Karuk Dictionary
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xus + kíri to want
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lexicon ID #6940 | revised Aug 05 2014
xus + kíri • MWU • to want
Literally: 'to think ... wish ...'
- nixúti kíri nimah. I want to see it (lit., I think "I wish I could see it"). [Reference: KV]
- púyava páy uum ôok panixúti, kíri nithivkêetih. This is the place where I am thinking, 'I want to be going along with them.' [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 026]
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My mother used to tell me, pafâat ixuti kíri nivik ipthíithi otherwise you never will My mother used to tell me, something you.are.thinking want I.weave finish.it otherwise you never will My mother used to tell me, whatever you want to weave, finish it, otherwise you never will. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playníxuti kíri kúnish sákriiv I.want want sort.of hard I want to make it kinda solid. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playkúnish kíri sákriiv kúnish paníktaamsipreehaak paxuun sort.of want hard sort.of when.I.pick.it.up the.acorn.soup So that it's kind of solid when I pick it up, the acorn soup. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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