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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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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]
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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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playnixuti 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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playvíri 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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playsáruk 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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playxás 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 textata 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 textchishíih 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 texthúun áta harmful maybe It doesn't matter. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playáta 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playkári 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 textxás upíip yáxa áta uum papihneefich'îin tá 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 textvishváan 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textpúyava 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textyee! 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 textkári xás hûut áta tá 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 texthûut 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textxás uxúti hûut áta tá 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 textxás uxúti húuk áta tá 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 texthûut 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textpúyava 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 textkári 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