Ararahih'urípih
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yakun you see

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7035 | revised Nov 14 2014

yakun PCL • you see Variant: yukun.

Derivation yána kun
visible meaning.unknown

Derivative (1)
yakúnva "so that"

Source: WB 1657.1, p.400; JPH ethno :240

  • víri vaa kuthítiimtiheesh, ... yakún naa vaa peeshvírip. You will hear it, ... because I am Pine, you see. [Reference: WB T24.45]
  • yakún vaa túuyship upákihtiheesh pamuhêeraha. You see, he will be feeding tobacco to the mountains. [Reference: TK 75.29]


Sentence examples (17)

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  1. ishyâat    úpaanik    yaas'ára    vúra    u'aapúnmutiheesh    yakun    pa'îin    yíth    ukupeexákahitiheesh    patá    nipikrêehaak    nani'îin   
    king.salmon    long.ago.he.said    rich.person    Intensive    he.will.know    you.see    the.falls    other    it.will.make.noise.that.way    that.has    when.I.reside.again    my.falls   
    Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text
  2. yakún    uumkun    yúruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    kun'íhmootih    káru    káruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    kun'íhmootih   
    you.see    they    downriver    end.of.the.world    they.dance.to    also    upriver    end.of.the.world    they.dance.to   
    They dance to the downriver end of the world, and they dance to the upriver end of the world."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  3. yakún    nuu        nu'ífikar    xuntápan   
    you.see    we    PERF    we.go.gather    acorn   
    We're going to pick acorns."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  4. yakún    yíth    áraar    u'iiníshriheesh   
    you.see    other    human    it.will.come.into.existence   
    A different people is going to come into existence."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  5. yakún    yíth    ára    tu'íinish   
    you.see    other    person    it.was.coming.into.existence   
    A different people was coming into existence.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  6. yakún        níxraam    pananí'aramah   
    you.see    PERF    I.bet    my.child   
    I'll bet my child.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  7. víri    vaa    kuthítiimtiheesh    pánaa    kâarim        nixus    peeshviripshúruk    poofyúkutihat    yakún    na    vaa    peeshvírip   
    so    so    you.will.be.hearing.it    when.I    bad    PERF    I.feel    under.the.pine.trees    when.he.was.going.around    you.see    1sg.    so    the.Jeffrey.pine   
    You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  8. yakún    sôomvaan    chími    u'ípasukeesh   
    you.see    woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage    soon    he.will.bring.back   
    He's going to bring home a new wife."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  9. xás    mahnûuvanach    upiip    akáray    yakún    muvéeniichva   
    then    chipmunk    she.says    who    you.see    her.mischief   
    Then Chipmunk said, "You see, it's someone's mischief.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  10. yakún    táay    vúra    íp    úmkaanvat   
    you.see    much    Intensive    PAST    she.gathered   
    You see, she gathered a lot.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  11. yakún        ni'aapúnma   
    you.see    PERF    I.found.out   
    You see, I found out.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  12. yakún        kun'ay    fâat    kóok   
    you.see    PERF    they.are.afraid    what    kind   
    You see, they were afraid, (they wondered), "What is it?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  13. xás    kári    yítha    upiip    yakún    húm    vaa    áraar    uum    vaa    vírusur   
    then    then    one    she.said    you.see    or    that    human    3.SG    that    bear   
    Then one said, "You see, that's no person, that's a bear!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  14. yakún    puxáy    vúra    mít    ishkáxishrihmathat   
    you.see    not.yet    Intensive    near.past    he.stopped.it   
    You see, they couldn't stop it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  15. yakún    vaa    yumaaráachviiv   
    you.see    that    dead.person.bird   
    You see, that is the bird of the dead."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  16. yakún    upimtáveesh   
    you.see    he.will.come.back.to.life   
    You see, he will come back to life."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  17. pa'arareekrívraam    uum    pu'á'hinvahara    yakún    pa'íivhar    ipshûunkinichas   
    the.Indian.house    3.SG    not.high    you.see    the.boards    short.ones   
    The Indian house was not high; you see, the boards were short.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text