Ararahih'urípih
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áta maybe; I suppose; I wonder.

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #739 | revised Nov 07 2014

áta PCL • maybe; I suppose; I wonder.

Derivatives (5)
atafâat "maybe"
atahárish "always"
atahári "always, all the time, for some time, anytime"
manâa "maybe, perhaps, I don't know"
man'áta "maybe, perhaps, I don't know"

Source: WB 178, p.324

Note: No lengthening of -t-.

  • húuka áta tu'uum. Where, I wonder, has he gone? [Reference: WB G836.1, p.131]
  • hôoy áta toomah, pa'áama. I wonder where he finds it, the salmon? [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 027]


Sentence examples (39)

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  1. hûut    ata    vaa    pasárip    itâarahiva   
    how    maybe    so    the.sticks    you.have.them   
    You've gotta have the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. nixuti    áta    ishánaavish   
    I.thought    maybe    you.will.bring.them.up   
    I thought you might bring some [sticks] up.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. víri    manâa    hôoy if    áta    ishêeyti    kumá'ii    peevíikti   
    so    maybe    no.way    maybe    you.don't.know.how    because.of    you're.weaving   
    Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. sáruk    áta    vúra    asáriik    húm    fâat   
    downhill    maybe    Intensive    in.the.rocks    or    what   
    By the river, in the rocks, or what?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. xás    vúra    uumkun    hitíhaan    pakaan    kunivyíihmutihanik    peekxaréeyav    váa    kumá'ii    pakun'úuhyanatihanik    hûut    áta    pakunkupítiheesh    yaas'ára   
    then    Intensive    they    always    there    they.went.    the.First.People    so    because.of    they.were.talking.    how    maybe    they.will.do    rich.person   
    The First People went in there all the time, since they were talking over what humans were going to do.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  6. ata    hári    vaa    kun'áraarahitihanik   
    maybe    sometime    so    they.were.living   
    They were living there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  7. chishíih    áta    ník    uum    vúr    u'áamti    íkkiich    áta    vóothvuuyti    chishihpúrith   
    dog    maybe    a.little    3.SG    Intensive    it.eats.it    maybe    maybe    in.that.way.it.is.called    nightshade.sp.   
    I guess maybe dogs eat them, they are called dog huckleberries.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
  8. húun    áta   
    harmful    maybe   
    It doesn't matter.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  9. áta    vaa    káan    ukrêenik    papihníich   
    maybe    so    there    he.lived.at    the.old.man   
    I guess that's where the old man lived.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  10. kári    xás    uxúti    hûut    áta    kúth    papunayâavahitihara   
    then    then    he.was.thinking    how    maybe    because.of    that.I.am.not.getting.enough   
    And (after he had eaten them), he thought "I wonder why I'm not getting full?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  11. xás    upíip    yáxa    áta    uum    papihneefich'îin        nasítviik   
    then    he.said    look!    maybe    3.SG    Coyote    PERF    he.stole.it.from.me   
    And he said, "Look, I'll bet Coyote stole it from me.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  12. vishváan    áta    vishkitâana    áta   
    vishváan    maybe    vishkitâana    maybe   
    Maybe it's vishváan, maybe it's vishkitâana!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  13. kári    xás    uxús    hûut    áta    nikupeepvûunihaheesh   
    then    then    he.thought    how    maybe    I.will.get.back.down.in.that.way   
    Then he thought, "How ever am I to get back down (to earth)?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  14. kári    xás    uxús    pamukúntaat    hûut    áta    kúth    pa'ípun    vúra    kích    tu'avíkvuti    patu'ípakahaak   
    then    then    she.thought    their.mother    how    maybe    because.of    the.salmon.tails    Intensive    only    he.has.been.carrying    when.he.returns   
    And (the children's) mother thought, "Why, I wonder, is he carrying only the tail when he returns?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  15. kári    xás    uxús    áta    úkviit-hitih   
    then    then    he.thought    maybe    she.is.sleeping   
    And he thought, "I guess she's asleep."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  16. kári    xás    uxús    miník    áta    tóo    kviit-ha   
    then    then    he.thought    of.course    maybe    she.has    sleep   
    So he thought, "I guess she's asleep, all right."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  17. púyava    póopvaavruk    á'iknêechhan    tishravará'iivreen    uxus    hûut    áta    u'íinati    panani'íin   
    you.see    when.he.went.down.again    falcon    Etna.Mountain    he.thought    how    maybe    it.has.something.wrong    my.falls   
    So when Duck Hawk looked down over Etna Mountain, he thought, "I wonder what's wrong with my falls?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  18. kári    xás    uxúti    pakachakâach    hûut    áta    kumá'ii    pa'ípat    múxuun    kích    kúnish    poopátatih   
    then    then    she.was.thinking    the.bluejay    how    maybe    because.of    the.doe    her.acorn.soup    only    sort.of    that.he.is.eating   
    And Blue Jay thought, "I wonder why he sort of eats only Doe's acorn soup?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  19. kári    xás    uxus    tîi    kanmáhi    hûut    áta    pookupeekyâahitih   
    then    then    she.thought    let...    let.me.see    how    maybe    how.she.is.making.it   
    And she thought, "Let me see how she makes it!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  20. xás    upakúriihva    áta    naa    kûufayu    áta    naa    kêeshisha   
    then    he.sang    maybe    1sg.    kûufayu    maybe    1sg.    kêeshisha   
    And he sang, "áta naa kûufayu, áta naa kêeshisha."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  21. xás    uxus    hûut    áta    pánikupheesh   
    then    he.thought    how    maybe    that.I.will.do   
    And he thought, "How ever shall I do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  22. kári    xás    uxus    hûut    áta    paninísheesh   
    then    then    he.thought    how    maybe    that.I.will.do.with.it   
    And he thought, "How shall I do with it, I wonder?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  23. yee!    xás    uxútih    hûut    áta    pánikupheesh   
    well    then    he.was.thinking    how    maybe    that.I.will.do   
    Well, then he thought, "How ever shall I do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  24. kári    xás    hûut    áta        ná'iin   
    then    then    how    maybe    PERF    I.have.something.wrong.with.me   
    And (he thought), "I wonder what's wrong with me?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  25. hûut    áta    pánikupheesh   
    how    maybe    that.I.will.do   
    "How ever shall I do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  26. xás    uxús    hûut    áta    nikupheesh   
    then    he.thought    how    maybe    I.will.do.it   
    And he thought, "How shall I do, I wonder?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  27. kári    xás    uxús    kahyuras'afishríhan    hûut    áta    ník    níniishvunaa   
    then    then    he.thought    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man    how    maybe    a.little    I.do.with.them   
    And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "How ever shall I do with them?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  28. xás    uxúti    hûut    áta        kunkúupha   
    then    he.was.thinking    how    maybe    PERF    they.did.it   
    And he thought, "I wonder what they're doing?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  29. xás    uxúti    húuk    áta        kun'uum    paninihrôohas   
    then    he.was.thinking    to.where    maybe    PERF    they.went    my.wives   
    And he thought, "I wonder where my wives have gone?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  30. xás    uxús    miník    ni'aapúnmeesh    húuk    áta    patá    kun'uum   
    then    he.thought    of.course    I.will.know    to.where    maybe    where    they.went   
    And he thought, "I'll find out where they've gone, all right."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  31. xás    uxus    hôoy    áta    kuniyaarámootih    patóo    kxurarahaak   
    then    he.thought    where    maybe    they.are.always.going    when.it.had    become.evening   
    And he thought, "I wonder where they always go when evening comes?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  32. hûut    áta    pákunkupheesh   
    how    maybe    that.they.will.do   
    "I wonder what they're going to do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  33. xás    uxús    húuka    áta    tu'uum   
    then    she.thought    to.where    maybe    he.has.gone   
    And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  34. xás    pa'avansáxiich    uxús    fâat    áta    kúth    pávaa    kanéepeentih   
    then    the.boy    he.thought    what    maybe    because.of    that    they.were.telling.me   
    And the boy thought, "I wonder why I was told that?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  35. púyava    vúra    vaa    uthiináti    papáthraam    xás    kôokinay    vúra    u'ápiv    akâay    áta    mu'ífunih   
    you.see    Intensive    so    he.had.it    the.hair-club    then    everywhere    Intensive    he.looked.for.her    who    maybe    her.hair   
    So he kept the hair-club, and he looked for her everywhere, (he wondered) whose hair it was.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  36. kári    xás    upiip    ishávaasich    hôoy    áta    uvâaramaheen   
    then    then    he.said    little.niece    where    maybe    she.went   
    And he said, "I wonder where little niece has gone?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text