Ararahih'urípih
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yúfish salt

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7115 | revised Feb 15 2016

yúfish • N • salt

Derivatives (4)
kahyúfish "upriver salt, from near Captain's place, delicious in salmon soup"
yúfishar "salty"
yufíshiipux "unsalted"
yúfithha "to eat with salt"

Source: WB 1684, p.402

  • tâak payúfish. Give me the salt! [Reference: Richardson 1993:14]

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  1. yúfishhi    pa'áama   
    salt.it    the.salmon   
    Salt the fish.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  2. naa    yúfish    nivíshtaantih   
    1sg.    salt    I.like.it   
    I like salt.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  3. yúfishhi    papufich'íish   
    salt.it    the.deer.meat   
    Salt the deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  4. naa    íp    niyúfishhat    papufích'iish   
    1sg.    PAST    I.salt.it    the.deer.meat   
    I put salt on the deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  5. tâak    payúfish   
    give.me!    the.salt   
    Hand me (some) salt.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  6. yúfish    káru    ni'ihrôovish    vaa    paninívuh    nipithxáheesh   
    salt    also    I.will.use.it    so    my.teeth    I.will.wash.it   
    I am going to use salt to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  7. yúfish    ni'ihrôovish    vaa    káru    nipithxáheesh    pananívuh   
    salt    I.will.use.it    so    there    I.will.wash.it    my.teeth   
    I am going to use salt to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  8. tâak    payúfish   
    give.me!    the.salt   
    Hand me the salt.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  9. sáran    sii    káru    yúfish    káru    asúxiim    káru    rope   
    go.get.(things)    awl    also    salt    also    sugar-pine.gum    also    rope   
    Go get nails and salt and sugar and rope!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text