Ararahih'urípih
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vishtar / vishtan- to like, to want (food)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6580 | revised Jan 14 2016

vishtar / vishtan- • V • to like, to want (food)

Derivatives (2)
vishtáninuv "to be greedy"
vishtar "favorite food"

Source: WB 1556, p.395

Note: Also applied to tobacco (TK 183.3).

  • naa pananíxuun túus nivíshtaanti. I like my acorn soup thick. [Reference: KV]
  • pâanpay takunishxêeh, xás tákun'av, xás takunvíshtar. After a while (the women) gave them some, and (the people) ate it and they liked it. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 006]

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  1. navíshtaanti    áayas   
    I.like    grapes   
    I like grapes.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. xas    upakúriihva    "súnunuk    á-ni-nak    ki-yánee    náa    puváfish    navishtantihara   
    then    he.sang    secretly    á-ni-nak    ki-yánee    1sg.    not.liver    I.don't.like.it   
    And he started singing, "In secret...Tra-la-la...I don't like liver.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    hinupáy    uvíshtaanti    sunyithih'ásar   
    then    then    surprise    he.liked.it    chinquapin.nut.juicy   
    Because he liked chestnut mush.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  4. xás    kúnish    vúra    tóo    xus    "vúra    ni'aveesh    kóova    tuvíshtar    póomuustih   
    then    sort.of    Intensive    he    think    Intensive    I.will.eat.it    so    he.wants.it    as.he.looked.at.it   
    He was thinking as it were: "I'll have to eat it," he got such an appetite for it as he looked at it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  5. vúra    tuvíshtar   
    Intensive    he.liked.it   
    He liked it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  6. víshtaantih   
    like.it   
    (You) like it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
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  7. páy    úm    ivíshtaantih   
    this    or    you.like   
    Do you like this?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
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  8. fâat    kuma'ávah    peevíshtaantih   
    what    kind.of.food    that.you.like   
    What kind of food do you like to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  9. áama    úm    ivíshtaantih   
    salmon    or    you.like.it   
    Do you like salmon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  10. hãã    áama    nivíshtaantih   
    yes    salmon    I.like.it   
    Yes, I like salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  11. hãã    naa    áama    karu    nivíshtaantih   
    yes    1sg.    salmon    also    I.like.it   
    Yes, I also like salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  12. ivíshtaantih    húm    pa'ákraah   
    you.like.it    or    the.eel   
    Do you like eels?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  13. arará'ish    nivíshtaantih   
        I.like.it   
    I like to drink the indian drink.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  14. naa    yúfish    nivíshtaantih   
    1sg.    salt    I.like.it   
    I like salt.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  15. papufích'iish    úm    ivíshtaantih   
    the.deer.meat    or    I.like.it   
    Do you like deer meat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  16. uum    papufich'íish    uvíshtaantih   
    3.SG    the.deer.meat    he.likes.it   
    He likes deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  17. uxraah    nivíshtaantih   
    berry    I.like.it   
    I like berries.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  18. iim    uxraah    ivíshtaantih   
    2sg.    berry    you.like.it   
    Do you like berries?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  19. púun    nivíshtaantih   
    cherry    I.like.it   
    I like cherries.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  20. akvaat    húm    ivíshtaantih   
    raccoon    or    you.like.it   
    Do you like (to eat) raccoon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  21. tá    navíshtar   
    PERF    I.like.it   
    I like it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  22. fâat    ivíshtaantih    musmús'iish    káru    nakísh'iish   
    what    you.want.it    beef    also    pork   
    What do you want, beef or pork?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  23. naa    musmús'iish    nivíshtáantih   
    1sg.    beef    I.like.it   
    I like beef.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  24. úchish    húm    ivíshtaantih   
    milk    or    you.want.it   
    Do you like milk?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  25. 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

  26. yánava    upítih    cháfich    kích    navíshtaantih   
    visible    he.was.saying    bone.to.gnaw    only    I.want.it   
    They saw he was saying, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  27. vaa    ukupapakurîihvahitih    cháfich    kích    navíshtaantih   
    so    he.was.singing.that.way    bone.to.gnaw    only    I.want.it   
    He was singing that, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  28. xás    papihnîich    vaa    vúra    upakurîihvutih    cháfich    kích    navíshtaantih   
    then    the.old.man    so    Intensive    he.was.singing    bone.to.gnaw    only    I.want.it   
    And the old man was singing that way, "I just want a bone to chew on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text