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xáyfaat don't ; no way (expresses a strong prohibition not to do something)
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lexicon ID #6881 | revised Apr 08 2008
xáyfaat • INTERJ • don't ; no way (expresses a strong prohibition not to do something)
Source: WB 1616.1, p.398
- xáyfaat ichúuphiti. Don't talk! [Reference: Richardson 1993:16]
- xáyfaat ík kúkuum nu'íchunva. No way are we going to hide again! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 036]
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xáyfaat don't! Don't! Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Playxáyfaat ik kúkuum nu'íchunva don't! must again hide.ourselves We won't hide again!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas upíip "xáyfaat ôok vúra kíik'iini then he.said don't! here Intensive you.guys.stay But he said, "Don't do that! Stay right here!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxáyfaat uum vaa ipíti you don't know hôoy if ipíti puná'aapunmutihara don't! 3.SG so you.are.saying you don't know where truly you.are.saying I.don't.know Don't say, [in English] "I don't know.” Say [in Karuk] "I don't know." Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playkári 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 textpirishkâarim 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 textxás úppeeranik achvúun îin kuníppeeranik xáy faat ík vúra ôok ipáfyuk iim vúra pu'ôok vúrayvutiheeshara then he.told.him hookbill.salmon TOPIC he.told.him don't! must Intensive here you.come.around.again 2sg. Intensive not.here you.will.not.be.going.around And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here." Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full textxás kuníppéer iim kyáru vura xáy faat ík ôok ipáfyuk iim kyáru vura pu'ôok ikrêevishara achvúun kuníppéer then they.told.him 2sg. also Intensive don't! must here you.come.around.again 2sg. also Intensive not.here you.will.not.stay hookbill.salmon they.told.him And they told him: "You yourself must not come around here, you too are not going to stay here," they told Hookbill. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full textxáyfaat i'ish panani'íshaha don't! you.drink my.water Don't take my water. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat i'áfish pamu'ápsuun don't! you.touch.it his.snake Don't touch his snake. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ixráratih don't! you.are.crying Don't cry. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ixrára don't! you.cry Don't cry. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat íkshah don't! you.laugh Don't laugh. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat âapun ishárishriheesh don't! on.the.ground you.put.it.down Don't put it on the floor (lots of small things). Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat tóo 'ikxipma iinâak don't! he.has flies.toward indoors It shouldn't fly into the house. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat máruk ivâaram don't! uphill you.go.away Don't go uphill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat sáruk i'árihfak don't! downhill you.walk.downhill Don't walk downhill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ichuuphítih don't! you.are.talking Don't talk, you guys! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat kuchuuphínaatih don't! you.guys.are.talking Don't talk! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat táay ík papáy i'îinatih don't! much must that.this you.are.doing Stop it! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat uhyanaváraar mûuk núchuupha don't! telephone with.(by.means.of) you.call.me Don't call me! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ishxâar don't! go.fishing Don't go fishing! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxayfáat iim vishvánkaam don't! 2sg. big-bellied Don't get a big belly. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ishkáakatih don't! you.are.jumping.on.it Stop jumping on it. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat i'áamtih don't! you.are.eating Don't be eating. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat tá kóo peeshkâaktih don't! PERF all that.you.are.jumping Stop, no more jumping. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat 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. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ípahak ihyárih don't! in.the.tree you.stand Don't stand in the tree! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat nani'asímnaam kutháaniv don't! 1sPOSS you.all.lie Don't lie on my bed! (talking to more than one person) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat nanikrívkir ikûuntakoo don't! my.chair you.sit Don't sit on my chair! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat iknáknak don't! knock Don't knock! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat naxáapka don't! you.kick.me Don't kick me! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ná'iik don't! hit.me Don't hit me. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ichúupha don't! you.talk Don't talk! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat vaa ichuphûunish don't! that you.talk.to.him Don't talk to him! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat kinchuphuníshkoo don't! you.talk.to.us Don't talk to us. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat ík mán iyúupha don't! must why... you.open.your.eyes Don't open your eyes." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textkúna vúra xáyfaat ík iyúupha in.addition Intensive don't! must you.open.your.eyes But you mustn't open your eyes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playkári xás kunipêer xáyfaat ík iyúupha then then they.told.him don't! must you.open.your.eyes And they told him, "Don't open your eyes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playxáyfaat núhmaachichva don't! we.fool.around.with.it "Let's not fool with it." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkúna vúra xáyfaat iyúupha in.addition Intensive don't! you.open.your.eyes But don't open your eyes." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás upíip náachish xáyfaat ík vúra neexviphûunish then he.said little.nephew don't! must Intensive you.get.angry.at.me Then he said, "Nephew, you mustn't get angry at me!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxáyfaat ík vúra íshaha umah don't! must Intensive water he.finds He mustn't find any water. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textupíip pûuhara xáyfaat úuth kanapípaathkar he.said no don't! out.to.water you.all.throw.me.back.in.the.river He said, "No, don't throw me in the river. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textkúna vúra i'asimchákeesh ík xáyfaat ík itxâarihva in.addition Intensive you.will.close.your.eyes must don't! must you.open.your.eyes But you must close your eyes, you mustn't open them. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxáyfaat kukuníhuraa don't! shoot.it.up Don't shoot it up!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textkári xás upíip chími man kúna vúra xáyfaat ík i'ûurih then then she.said soon why... in.addition Intensive don't! must you.get.tired And they said, "All right, but you mustn't get tired." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textxáyfaat vaa ukupítih don't! so it.is.doing Let it not do that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textkári xás pihnêefich upiip xáyfaat pûuhara then then coyote he.says don't! no Then Coyote said, "No, don't. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textkúna vúra páykuuk yíiv áhoon payôok xáyfaat i'áhoo peempaheepshûunkinich kâarim ikupheesh in.addition Intensive over.there far go.travel right.here don't! you.go the.short.road bad you.will.do But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textxás kîit upiip xáyfaat then maternal.grand-relative.through.woman he.said don't! And (his) grandmother said, "Don't. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textpa'asiktavan'îin kunipêer xáyfaat xáyfaat ivâaram the.women they.told.him don't! don't! you.go The women told him, "Don't, don't go." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxáyfaat kíikmahap don't! they.see.you Don't let them see you." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textxás upêer xáyfaat ík vúra haríxay kâam kúuk i'íipma then he.said don't! must Intensive sometimes little.upriver to.there you.go.back And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textíp kanéepeerat xáyfaat ôok inaa PAST they.told.me don't! here you.go.upriver They told me, 'Don't go up there.'" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textxás araramvanyupsítanach uxus xáyfaat vaa nipiip tóo piip ípahak kích panimáahti pá'aax then horsefly he.thought don't! so I.say.it he.had say in.trees only I.am.finding.it the.blood and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textvíri vaa kinípeeranik hûutva kóo ithívthaaneen uthaanêehaak xáyfaat ik kúkuum vúra vaa kukupeepvíkaha so so they.told.them somehow as.much.as land it.exists don't! must again Intensive so you.must.not.weave.that.way (But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textkunpakúriihvutih xáyfaat nutáapxuv they.were.singing don't! we.capsize They were singing, "Let us not capsize!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxáyfaat ík ná'ay don't! must you.fear.me You mustn't be afraid of me. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textxáyfaat ík íkvip don't! must you.run You mustn't run. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textxáyfaat ímuustih don't! you.are.looking.at.her Don't look at her!" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full textxáyfaat ík kúykar pa'ápsuun pa'ôok kumáhaak don't! must you.all.kill.them the.snakes when.here you.see.them You mustn't kill the snakes when you see them here." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full textxás pámita îin kunsíitvat úpeenti xáyfaat mâam kúuk ikuníhivraa then who TOPIC they.stole.him he.told.him don't! uphill to.there you.shoot.over! And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textxás upíip pa'asiktávaan xáyfaat ík ipasúpiichva then she.said the.woman don't! must you.reveal.it And the woman said, "You mustn't reveal it. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text