now	the.eels	that	which.out.into.the.river	he.was.throwing.into.the.water

So now the eels are that which he threw out into the river.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

víri	vaa	poopâanvuti	pa'arará'aax
so	that	what.he.was.painting.his.face.with	the.human.blood

Human blood is what he painted his face with.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

víri	vaa	kumá'ii	payêem	íshaha	xás	vúra	kumá'ii	úmsiipti	aah
so	that	because.of	now	water	then	Intensive	because.of	it.puts.it.out	fire

For that reason it's water now, that's why it puts out fire.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

káru	vaa	kumá'ii	koovúra	kumakeemishatunvêechas	kun'áayti	aah
also	that	because.of	all	kinds.of.little.wild.animals	they.are.afraid	fire

And that's why all the little wild animals are afraid of fire.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

kári	xás	víri	vaa	tupuxíchkaanva	poo'íihtih	kûufan 'an 'an 'an
then	then	so	that	he.worked.hard	when.he.was.dancing	kûufan 'an 'an 'an

And there he was exerting himself as he danced, (singing) "kûufan 'an 'an 'an."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

yukún	vaa	xákaan	u'iifshípreenik	pamutákasar
you.see	that	with.(one.person)	he.had.grown.up	his.shinny-tossel

You see, he had grown up with that tossel.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

yukún	naa	ík	káru	vaa	nikupheesh	pookúphaanik	peeknûumin veekxaréeyav
you.see	1sg.	must	also	that	I.will.do	as.he.did	the.Burrill.Peak.Spirit

You see, I must also do that way, as Burrill Peak Spirit did.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

ta'ítam	vaa	kúuk	u'uumáheen
so	that	to	she.went

So she went there.

Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

kári	xás	vaa	vúra	umah
then	then	that	Intensive	she.saw.it

And she saw that.

Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

yakún	vaa	yumaaráachviiv
you.see	that	dead.person.bird

You see, that is the bird of the dead."

Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

kári	xás	kinipéer	pa'áraar	tu'ívahaak	vaa	ík	apmántiim	kuyvúruktiheesh
then	then	they.told.them	when.a.person	he.has.died	that	must	lip	you.guys.will.be.rubbing.it.on.them

And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips.

Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

púyava	pakun'ípak	ôok	kumeethívthaaneen	vaa	uum	pakúphaanhanik	póokupiti	áraar	utâanaxihitihirak
you.see	when.they.returned	here	its.world	that	3.SG	the.ones.who.did.it	as.one.is.doing.it	human	where.one.is.dead

So when they returned to this world, they are the ones who did as it is done in the land of the dead.

Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

vaa	káan	naní'anamahach	mufyukúraam
that	there	my.little.child	his.place.of.going.around

That's where my little one used to stay."

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

xás	u'árihrupuk	vaa	kích	upíti	húm	íta	húm	íta	húm	íta
then	she.rushed.outdoors	that	only	she.was.saying	húm	íta	húm	íta	húm	íta

Then she ran outdoors, she said only, "húm íta, húm íta, húm íta." (No meaning.)

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

kári	xás	upatanvâava	upiip	hôoy	vaa
then	then	he.inquired.after.her	he.said	where	that

And he inquired, he said, "Where is that one?"

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

kári	xás	vaa	áak	tá	kunpathríimkurih
then	then	that	in.the.fire	PERF	they.make.it

And they spread (the hide) over the fire.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

kári	xás	vaa	tá	kunvupákpak
then	then	that	PERF	they.cut.it.up

And they cut it up.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

púyava	vaa	íshyaav	kun'áamtih
you.see	that	winter	they.were.eating.it

And in the winter they ate it.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

púyava	vúra	kich
you.see	Intensive	only

So that's all.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text

xás	vuráakir	u'íihya	xás	vaa	káan	pakunvóoruniihvutih
then	ladder	it.stands	then	that	there	they.crawl.down.to

And a ladder stood (there), and they crawled down (into the house) on that.

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

xás	vaa	káan	tupátum	pakáan	pa'arátaanva	ukêenatih
then	that	there	she.put.mouth	there	the.pain	it.was.trembling

She put her mouth there where the 'pain' (i.e. disease object) was quivering.

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

xás	vaa	vúra	xánahich	tupatúmkoo
then	that	Intensive	after.while	she.put.mouth

And she sucked at it for a little while.

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

âapun	úkrii	pávaa	ukupitih
on.the.ground	she.sits	thus	she.does

She sat on the floor as she did that.

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

púyava	xás	kúkuum	vúra	vaa	tóo	pkuupha
you.see	then	again	Intensive	that	she.had	do.again

Then she did the same thing.

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

kúmateech	poo'ípakahaak	peekxariya'áraar	vaa	ukrivkíreesh
later.in.day	when.he.came.back	the.priest	that	he.will.sit.on.it

Later on, when the priest came back, he was going to sit on that.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

vaa	tá	kunkôoha
that	PERF	they.stopped

They finished that.

Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

payêem	uum	tá	koo	tá	púvaa	kinkupítihara
now	3.SG	PERF	all	PERF	not.that	we.aren't.doing.it

Now that's all over, we can't do that.

Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text