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yítha / itha- one, a certain; (in compounds) all, the whole
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lexicon ID #7097 | revised Feb 12 2016
yítha / itha- • NUM • one, a certain; (in compounds) all, the whole
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Source: WB 1679, p.401; TK xxxiv.32 JPH 15:757, 07:114-500
Note: The alternant itha- occurs in some combinations with following elements, e.g. ithâan 'once'.
- ithasúpaah vaa vúra poovitvárayvuti. All day he was paddling around. [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 042]
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páy kóo paxánthiip páy yítha kóo paxánthiip káan u'íihya this as.much.as the.oak.tree this one as.much.as the.oak.tree there it.was.standing There's an oak tree, there's an oak tree standing there. Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text
Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Playxas yítha upíip "fâat kumá'ii panu'íchunveesh then one she.said what because.of that.we.will.hide.ourselves And one of the girls asked, "What for do we have to hide?" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas yítha upíip "xâatik nu'íchunva then one she.said it's.better we.hide.ourselves. But the other said, "Yes, we had better hide!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas yítha pamuxuunak ífuni umah then one in.the.his.acorn.mush hair he.saw.it Then one of the boys found a hair in his mush. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas yítha upíip "hûut kumá'ii patá kin'íchunva then one she.said how because.of that you.hide.us Then one of them said, "What for did you hide us? Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas yítha upíip "náama tá niyêeripha chími piyâarami then one she.said as.for.me PERF I.am.menstruating soon let's.go.back. Then one day, one of the girls said, "Listen, I am going through puberty, let's go home!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas yítha upíip "pûuhara yaayâach papihníich núpeen tá nupiyâaram then one she.said no better the.old.man we.tell.him PERF we.are.going.back But the other said, "No, it is better to tell the old man before we go." Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxás kúkuum xáyva yítha nitápuchrishuk then again by.luck one I.twist.it.out I had the luck to catch another and twist him through the hole. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textkúkuum vura pâanpay yítha nitápuchrishuk again Intensive after.while one I.am.twisting.it.out Later I twisted out a third one. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textxás ta'itam kúkuum pûuvishak nisaanámniheen kúkuum vúra yítha nithyúrurupuk then so again in.the.bag I.put.it.in again Intensive one I.drag.it.out I put him in the sack with the rest. Then I dragged out another one. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textitha'ithvákaam u'árihish one.large.load it.becomes It made a big load. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textitnoopámahich ník kana'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa'íshpuk púvaxay kana'êehap káruma chímiheesh ithakûusrah véenik mit paniykáranaat five.each a.little they.gve.me then so also Intensive the.money not.yet they.give.me in.fact soon.will one.month ago near.past that.I.killed.them They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textpa'íish ôokmas páy yítha utháaniv the.meat here.and.there this one it.lies The meat was lying all around. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textfátaak vúra tá nipáchish yítha kúna nikyâasip somewhere Intensive PERF I.throw.it.down one in.addition I.start.it I just throw it down somewhere, I start another one. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás yítha îim uvôonupuk then one outdoors he.went.outside Then one went outside the house. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textxás yítha îin kunipêer tá nuparatánmaahpa then one TOPIC they.told.him PERF we.turned.back Then one of them told him: "We have turned back." Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full textxás yítha u'árihish then one he.started.to.sing Then one started to sing. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full textkári xás uxus "tîi yítha kán'ám paxathímtup then then he.thought let... one let.me.eat the.cooked.grasshoppers Then he thought: "Let me eat one of the roasted grasshoppers." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textxúrish kun'ákih itha'átiv shelled.acorn they.gave.her one.packbasket.full They gave her a whole packbasket full of acorns. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full textyítha nipikyâavish one I.will.make.it I will make another. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpi'êep paniyáan'iiftihanhaak pa'ôok káruk veethívthaaneen pishîich ni'úumhaak papanámniik pishîich ni'úumhaak naa vúra xakitrahyar káru yítha hárinay kích tá níkrii long.ago when.I.was.a.young.man when.here upriver its.country first I.arrived when.Orleans first I.arrived 1sg. Intensive twenty also one year only PERF I.stay Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old. Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
Spoken by William Bright | Download | Playkári xás u'árihroov áan ithá'iithva antunvêech vaa poovúpareesh peeshpuk then then he.went.upriver string one.pack-load a.little.string so which.he.will.string.it.with the.dentalium.shells And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás yítha upiip hôoy then one she.said where And (the other) one said, "Where?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás kúuk upáathma yítha tá kuníxtiivhar vaa pasah'áhup then then to.there she.threw.it.to.her one PERF they.played.with.it that the.driftwood And one threw it to (another), they played with that driftwood. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás yítha upíip pa'ifápiit ããx upiip ããx atafâat pihnêefich then then one she.said the.young.woman ugh! she.said ugh! maybe coyote Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "ugh! maybe it's Coyote. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textaxmáy vúra yítha ukyívivrath suddenly Intensive one he.falls.into.a.sweathouse Suddenly one fell in. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playachavúra ithá'iithva vaa kóo uparíshriihva finally one.pack-load that as.much.as he.twined.it Finally he twined a whole pack. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás yítha upíip ooo yáxa kóo ahupyâamach tuthívruuhvarak then one she.said oh! look! so.much a.pretty.stick it.has.floated.down.from.upriver And one said, "Oh, look, such a pretty stick has floated down from upstream!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textith'áraan ník kúna tóo pvôoruvrath kunithyivúniihvutih each.person a.little in.addition he.had come.back.into.the.sweathouse they.fell.down (As) each person crawled in, they fell down. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textyítha upíip yahé hôoy pananíkrivkir one he.said exclamation.of.surprise where my.chair And one said, "Well, where's my chair? Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textkáru yítha upíip hôoy pananipatúmkir also one he.said where my.pillow and one said, "Where's my pillow?" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textkári xás ukúniihka píshiip yítha then then he.shot.at.it first one And he shot at the first one. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkári xás uxus tîi kan'ám yítha then then he.thought let... let.me.eat.it! one Then he thought, "Let me eat one." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkári xás kuníthvuy pa'úkraam yítha káru uum upítih vaa kuma'úkraam nipikvêeshriheesh then then they.were.named the.lakes one also 3.SG he.was.saying that its.pond I.will.camp And they named the ponds, and (each) one said, "I will camp at that pond." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkári xás yítha upiip naa uknamxánahich nipikvêeshriheesh then then one he.said 1sg. placename I.will.camp Then one said, "I will camp at uknamxánahich." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textxás chavúra puyíthaxay sakriivhára then finally not.a.single.one didn't.stick And finally not one (stuck) fast. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás patóo kfuuyshur xás kári payítha u'êe pá'aah then when.he.had be.tired then then the.one he.gives.it.to.him the.fire And when he got tired, then he gave the fire to the (next) one. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás kári uum patóo kfuuyshur yítha kúna tu'éeh then then 3.SG when.he.had be.tired one in.addition he.had.given.it.to.him And when he got tired, he gave it to another one. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textyánava yítha âapun utháaniv ukuhítih visible one on.the.ground she.lies.down she.is.sick He saw one (girl) lying down, she was sick. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textkári xás upiip yítha hûut upítih payeeripáxvuh iinâak ukpêehvutih then then he.says one how she.is.saying the.adolescent.girl indoors she.is.shouting Then one said, "What is the girl saying? She's shouting inside." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textkári xás upiip yítha pa'ifápiit ii! íf êev sishanayâamach tóo síinvar then then she.says one the.young.unmarried.woman oh! truly greeting.to.women pretty.one.having.a.penis he.has drown And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textkári xás upêer pamukústaan yítha chími numnîishi then then she.tells her.sister one soon let.us.cook Then one said to her sister, "Let's cook!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textta'ítam yítha pamusvírik mûuk mâaka u'iik thivrihvasúruk so one her.elbow with.(by.means.of) little.uphill she.hits under.a.wall.board So one struck with her elbow on the uphill side (of the house), under a wall-board. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textkári xás yítha upiip tá nipipshítaani nanisímsiim then then one she.says PERF I.forget my.knife And one said, "I forgot my knife. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textpúyava kúkuum yítha tu'uum kúkuum vúra vaa tóo pêer íkamish chími nuthtîiti you.see again one one.would.arrive again Intensive so she.would say.to son-in-law.(dimin.) soon let's.gamble So again one would arrive, again she would say, "Son in law, let's gamble!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full textvúra yítha kéech Intensive one big There's one real big one. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxás upíip yítha pa'ávansa yee páy fâat tá nimah then he.said one the.man well this what PERF I.see.it And one man said, "Hey, what's this I see?" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textxás payítha kúna uxús níkfuukiraa then the.one in.addition he.thought I.grab.it And he thought, "I'm grabbing the other one." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textyítha mú'arama úkrii káru muhrôoha one his.child he.lives also his.wife His one child and his wife lived there. Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full textpamupiship'ihrôoha uum yítha mu'avansáxiich his.first.wife 3.SG one her.boy His first wife had one boy. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textkáru payítha uum áxak mutúnviiv avansáxiitichas also the.one 3.SG two her.children boys And the other had two children, they were little boys. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textpayítha uum vúra chîimich pamu'átimnak the.one 3.SG Intensive little.bit in.her.burden.basket There was little in the other's burden basket. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textkári xás pa'ípat yítha mú'aramah yeenipaxvúhich then then the.doe one her.child girl Doe had one child, a little girl. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás axmáy vúra yítha úkfuukiraa u'ax then suddenly Intensive one she.grabbed.him she.killed.him And suddenly she grabbed one, she killed him. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textxás kári kúkuum yítha u'ax then then again one she.killed.him And again she killed one. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textpúyava tutúraayva yítha yanéekva tá púra fátaak you.see he.looked.around one visible PERF nowhere Then one looked around, he saw that she was not there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textyanavéekva tu'áhooheen apsunmúnukich one he.had.arrived racer.snake She saw Racer coming. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textxás 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 textvíriva yítha usáam kéevniikich káru axiich so one she.remained old.woman.(dimin.) also child (Finally) one old woman and a child were left. Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full textpúyava koovúra uum púxay vúra yíthaxay kuhítihara pa'áraaras koovúra vúra yav púxay axvahkánxay you.see all 3.SG not.yet Intensive not.one he.was.not.sick the.people all Intensive good not.yet not.sick And none of all the people was sick, they were all well, they weren't sick. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full textkári xás yítha uum káan u'ífanik then then one 3.SG there she.had.grown.up And one (girl) had grown up there (at Orleans). Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textkári xás yítha niinamichtâapas xás upiip chími nupahavíshkaanvi páy nanu'ávahkam then then one smallest then he.said soon let's.hunt! sky Then the littlest one said, "Let's hunt in the sky!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full textiknûumin veekxaréeyav itráhyar mutúnviivhanik ávansas káru yítha asiktávaan Burrill.Peak.spirit ten his.children men also one woman Burrill Peak Spirit had ten children, (nine) men and one woman. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textkúkuum vúra yítha uvâaram again Intensive one he.went.off Again one went off. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textithahárinay xás tóo pthívruuhruprihva after.a.whole.year then he.did float.back.up Then in a year he comes back up. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textithahárinay tusínmoo all.year he.was.gone He was gone for a year. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textuum pa'áraar pápimtihan ithahárinay vúra pumaahtíhap 3.SG the.person the.one.looking.for.him a.whole.year Intensive she.did.not.see.him She, the person looking for him, didn’t see him for a year. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textvíriva ithahárinay pukínmaahtihap so.it a.whole.year they.did.not.see.him People didn’t see him for a year. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textithahárinay utháaniv a.whole.year he.lay He lay (there) for a year. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textpúyava vaa ithahárinay tóo yvúruk péekpat you.see so a.whole.year she.did rub the.marrow So she rubbed marrow on him for a year. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textpúyava ithahárinay xás tá yav you.see a.whole.year then PERF good So in a year he was all right. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full texthínupa vaa káan utnûuprihti yítha pa'apurúvaan surprise so there he.was.looking.through one the.devil There was a certain devil peeking through there. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full textyítha pa'apurúvaan úksah one the.devil he.laughed And a certain devil (accompanying the first one) laughed. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full textpúyava yítha xás uum upasúpiichva you.see one then 3.SG he.told.the.story So (that) one told the story. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full textkári xás yítha upiip chími kanipvâarami then then one she.said soon let.me.go.back.home And one said, "Let me go back home! Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full textyítha áraar apxantínihich ukyavíichvihitihanik one human white.man he.worked.for A certain Indian once worked for a white man. Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full textkáruk yítha va'êem kun'êetheepanik mu'arátaanva papreacher muhrooha'íin upriver one doctor she.took.it.away.from.her her.pain the.preacher his.wife The preacher's wife took the 'pain' (disease object) away from a certain doctor upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full textpúyava sú' kuníkrii ithéeshyaav you.see inside they.live all.winter They stay inside all winter. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full textkári îikam yítha úkrii then outdoors one he.stays And one stayed outside. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full textpa'arara'avanséextiivha uum yítha pakuméextiivha úthvuuyti imtháatva the.Indian.men's.games 3.SG one game it.was.called shinny One game, of the Indian men's games, was called 'the stick game' (i.e., shinny). Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textyítha uum pa'ávansa poo'avíkvuti patákasar one 3.SG the.man that.carried.it the.tossel One man carried the tossel. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpúyava yítha uum tóo tâatsip you.see one 3.SG he.had tossed.it And one tossed it. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpúyava payítha peeshnaaníchhaak uum píshiip tu'úum patákasar uphírivirak you.see the.one if.he.was.swift 3.SG first he.arrived where.the.tossel where.it.lay If one was swift, he arrived first where the tossel lay. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textyuhsahním'anamahach yítha tá kunikvêesh placename one PERF they.spent.the.night They spent one night at yuhsahním'anamahach. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textpayáfus uum vúra yítha vúra pufíchmaan the.dress 3.SG Intensive one Intensive deer.skin The dress was just one deerskin. Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full textkuyráak usasipúniihva yítha achipyâach xás xákararih three it.runs.down.in.lines one very.center then on.both.sides There were three stripes running down, one right in the middle and (two) on each side. Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full textvíri vaa vúra yítha úksuupkuti pa'ípaha so so Intensive one he.is.pointing.at.it the.tree There is one pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáru yítha úkviipti mukún'aavkam also one he.is.running in.front.of.them And one is running in front of them. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textvaa vúra payítha kári úkviipti mú'aavkam so Intensive the.one then he.is.running in.front.of.him The one is still running in front of him like that. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáru yítha pa'ávansa mupîimach uhyárih also one the.man next.to.her he.is.standing And one man is standing next to her. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textxás yítha paaxíich tóo kyívish tóo kyívivruk then one the.child he.had fall.down he.had fall.down.over One child fell down, he fell down over (the bank). Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textyítha ithyáruk úksuupkaratih one across he.is.pointing.across.the.water One is pointing across-stream. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkúna vúra payêem ápapkam asiktávaan yítha in.addition Intensive now at.one.side woman one But now one woman is on one side. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáan ára áxak yítha uum fâatva âapun ukyâatih there person two one 3.SG something on.the.ground he.is.doing.something Two people are there, one is doing something on the ground. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text