Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. xáyfaat   
    don't!   
    Don't!
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. xáyfaat    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 text
  3. xas    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 text
  4. xáyfaat    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
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  5. kári    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 text
  6. pirishkâarim    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 text
  7. xás    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 text
  8. xás    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 text
  9. xáyfaat    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
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  10. xáyfaat    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
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  11. xáyfaat    ixráratih   
    don't!    you.are.crying   
    Don't cry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  12. xáyfaat    ixrára   
    don't!    you.cry   
    Don't cry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  13. xáyfaat    íkshah   
    don't!    you.laugh   
    Don't laugh.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  14. xáyfaat    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
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  15. xáyfaat    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
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  16. xáyfaat    máruk    ivâaram   
    don't!    uphill    you.go.away   
    Don't go uphill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  17. xáyfaat    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
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  18. 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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  19. xáyfaat    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
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  20. xáyfaat    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
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  21. xáyfaat    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
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  22. xáyfaat    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
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  23. xáyfaat    ishxâar   
    don't!    go.fishing   
    Don't go fishing!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  24. xayfáat    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
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  25. xáyfaat    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
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  26. xáyfaat    i'áamtih   
    don't!    you.are.eating   
    Don't be eating.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  27. xáyfaat        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
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  28. 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.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  29. xáyfaat    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
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  30. xáyfaat    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
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  31. xáyfaat    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
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  32. xáyfaat    iknáknak   
    don't!    knock   
    Don't knock!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  33. xáyfaat    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
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  34. xáyfaat    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
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  35. xáyfaat    ichúupha   
    don't!    you.talk   
    Don't talk!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
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  36. xáyfaat    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
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  37. xáyfaat    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
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  38. xáyfaat    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 text
  39. kúna    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
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  40. kári    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
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  41. xáyfaat    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 text
  42. kúna    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 text
  43. xás    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 text
  44. xáyfaat    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 text
  45. upíip    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 text
  46. kúna    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 text
  47. xáyfaat    kukuníhuraa   
    don't!    shoot.it.up   
    Don't shoot it up!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  48. kári    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 text
  49. xáyfaat    vaa    ukupítih   
    don't!    so    it.is.doing   
    Let it not do that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  50. kári    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 text
  51. kúna    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 text
  52. xás    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 text
  53. pa'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 text
  54. xáyfaat    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 text
  55. xás    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 text
  56. íp    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 text
  57. xás    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 text
  58. víri    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 text
  59. kunpakúriihvutih    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 text
  60. xáyfaat    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 text
  61. xáyfaat    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 text
  62. xáyfaat    ímuustih   
    don't!    you.are.looking.at.her   
    Don't look at her!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  63. xáyfaat    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 text
  64. xás    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 text
  65. xás    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