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xaat of permissive meaning, often translated as "may, even if"
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lexicon ID #6734 | revised Nov 14 2005
xaat • PCL • of permissive meaning, often translated as "may, even if"
Derivatives (2)
xâatik "it's better that ...; one should ...; let ...; so be it! Expresses a weak desire; often translated 'let ...' ; as a predication by itself, 'so be it!'"
xâatikha "to let things go"
Source: WB 1607, p.397
- xáat napíkcha. He may take my picture. [Reference: KV]
- nuu vúra pakuma'áraaras vúra pufâat úhish ipsháruktihaphanik, xáat máruk kunifyúkutihanik. Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I don't care if they'd been going around upslope. [Reference: TK 65.37]
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íshaha xaat íim kíri ni'ish water may 2sg. I.wish I.drink Do you want water? Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Playxaat úm kíri íshaha natêeki may or I.wish water you.dip.up.water.for.me Do you want to drink water? Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Playvaa káan xáat uum fikriiptih so there may 3.SG sorting [I put them] there hoping they will be sorted. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | PlayYou can't tell, xâat xára ishanpíithva pasárip You can't tell, may long.time you.handle.them the You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playnaa 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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playxás achvúun uppiip vaa vúra ôok kunpakkúriihvutiheesh nanipákkuri xáat naa pu'ôokhara then hookbill.salmon he.said so Intensive here they.will.be.singing.yet my.song may 1sg. not.here Then Hookbill said: "They will be singing my song, no matter if I am not here." Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full textpu'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 textnuu vúra pakuma'áraaras vúra pufâat úhish ipsháruktihaphanik xáat máruk kunifyúkutihanik we Intensive the.kind.of.people Intensive nothing seed they.had.been.bringing.it.long.ago may uphill they.had.been.going.around.long.ago Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full textxás pee'ípakahaak xáat pananí'aramah ihrôoha then when.you.come.back may my.child wife And when you come back, let my child be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textxás âanxus upêer papu'imáan ívahaak xáat paniní'arama ihrôoha then weasel she.told.him if.not.tomorrow you.die may my.child wife And she told Weasel, "If you do not die tomorrow, let my child be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textpamâaka nápaathripaahaak xáat vaa kári naní'aramah ihrôoha if.uphill you.throw.me.inland may so then my.child wife If you throw me into (the corner) uphill, let my child be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textxáat pananí'arama ihrôoha may my.child wife Let my daughter be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textkári xás apsunmúnukich upiip payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri pa'asiktávaan vaa ukupítihaak ukitaxríharahitihaak xáat káru uxúti vúra pu'aapúnmeeshap víri vaa vúra kun'áapunmeesh then then racer.snake he.said when.humankind it.comes.into.existence so when.a.woman so she.does when.she.is.unfaithful may also she.thinks Intensive they.won't.know so so Intensive they.will.find.out Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textvíri xáat ithivthaneen'ípan ti'íipma vaa káan iparamsíipreevish so may the.end.of.the.earth you.go.back so there you.will.start.going.back You may go to the end of the earth, (but) you will come back from there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xás upíip pa'asiktávaan payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri xáat káru tá kun'íitshur víriva vúra upmáheesh paninipákuriha mûuk then then she.said the.woman when.Humankind it.comes.into.existence so may also PERF they.abandon.them so Intensive she.will.see.him.again my.song with.(by.means.of) And the woman said, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) may also become abandoned, (but) she will find (her sweetheart) again by means of my song. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textvaa vúra káan uparamsíipreevish xáat káru ithivthaneen'ípan tu'íipma so Intensive there he.will.start.going.back may also the.end.of.the.earth he.went.back He will come back from there, (though) he may have gone to the end of the earth." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xás uxus payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri uum káru vúra vaa ukupheesh xáat kâanimich then then she.thought when.Humankind it.comes.into.existence so 3.SG also Intensive so she.will.do may poor And she thought, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) will do this way also, (though) she may be poor. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textpaninipákuri u'aapúnmahaak víriva vúra ávan uthiinátiheesh xáat asiktavankéem if.my.song she.knows so Intensive husband she.will.have may a.homely.woman If she knows my song, she will have a husband, (though) she may be a homely woman." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textpúyava pootáyiithharati yíiv vúra tá kun'aramsípriin kúnikvárishtih xáat káru vikakêemich you.see when.she.lashed.the.base.of.a.basket far Intensive PERF they.came.from they.buy.from.her may also bad.weaver So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full texttu'iipkúrihar xáat káru ni'iv he.went.to.dive may also I.die He went to dive in, (thinking), "I may even die." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textkáru vúra xáat neehrúuthvahi also Intensive may you.make.me.a.slave And you may even take me as your slave." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text