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-aha / -ahi- Essive
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lexicon ID #168 | revised Oct 31 2014
-aha / -ahi- • SUFF • Essive
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hûut kích pa'ishkêesh?
How was the river?Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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pa'ishkêesh yáv umúsahitih.
The river looks good.Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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" íshaha"
húm xâatik
" kíri ni'ish"?
Did you want to drink water?Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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" íshaha"
xaat íim
" kíri ni'ish"?
Do you want water?Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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íshaha húm tée xrah?
Are you thirsty?Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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xaat úm kíri íshaha natêeki!"?
Do you want to drink water?Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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xas pa'ávansa mukun'ikrívraam váshihkam usúruruprinahiti vaa kaan kunthanfúrukvuti papúufich.
Now there was a hole in the back of the boys' house, they dragged the deer in there.Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
kuyrakinívkihámmahich kuníthvoohiti.
They were worth eight dollars apiece.Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text -
uum táay musunyithih'ásar ushavsiprinahi.
He was paid much chestnut mush for treating him.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
nixúti,
hárivarihva sárip nisháankurihat íshahak.
[The other day] I thought I'd put some sticks in water.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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xás uxus:
"íshaha tá néexra."
Then he thought: "I am thirsty for water."Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
ta'ítam upátumkuriheen peeshkêeshak.
Then he was drinking with his mouth to the water in the river.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
íshaha uhi,
kíri usah'áhupha."
May the river rise, so there will be lots of driftwood."Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
pahûut uthvúytiihva peehêeraha
The Name of TobaccoSource: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text -
ihêeraha
tobacco, tobacco plant; literally means "that which is smoked"Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text -
iheerahasípnuuk
tobacco basketSource: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text -
pakoovúra pananuppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kumeekyâahara peheeraha'íppa,
vúra chishihpurith'íppa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav,
pa'apxantîich îin tá kinippêer
Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell UsSource: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text -
vaa vúra púrith umússahiti,
kúna vúra axvíththirar umússahiti pachishihpúrith,
uxraháthkaay,
pappírish káru vúra axvíththirarkunish.
They look like huckleberries, but the dog huckleberries are dirty looking, they are sour, the leaves also are dirty looking.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 -
sahihêeraha káru mahihêeraha
"Downslope and Upslope Tobacco"Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text -
pu'ikpíhanhara pasahihêeraha,
xáat vaa ár uhêer.
That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text -
áraar uum vúra pu'ihêeratihara pasahihêeraha.
The Indians never smoke it, that river tobacco.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text -
kúna vúra patapasihêeraha uum kúnish axváhahar,
tíikyan ár uxváhahiti patu'áffishahaak patapasihêeraha.
But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text -
peheeraha'íppa mupikyutunváramuu,
káru koovúra pamúthvuy
"Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
peheeraha'íppa pakóo uthvúyttiihva pamushvitáva
"Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
koovúra peheeraha'íppa
"The Plant"Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
íp nimáhat pamiheerahappírish.
I saw your good for nothing tobacco weeds.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
yáan vúr u'íkkyusunutihach peheerahappírish.
The tobacco is just starting to come up.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
á'yaach vúr uvêehrímva poo'íifti peehêeraha.
The tobacco plant stands straight up as it grows.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
á'yaach vúra uvêehrimva poo'íifti peheeraha'íppa.
The tobacco plant stands straight up as it grows.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
peheeraha'íppa uum vúra iváxra kúnish koovúra,
pu'ássarhara,
sákriiv.
The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
peheeraháaptiik,
pa'uh'íppi sákriivsha,
puyâamahukich kupeeshpáttahitihara.
The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
pahûut u'iftakantákkanti,
úmxaathti,
u'ákkati,
umússahitih
"How [tobacco] Feels, Smells, Tastes, and Looks"Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
káru vúra peehêeraha vúra imxathakkêem.
And tobacco stinks.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
peehêeraha apmáan ukrixyúpxupti ára,
úux,
xára vúr apmáan u'ákkatih.
Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
vaa tá kunpíip fâat vúrava pa'úuxhaak:
" úux,
ihêeraha kóo úux."
They say when anything tastes bad: "It tastes bad, it tastes as bad as tobacco."Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
nanittáat mít upôovôo?ihat,
pafâat vúrava úuxhaak:
" iheeraháxiit kyúnish kyóo uux."
My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco."Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
hâari tá kunpakátkat payaaf,
pakári kuntákkiritihat,
kári xás tá kunpiip:
" ihêeraha vúra kári kyóo úux payaaf."
Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet."Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
pahûut umúsahitih
"How [tobacco] Looks"Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
payáan vúr u'íiftihaak puxxích thúkkinkunish,
peheeraha'íppa,
pachím uimtúppeeshahaak,
vaa kári taváttavkunish.
When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
iheerahéemnak
tobacco charcoalSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
iheeraháamtaap
tobacco ashesSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
peheeraha'úhthaamsa
Tobacco PlotsSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
iheeraha'úhthaam
tobacco plotSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
iheeraha'uhthamhíram
tobacco gardenSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
pámitva iheeraha'uhthamhíramhanik
former tobacco plotSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
peehêeraha u'íiftihirak
place where tobacco growsSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
iheerahapífapu
volunteer tobacco plantSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
sah'ihêeraha
wild tobaccoSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
iheeraha'éepuum
tobacco rootSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
ikchúrahaha
refers to the backbone of a deer from which the ribs have been cutSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
iheeraha'ípa
tobacco plantSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
iheerahaaptiktunvêechas
little tobacco branchesSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
usúruvarahitih.
It is hollow.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
usuruváraahitih.
They (tpl.) are hollow.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
imyaat kúnish upiyáatunvaramoohitih.
It is like fur all compressed together.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
peheeraha'ípa usúufhi su'.
The tobacco plant has pith inside.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
iheerahapírish
tobacco leavesSource: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
iheerahásaan
tobacco leavesSource: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
iheerahaxíit
tobacco leavesSource: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
afiv'ávahkam a'vánihich vaa poopírishhiti pamu'iheerahásaan,
áfiv uum vúra piríshiipux.
Somewhat up the stem the leaves commence; the base is without leaves.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
peheerahásaan tiníhyaachas,
vaa pakun'ihêeratih.
The tobacco leaves are widish ones; those are what they smoke.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
vâaramsa,
ipaníchihsha,
peheerahapírish.
The tobacco leaves are long, pointed.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
áankunish sú' usasípiithva,
áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti,
koovúra vookupíti pamupírish,
áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih.
They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
peheerahásaan xúus kunish ithváaykamkam,
kôomahich vúra u'áxvuh?ha?hitihach peheerahasanvásihkamkam.
Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
ipansúnukich vaa káan payêepsha,
ikpíhan peehêeraha,
kunish ár u'iftakankôoti,
vaa peheerahayêepsha káanvári.
Toward the top they are good leaves, it is strong tobacco, like it would stick to a person, they are good tobacco leaves that side.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
áfivarih uum pu'ifyayêepshahara peehêeraha,
úmvaayti,
káru vúra pathríha mûuk,
pathríha mûuk káru vúra úmvaayti.
Toward the base the tobacco leaves are not so good, they are wilted, they are wilted with the sunshine and also with the rain, with the rain also they are wilted.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
vaa kunippítti:
" imxathakkêem,
ikpíhan,
peheeraháaxvaha."
They say: "It stinks, it is strong, the tobacco gum."Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text -
vaa kári xás kunxúti tóo mtup peehêeraha,
patá,
kunma tóo xváhaha."
Then they know the tobacco is ripe, when they see it is gummy.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text -
pahûut ukupeethríhahaahiti peethríha
Phases of FloweringSource: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text -
tóo thríhaha.
It is blooming.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text -
tóo thríha.
It is blooming.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text -
káru uthríhahitih.
It is still blooming.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text -
tóo vrárasur pamuthríha.
Its flowers are falling off.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text -
tá púffaat pamuthríha.
Its flowers are all gone.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text -
iheeraha'úhish
tobacco seedsSource: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text -
iheeraha'uhishíkyav
tobacco seeds that they are fixingSource: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text -
purafâat vúra káru kuma'úhish utháamhítihaphanik,
vúra iheeraha'úhish vúra kích kuniyâatihanik.
And they never sowed any kinds of seeds, they operated only with the tobacco seeds.Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text -
purafâat vúra káru kuma'úhish iinâak táayhitihanik,
vúra ihêeraha kích,
iheeraha'úhish vúra kich.
And they never had any kind of seeds stored in the houses, only the tobacco, the tobacco seeds.Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text -
ithríhar káru vúra pu'ínâak táayhítihanik.
And they had no flowers in the houses either.Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text -
paxiitíchas kich uumkun vúra táv kun'ikyâatihanik,
kunvíiktihanik peethríhar aanmûuk,
aksanváhich,
kár axpaheekníkinach,
káru tiv'axnukuxnúkuhich,
xás vaa yúpin tá kunpúuhkhin.
Only the children used to make a vizor, weaving the flowers with string, shooting stars, and white lilies, and bluebells, and they put it around their foreheads.Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text -
peethríhar káru kunpathraamvútiihva payeeripáxvuuhsa,
ithasúpaa kunpathraamvútiihva,
káru káakum uumkun kuntávtiihva yúpin.
Flowers also girls wore as their hair-club wrapping, wearing them as wrapping all day, and some of them wore a vizor on the forehead.Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text -
áv mi'ávaha, pa'ávaha.
Eat the food, your food.Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about morning activities (LA-03) | read full text
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áv pami'ávaha.
Eat your food.Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about morning activities (LA-03) | read full text
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hûut úthvuuyti pamihrôoha?
What is your wife's name?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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uum puxích íshaha tá néexra.
I am very thirsty.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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iim íshaha téexra?
Are you thirsty?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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xáyfaat i'ish panani'íshaha.
Don't take my water.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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pusihich'ávah tu'av pa'akvaat.
The raccoon ate the catfood.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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pa'akvaat iinâak tu'uum xás vaa papusihich'ávah tu'av.
The raccoon came inside and ate the cat food.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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pa'as paathkúrihi pa'íshahak.
Throw the rock into the water.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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fâat kuma'ávah peevíshtaantih?
What kind of food do you like to eat?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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íshaha tá ni'ish.
I am drinking water.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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pa'íshah ni'ísheesh.
I am going to drink water.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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pa'íshaha húm i'ísheesh?
Do you want to drink water?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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vaa kúnish kunimúsahiti pásaan.
They (the quails) are the same color as the leaves.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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hûut kích peeshkéesh?
How's the river?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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yáv umúsahiti pa'ishkéesh.
The river looks good.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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peeshkêesh yáv umúsahitih.
The river looks good.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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peeshkêesh vúra yáv umúsahitih.
The river looks good.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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axvíthirar peeshkéesh.
The river is dirty.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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peeshkêesh tu'uh.
The river is rising.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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peeshkêesh tupiváxrah.
The river is drying up.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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íshaha tá néexrah.
I am thirsty.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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naa vúra tá nayâavaha.
I am full.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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íshahak nimúustiheesh naa.
I am going to look at myself in the water.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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pa'íshahak nimúustiheesh vaa káan.
I am going to look at myself in the water.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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áxak pananífyiivshas káru ávansa káru muhrôoha.
I had a couple of pals, a man and his wife.Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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xás vaa káan kêechas vúra páramva pa'íshaha.
We had to heat the water there.
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ipáramva pa'íshaha vaa káan.
You heated the water there.
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pananiyukúku vúra uum kâarim umúsahitih.
My shoes are ugly.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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peeshkeesh hûut kích?
How is the river?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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íshaha tá kúxrah?
Are you guys thirsty?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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pa'ishkêesh tupiváxrah.
The river has dried up [i.e. it is shallow].Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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vúra úum puxích tu'úh,
pa'ishkêesh.
The river has risen a lot [i.e. it is deep].Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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pa'ishkêesh vúra úum puxích tu'uh.
The river has risen a lot.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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pa'ishkêesh vúra puxích tu'uh.
The river has risen a lot.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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pa'ishkêesh u'úuhtih.
The river is rising.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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vúra uum kúnish puyáv imúsahatihara.
You don't look so good.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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puyáv imúsahatihara.
You don't look good.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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kúnish apxantínihich imusahitih.
You white people look like that.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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íshaha papáah.
The boat is in the water.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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íshaha húm i'ísheesh?
Would you like some water?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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íshaha húm tée xrah?
Are you thirsty?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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xás upíip
" pa'íshaha itárivramnihaak, vaa kári vúra itasámsaamtiheesh itíhaan,
peekóohaak uum vaa get lumpy."
And she said, “Pour the water in, and keep stirring it all the time, if you stop, it will get lumpy.”Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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uum tákunpiip,
pamúaasravarak íshaha,
sú' aasrávar.
People said, "He's got water on his brain, inside the brain."Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text -
víri vaa kumá'ii pa'itíhaan nuu xás nukyáviichvuti aa--
íshaha káru núktaamti.
That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water.Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text -
ishkêeshak tanutárivrip,
máruk tanukvíripraa.
We dipped it up at the river (for laundry), we ran uphill.Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text -
xás íshaha tóo xrah.
And he got thirsty.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
vúra tóo xra pa'íshaha.
He really got thirsty.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás chavúra tóo xrah,
vúra tóo xra pa'íshaha.
And finally he got thirsty, he really got thirsty.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
vúra tá kâarim,
tóo xra íshaha.
He was really bad off, he was thirsty.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás yánava pa'íshaha,
pasaamvároo úxaaktih.
Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás "
ii!
púya íf íshaha tá néexrah."
"Oh, how thirsty I am!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
tóo xra pa'íshaha,
vúra tuváxrah.
He was thirsty, he was so dry.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás uthítiv,
úxaaktih,
pa'íshaha úxaaktih.
Then he heard it, it was sounding, the water was sounding.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás uchunvákir pa'íshaha.
And he sneaked up on the water.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
vúra vaa uthítiimtih,
úxaaktih pa'íshaha patuchunvákir.
He heard it that way, the water was sounding as he sneaked up.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
xás tóo mah pa'íshaha poovúuntih.
And he saw the water flowing.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
sáruk peeshkêesh uvuunváraktih.
Downhill the river was flowing downriverward.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás yánava kúkuum káan íshaha úxaaktih,
usaamvároohitih.
And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kóova íshaha tóo xrah.
He was so thirsty.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
xás úmuustih,
vúra uum táay pa'íshaha,
vúra ûumukich.
And he looked; there was a lot of water, just close.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
tupiváxra pa'íshaha.
The water had dried up.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás uxus, "
ii!
vúra tá puná'uumara,
vúra íshaha tá néexrah."
And he thought, "Oh, I can't reach it, I'm really thirsty."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
vúra vaa sáruk uvuunváraktih peeshkéesh.
Downhill the river was flowing downriverward like that.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
ii!
xás uxus, "
chími vaa kan'îishi peeshkéesh."
Oh, he thought, "Let me drink from the river!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás ishkéesh'aachip u'uum.
And he got to the middle of the river.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
vúra uum xára pookúkuri pa'íshaha,
tu'ísh taay.
He stooped down to the water for a long time, he drank a lot.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
káruma yôorukam pamukun'áhup uyvóoraahitih.
Their wood was piled up in the corner.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
vaa panini'íshaha tupafipsîiprinaheen.
He's drunk up that juice of mine.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
kíri íshaha úxrah."
May he get thirsty!"Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
kári xás uxúti "
hûut áta kúth papunayâavahitihara."
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 -
xás uxús "
púya páy uum,
payêem uum nayâavaheesh.
And he thought, "There, now I'll get full.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
chímiva vaa kúna ukúupha,
íshaha úxrah.
Soon he did this also, he got thirsty.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
pa'íshaha tóo xrah.
He was thirsty.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás uxúti "
vúra puna'ísheeshara ishkéesh'aas."
And he thought, "I won't drink river water."Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
vúra íshaha tóo xrah.
He was really thirsty.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
"
vúra puna'ísheeshara ishkéesh'aas."
"I won't drink river water."Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
víri úuth ishkêeshak tu'ahirímkaanva.
There were trees falling out into the river.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás uxúti "
xâatik vúra ni'ish,
peeshkéesh'aas.
And he thought, "Let me drink the river water.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
vúra ishkéesh'aachip xasík ni'ísheesh."
I'll drink in the middle of the river.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
chavúra umáh yánava ithyáruk ukúripaahiti itháriip.
Finally he saw it, he saw a fir tree lying fallen out across-stream.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
kári xás uxús "
vaa pay'ôok xasík íshaha ni'ísheesh."
And he thought, "Here I will drink water."Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
kári xás ishkéesh'aachip ta'ítam ukúkuriheen.
And in the middle of the river he stooped down to the water.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás vúra hûutva tu'iin,
púxay ta'ítam yâavahitihara.
But what was the matter with him? he wasn't getting full.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás vúra chéemyaach uyâavaha.
And he quickly got full.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás vúra íshaha tóo xra puxich.
And he got very thirsty.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás upíip "
yôotva,
nâachish mu'íshaha chí ni'ísheesh.
And he said, "Hurray, I'll drink nephew's juice!Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xáyfaat ík vúra íshaha umah.
He mustn't find any water.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
koovúra ík pa'íshaha uváxraahvunaavish."
All the water must dry up."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás íshaha tóo xrah.
And he got thirsty.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás vúra puxích tóo xrah,
xás "
chími íshaha kan'îishi."
Then he got very thirsty, and (he thought) "Let me drink water!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yánava pa'íshaha sáruk tuvúunfak.
And he saw the water flowing away downhill.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás pa'íshaha tuvúunfak.
And the water flowed away downhill.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás káan yánava pamukunpatúmkir káru pamukun'ikrívkir athkúrit ukyâarahitih.
And he saw there that their pillows and their chairs were made of fat.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
vúra puyâavahitih.
He couldn't get full.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
xás uxus, "
hûut kumá'ii papunayâavahitihara."
And he thought, "Why am I not getting full?"Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kári xás uyâavaha.
Then he got full.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kári xás uxus, "
íshaha tá néexrah."
And he thought, "I'm thirsty."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kári xás asvúut kunívyiihrishuk,
kunkitaxríhahitih.
And ants came out, they had wings.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
xás upêer pasípnuuk "
naa ík vúra neemúsahitiheesh peekûuntakoo.
And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
koovúra paniníshaanva ishpúk kamikxúrikarahiti káru fúrax."
Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás pa'îin kun'áharamuti xára xás kunithyárukha,
ayu'âach ishahákaam.
And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás ishkêeshak úskaakurih,
xás úkpuuhrin.
And he jumped in the river, and he swam across.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás pa'á' kunívyiihma xás kunpíip
" kun'íhukarahitih."
And when they got up, then they said, "They're having a flower-dance."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás káakum vaa káan kun'iruvêehriv poosúruruprinahitihirak.
And some of them were standing where the hole was (through which they had entered the sky).Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás káan pa'avansáxiich tá kun'íihma poosúruruprinahitihirak.
And the boys danced there to where the hole was.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás pihnêefich u'íipma poosúruruprinahitihirak.
Then Coyote got back to where the hole was.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás "
yâamachas kumúsahitih."
And (he said), "You look pretty."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás sáruk ishkeesh'ípanich ukrívruuhma.
And he rolled downhill to the edge of the river.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás paxanchíifich u'iipkúri ishkêeshak.
So Frog (took the fire in his mouth and) dived in the river.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
kári xás pa'ifápiitsha kunpiip, " chôora êev, íshaha nuktávan."
And the young women said (to each other), "Let's go, dear, let's go get water."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
kári xás pa'íshaha kuníktav.
So they got the water.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
kunpiip, " xâatik ápap yúruk uvuunúpahitih, káru ápap káruk uvuunôovutih.
(The gods) said, "Let (the river) flow downstream on one side, and flow upstream on the other side.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text -
ithyáruk kúna úpviitrooveesh, uthívruuhrooveesh káru, káruk uvuunôovahiti pa'íshaha.
They would travel back upstream on the other side, they would float upstream also, the water was flowing upstream.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text -
koovúra yúruk kámvuunupahitih.
Let it all flow downstream.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text -
káan pihnêefich úkrii,
muyeeripáxvu xákaan kun'iin,
muhrôoha támit u'ívat.
Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
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kúna vúra pamukrívraam vaa vúra umúsahiti panunukrívraam,
koovúra pootâayhiti iinâak vaa vúra umúsahiti ôok iinâak pootâayhitih.
"But his house looks just like our house, everything that is inside looks just like what is inside here.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
káru uum naa vúra neemúsahiti pa'ávansa.
And he looks just like me, the man.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
pamutiiv káru vúra aaxkúnishichas,
vaa vúra pánaa neemúsahiti pananítiiv.
His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
vúra pusakeemvárihveeshara,
koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup.
You won't be homesick, everything looks like our things.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
xás poo'úum yánava koovúra vaa umúsahiti pamukun'îikam umúsahitih,
víri íf kákach poopíti vaa umúsahitih.
And when she arrived, she saw that everything looked like it looked outside their house, it was true how daddy said it looked.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
xás upíti "
vúra if,
koovúra vaa umúsahiti ôok pananú'uup,
panini'ávan mukrívraam."
And she said, "It's true, everything looks like our things here, in my husband's house."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text -
xás pâanpay xás uxús "
naa nixúti '
napikshayvûunishti,'
yukún koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup,
káru uum vúra vaa umúsahiti panini'áka.
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 -
kári xás íshaha uvuníshuk.
And water flowed out.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
kári xás pa'íshaha uvuníshuk, xás koovúra pa'áama kunívyiihrishuk.
And the water flowed out, and all the salmon came out.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
xás pee'ípakahaak xáat pananí'aramah ihrôoha."
And when you come back, let my child be (your) wife."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
xás âanxus upíip "
pamí'arama nihrôohaheesh."
And Weasel said, "I'm going to marry your child."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
xás âanxus upêer "
papu'imáan ívahaak xáat paniní'arama ihrôoha."
And she told Weasel, "If you do not die tomorrow, let my child be (your) wife."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
pamâaka nápaathripaahaak xáat vaa kári naní'aramah ihrôoha."
If you throw me into (the corner) uphill, let my child be (your) wife."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
xáat pananí'arama ihrôoha."
Let my daughter be (your) wife."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
âanxus muhrôoha upípasip.
Weasel took her away (as) his wife.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
ayu'âach páy pasaamnúpahitihan chí kun'íihrupaavish.
It was because they were going to dance downriver that way the stream flows.Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text -
íshahak tóo mkuuhkurih.
It was shining on the water.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
víri kún siit kích uksahárahitih.
There only mice were squeaking.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
xás pamuhrôoha úhyiv "
káan pátha áamtih.
And his wife shouted, "Eat alone there!"Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
xás poopáhariithvunaa pamuhrooha'îin kunipêer "
yaxéek iim vaa kích ikupítiheesh.
And when he caught up with them, his wife told him, "You're going to be doing nothing but this.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
pamuhrôoha kúna úkfuukiraa.
He grabbed his wife in turn.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
pamuhrôoha káru pamutúnviiv patuvuhvúhinaahaak yaas'arará'uuthkam kunchivítahitih.
(But) his wife and his children, when there is a deerskin dance, are lined up in front of rich people.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
pathufkírik muhrôoha xákaan kun'íinanik.
Owl and his wife lived together.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
kári xás úyuunka pamuhrôoha.
And he poked his wife (with it).Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
á 'iknêechhan pirishkâarim muhrôoha.
Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text -
ôok pamuhrôoha úkrii.
His wife lived here.Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text -
yítha mú'arama úkrii káru muhrôoha.
His one child and his wife lived there.Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text -
xás ta'ítam ukúniihka pamuhrôoha.
And he shot his wife.Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text -
á'iknêechhan muhrôoha pirishkâarim.
Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text -
víri tá mihrôoha pirishkâarim tutáayvaar pami'íin."
Your wife, Grizzly Bear, spoiled your falls."Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text -
ta'ítam upiykáraheen pamuhrôoha.
So (Duck Hawk) killed his wife.Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text -
kúkuum tá kunpíshavsip xúrish, athithxuntápan, úus, koovúra kuma'ávaha.
They would pay her fee repeatedly with shelled acorns, hazel nuts, pine nuts, all kinds of food.Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text -
xás upíip "
pûu,
vaa vúra níthxuuneesh,
káruma nik áachip kóo tuvíkahitih.
And she said, "No, I'll wear it this way, (though) the fact is that it's only woven half-way.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
iim pa'avahéeshiipheesh.
You will be the best food.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
áxak muhrôovas.
He had two wives.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
pamupiship'ihrôoha uum yítha mu'avansáxiich.
His first wife had one boy.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
káru uum pa'asiktávaan atahári vúra kunikyáviichvutih,
ávaha kunikyáatih.
And the women were always working, they were gathering food.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás papíshiip veehrôoha uum itníivka.
And the first wife was cruel.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
kâarim ukyáati peehnohá'anamahach.
She treated the little wife badly.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás yánava pa'átimnavak umáhyaanahiti táhpuus.
And he saw fir branches sticking in the burden basket.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás pa'íshaha utêekship.
And she dipped up water.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás ukyívivraa,
ishkêesh úkyiimkurih.
And she fell over, she fell into the river.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás vúra nîinamich pooyrúhahiti pamú'aan.
And his string was coiled just small.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
xás umá
" káan ishkéeshtiim kun'iin."
And he saw that they were there on the edge of the river.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
púra fâat ifkírahitihara."
Nothing was paid to legitimize her."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
kári xás koovúra kuma'ávaha yíchaach kuníkyav.
So they gathered all kinds of food.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text -
ith'aranihrôoha xákaan kun'ásimtih.
He was sleeping with another's wife.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text -
víri vaa ukupitih,
tusaríshriihva pakóo kuma'ávaha.
She was doing this, she was bringing in all kinds of food.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text -
xás púyava kumamáh'iit xás kúkuum tu'ípak vúra uum taay poo'átivutih póomkaanvuti pakóo kuma'ávaha.
And one morning she came back again, she was carrying a lot in her burden basket, since she had gathered all kinds of food.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text -
xás vúra uum itníiv umúsaha.
And he looked mean.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
víri vaa kumá'ii payêem íshaha,
xás vúra kumá'ii úmsiipti aah.
For that reason it's water now, that's why it puts out fire.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
víriva kaanvári tá nipitvâamnuk peeshkêesh usaamvárak.
I look down over (the bank) there where the river flows down from upstream.Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text -
tá nipitkúrihti peeshkêesh usaamvárak.
I look again into the water as the river flows down from upstream.Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text -
pa'áama káan vúra kunpaxyanípaneesh peeshkêesh poosaamvárak.
The salmon will overflow the river there as it flows down from upstream.Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text -
víri pooksahárahitih,
kuntákaamtih,
pa'asiktávaan,
pakâanimich,
poo'ûupvutih.
So they laughed, they ridiculed her, the woman, the poor one, as she dug roots.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
xás ta'ítam peeshkêesh upuhyîimahitih.
The river was at the high-water mark.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
yánava uchívchaaksurahitih.
He saw the door was open.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
xás uxúti "
húuk áta tá kun'uum,
paninihrôohas."
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 -
chavúra itaharéekxaram tá pu'ikviit-hítihara páxuus u'íruvooti pamuhrôohas.
Finally he didn't sleep for ten nights, as he thought about his wives.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
yukún nanihrôohas húukava tá kun'uum."
You see, my wives have gone somewhere."Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
kári xás upiip, "
naa ni'aapúnmuti '
pamihrôovas hôoy kun'iin.'"
And he said, "I know where your wives are."Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
yúruk ithyáruk víri káan kun'íin pamihrôohas.
Your wives are there on the other side of the ocean.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
víriva káan ípmaahvunaavish pamihrôohas."
There you will find your wives again."Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
víri chími uptaxáraapsipreevish,
táma takráav xákarari kunpíkuuyva pamuhrôohas.
He was about to stride back, (when) his wives landed on his shoulders on either side.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
ta'ítam iinâak upoonváfuruk pamuhrôohas ikmahachram'íshiip.
So he took his wives back into the sacred sweathouse.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
kári xás uhravrikûunish pamuhrôoha.
So he copulated with his wife.Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text -
víri pamu'ífuni fúrax kích utávahitih.
His hair was decorated on the ends with nothing but woodpecker heads.Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text -
víri pakunpûusur fúrax kích utávahiti pamu'ifunih'ípan.
When they took it off, the ends of (the dog's) hair were decorated with nothing but woodpecker scalps.Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text -
ishkêeshak uthiivkúrih.
He put it in the river.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
axmáy xás vúra pa'íshaha uchánchaaksur.
Suddenly the water opened up.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
tupithríishrih,
pa'íshaha.
The water was filling in again.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás pakáan kunvíitma,
usívshaapsur pa'íshaha.
And when they paddled to there, the water opened.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás vúra tá muhrôohas.
So they were his wives now.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
káan xás mah'íitnihach upapivankôoti pamusárum ishkêeshak hôoy kích tóo pthívruuhruprav.
Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text -
itaharahárinay tutaxváhahitih.
They had been sealed up for ten years.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
yícheech vúra kích kári muhrôoha xákaan.
Only one man and his wife were still (there).Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text -
kári xás pamukun'ikrívraam usúruruprinahiti yíthakan.
And there was a hole through (the wall of) their house at one place.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text -
xás ithâan kuméeshyaav vúra puxích tupáthrih,
pa'íshaha tu'uh.
And one winter it rained hard, the water rose.Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text -
xás ufáathkar,
xás vúra kúnish tu'ay,
pa'íshaha.
Then he waded in, but he was sort of afraid of the water.Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text -
káruk yítha va'êem kun'êetheepanik mu'arátaanva papreacher muhrooha'íin.
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 text -
papreacher muhrôoha uthaxustâanik pa'éem.
The preacher's wife suspected the doctor.Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text -
xás kúuk u'úumanik papreacher muhrôoha.
So the preacher's wife went there.Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text -
xás kári papreacher muhrôoha umáh "
fâat tu'úrishuk sichakvutvarasúruk."
And the preacher's wife saw her take something out of the belt.Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text -
xás kári poo'íshupish pa'arátaanva xás papreacher muhrooha'íin kunáveep pa'arátaanva.
So when (the doctor) displaying the 'pain,' then the preacher's wife took the pain away from her.Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text -
xás ishkêeshak imvír kuníkyav.
And they made fisheries in the river.Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text -
ishkêeshak kunvêehkurihvuti patáaskar.
The poles were stuck into the river.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text -
xás pamukun'ikríhar uum taskanatunvêechas ukyâarahitih.
And their fish-trap was made of little poles.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text -
xás vaa káan pa'urípi unhíkahitih.
And the net was tied on there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text -
pa'urípi uum vâaram ukyâahitih.
The net was made long.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text -
koovúra uyvúrukahiti papufich'ánav.
They rubbed deer medicine on everything.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text -
xás íshaha kuniyváykooti kacha'îimich.
And they poured water onto it slowly.Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text -
púyava pa'íshaha tuvunfípahaak kúkuum tá kuniptákootih.
When the water flowed all away, they added it again.Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text -
xás kári tá kuníthxa íshaha múuk.
And they washed it with water.Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text -
xás kári íshaha tá kuníyvaayramni pakóo kunxúti "
u'úumeesh."
And they poured in water, as much as they thought would go.Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text -
púyava íshaha tá kun'íthar ithákuusrah.
They soaked them in water for a month.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text -
koovúra imváram u'ifkóohiti pa'ásip.
And the plate-baskets (for the salmon) fit into the soup baskets.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text -
xás píshiip uum ishahátiimich tá kun'íripkuri su'vári vúra.
And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water.Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text -
peekmaháchraam uum sú' u'íripkurihahitih.
The sweathouse was dug down into the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text -
xás iv'ávahkam vúra ivharatírihshas mûuk uyururâanahitih.
And the roof was put up with wide boards.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text -
pavuráakir uum vúra ípaha pookyâarahitih.
The ladder was made of a tree.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text -
xás iinâak pamu'îirish uum ás upathrívahitih.
And inside, their floor was covered with rocks.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text -
xás irísh'aachip sú' usúrukurihahitih.
And there was a hole in the middle of the floor.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text -
xás ápapkam káru usúruruprinahitih.
And on the other side, there was also a hole through.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text -
xás sáruk kúuk tá kun'uum, xás úuth ishkêeshak tá kunpáatva.
And they went downhill, and they bathed out in the river.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text -
xás pa'iinâak íivhar uthiivárayvahitih.
And on the inside boards were placed around.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text -
xás pa'íivhar uum ipshûunkinichas peekrívraam ukyâarahitih.
And the boards were short that the house was made with.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text -
peev'ávahkam ivharatírihshas uyaakóohitih.
And broad boards were put on the roof.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text -
xás ás uthíivahiti ivíthvaaykam.
And rocks were laid in front of the house.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text -
xás ukyâahiti pakáan kuniváxraahmathti pa'áama káru vúra fâat vúra pakuntâarahitih.
And they were made so that they dried fish there and whatever (else) they had.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text -
hâari pufíchvaas upathrívahitih,
víriva káan pa'asiktávaansas kun'áraarahitih.
Sometimes a deerskin blanket was spread, and the women sat on that.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text -
papanamnihimthatváram uum vaa káan ukyâasipreehiti paGeorgia mutasa'îikukam,
xás yúruk paxánthiip u'iihyírak u'ípanhitih.
The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text -
xás patákasar uum ahuptunvêechas,
unhítunvahitih.
And the tossel was little sticks, they were tied together.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text -
xás íshahak tóo páatva.
And she bathed in water.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text -
xás íshaha tóo yvaayramnih.
And he poured in water.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text -
yúruk tóo trûuputih,
peeshkêesh tóo muustih.
He looked downriver, he looked at the river.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text -
úuth tóo tkáratih,
peeshkêesh tóo muustih.
He looked out across the water, he looked at the river.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text -
peeshkêesh tóo muustih,
uvêenatih.
He looked at the river, he prayed.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text -
káru pu'íshaha kín'iishtihara.
And we didn't drink water.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text -
yáas nishuváxraahti imcháxahak.
Then I dried them in the sunshine.Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text -
ararayáfus uum vúra táfirapu ukyâarahitih.
The Indian dress was made of buckskin.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
xás vaa vúra kuniyxôorarivahitih.
And they were just wrapped in it.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
xás pamukuntántaav táfirapu ukyâarahitih.
And their apron was made of buckskin.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
xás pamukunyafusayêepsha vúra uum yâamach ukyâahahitih.
And their good dresses were made pretty.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
píshiip panyúrar utaxapkóohitih.
First bear-lily leaves were braided on.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
axyúus ukyâarahiti káru yuxtháran káru sápruuk ukyâarahitih.
It was made with digger-pine nuts and abalone shell and it was made with olivella shells.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
yuxtháran uum tûupichas utapakpákahitih.
The abalone shell was chopped up small.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
pamukun'ápxaan ukyâarahiti sárip káru sárum.
Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
xás patíiptiip uum aaxkúnish ukyâahitih.
And the chain fern was made red.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
xás pamukun'ápxaan uum uvíkahiti pasárum mûuk káru papanyúrar káru peekritápkir káru patíiptiip.
And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the five-finger fern and the chain fern.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text -
pa'arara'asiktávaan uum ishváak uthúkinhahitih.
The Indian women were tattooed on the chin.Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text -
páy uum pichas'ípaha uvêehrimva, xás simsímtas utaaspáthahitih.
These peach trees are standing, and there is a wire fence around.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text -
páy uum tishrámkaam, xás utuyshíiprinahiti yiiv.
This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text -
xás pa'íshaha tu'irihshúroo tik'ípanich.
The water is dripping off of the fingertips.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text -
pa'amkír káan utháaniv, xás ukxúrikahiti ávahkam ípaha.
The table is sitting there, and a tree is drawn on top.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text -
pa'ávansa muhrôo xákaan káan kun'iruvêehriv.
The man and his wife are standing there.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text -
ishkêeshak xákarari áxak ávansa kun'iruvêehriv.
Two men are standing on each side of a river.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text