Ararahih'urípih
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yukun you see...

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7157 | revised Nov 14 2014

yukun PCL • you see... Variant: yakun.

Derivation yána kun
visible meaning.unknown

Source: WB 1657.1, p.400

  • yukún koovúra vaa umúsahiti pananú'uup. Everything looks like our things. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 036]
  • purakára vúra áama aamtíheeshara, yukún tanupíshunva pa'áama. Nobody will eat salmon, we have hidden the salmon. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 002]


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  1. yúkun    pee'itxâarihvahaak    ôok    ipishkákishriheesh   
    you.see    if.you.open.your.eyes    here    you.will.land.back   
    If you open your eyes, you will land back here again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  2. yukún    peethívthaaneen    vúra    thúkinkunish    xás    kúnish    ûumukich   
    you.see    the.earth    Intensive    blue-green    then    sort.of    near   
    The earth is so green and kind of close.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  3. xás    pâanpay    xás    uxús    naa    nixúti    napikshayvûunishti    yukún    koovúra    vaa    umúsahiti    panunú'uup    káru    uum    vúra    vaa    umúsahiti    panini'áka   
    then    after.while    then    she.thinks    1sg.    I.am.thinking    he.is.lying.to.me    you.see    all    that    it.looks.like    our.possessions    also    3.SG    Intensive    that    he.looks.like    my.father   
    Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me, everything looks like our things, and he looks just like my father."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  4. kári    xás    kunpiip    púra kára    vúra    áama    aamtíheeshara    yúkun        nupíshunva    pa'áama   
    then    then    they.say    nobody    Intensive    salmon    will.not.eat    you.see    PERF    we.hide    the.salmon   
    And they said, "Nobody will eat salmon, we have hidden the salmon."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  5. yukún    vaa    káan    á'    u'íithra    murax'ipaha'ípan   
    you.see    that    there    above    he.is.sitting    slippery.tree.top   
    He's up there at the top of a slippery tree."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  6. yukún    yíiv    á'    utásunihtihanik    pa'íin   
    you.see    far    above    was.like.a.vertical.barrier    the.falls   
    You see, the falls were (like) a barrier (reaching) a long ways up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  7. ta'ítam    koovúra    pakeemishatunvêechas    kunikyáviichvunaa    yukún    vaa    káan    kunpávyiihmeesh    patupíshyaavpa   
    so    all    the.little.wild.animals    they.work    you.see    that    there    they.go.back.to    when.it.is.winter   
    So all the little wild animals worked, you see they were going to come back there when it was winter.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  8. yukún    nanihrôohas    húukava        kun'uum   
    you.see    my.wives    to.somewhere    PERF    they.went.there   
    You see, my wives have gone somewhere."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  9. îikam        kunpirukûurish    yukún    vaa    kunkupitih    fúrax    mukunpikshipíkmath   
    outdoors    PERF    they.sit.down.again    you.see    so    they.are.doing.it    woodpecker.head    their.sun-shades   
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  10. yukún    uum    káru    ishímfir    asaxêevar    veekxaréeyav   
    you.see    3.SG    also    brave    mossy    its.spirit   
    You see, Baldy Peak Spirit was tough too.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  11. yukún    vaa    xákaan    u'iifshípreenik    pamutákasar   
    you.see    that    with.(one.person)    he.had.grown.up    his.shinny-tossel   
    You see, he had grown up with that tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  12. yukún    uum    ikxareeyaatâapas    u'iifshípreenik    iknûumin veekxaréeyav   
    you.see    3.SG    real.spirit.person    he.had.grown.up    Burrill.Peak.spirit   
    You see, Burrill Peak Spirit had grown up into a real ikxaréeyav.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  13. yukún    naa    ík    káru    vaa    nikupheesh    pookúphaanik    peeknûumin veekxaréeyav   
    you.see    1sg.    must    also    that    I.will.do    as.he.did    the.Burrill.Peak.Spirit   
    You see, I must also do that way, as Burrill Peak Spirit did.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  14. yukun    ithivthaaneentaaníha   
    you.see    world.coming.to.an.end   
    You see, (it will be) the end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  15. yukún    vúra    uum    xára        kun'íchunva    áasiv   
    you.see    Intensive    3.SG    long.time    PERF    they.hid.themselves    cave   
    You see, (the couple) had hid for a long time in a cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  16. yukún    vaa    kunípeenti    yumaará'aama    achvuun   
    you.see    so    they.call.it    hookbill.salmon    hookbill.salmon   
    You see, they call dog salmon "dead-man's salmon."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text