Ararahih'urípih
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áhoo to go, walk, travel, arrive (here)

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lexicon ID #205 | revised Nov 07 2014

áhoo • V • to go, walk, travel, arrive (here)

Derivatives (9)
ahóokir "to go by way of (a place)"
ahóokir "sidewalk"
áhoosav "to pass by"
asóokir "flume"
avkam'ahóovaan "senior priestess in the world-renewal ceremonies at Katimin and Orleans (Kroeber & Gifford, p. 7)"
ifuth'ahóovaan "junior priestess, who walks behind in ceremony (Kroeber & Gifford pp. 26 ff., pp. 50 ff.)"
ípahoo "to go back"
páy_nanu'ávahkam_áhootihanik "moon"
ukraman'áhoo "man's name, Sandy Bar Jim"

Source: WB 41, p.315

  • pachími upvâarameesh, kachakâachich xás vaa upikífkirur, kun'áhoovishik áxak pa'êemsha. When (Bluejay) was about to go home, Chipmunk sent word by her that two doctors must come. [Reference: Chipmunk & Hummingbird 010]
  • mâa ôok tani'áhoo. Here I come. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 368]

Sentence examples (90)

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  1. " ee, ishávaas, ôok tá ni'áhoo.
    "Ee, nephew, I have come.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. naa káru ni'áhoovish.
    I'm going to walk.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  3. ta ni'áhoo.
    I'm walking.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  4. kári xás tu'áhoo.
    He came.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  5. xás axmáy Daisy u'áhoo,
    And suddenly Daisy came [and said,]
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. kári xas yiimúsich tu'áhoo.
    Then he went a short way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  7. náa tá ni'ahoo."
    I am going to travel."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  8. kári xas achvúun u'áhoonik.
    Then Hookbill traveled.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  9. xás vúra voo'áhootih.
    He was walking along.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  10. káruma vookúpiti poo'áhootih.
    He was walking, that was what he was doing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  11. kúkuum u'áhoo.
    She came over again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  12. pani'áhootih uum kúnish nimáhat papúufich pay'ôok úkriivtih.
    When I was walking, I saw where the deer lives.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  13. pani'áhootih pay'ôok nimahat papúufich úkviit-hitih.
    When I was walking, I saw where the deer was sleeping
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  14. pani'áhootih papúufich uum pamu'asímnaam tá nimah.
    When I was walking, I saw the deer's bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  15. ni'áhootih.
    I am walking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  16. páykuuk mukrívraam tá ni'áhoo.
    I am walking to his house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  17. chak'îimich papúufich tu'áhoo.
    The deer is walking slow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  18. Avansáxiich u'áhooti káru pachíshiih.
    The boy is walking, and the dog too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  19. Váa káan kun'áhootiheen.
    They were walking there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  20. Káan pakun'áhootih.
    There, where they were walking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  21. ni'áhoovish.
    I am coming.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  22. akâay tu'áhoo?
    Who is arriving?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  23. xás vúra vaa máruk, u'áhoo.
    And then he went all the way back up.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  24. You know, xás vaa ip máath poo'áhoo.
    You know, it was heavy to carry.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  25. íim káru pee'áhooti vúrava kúnish furáthfip.
    When you arrived it seemed like you were cranky.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  26. paninípshiih áthiik tu'ívahaak, vaa kári vúra puna'áhootihara.
    When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  27. chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
    Finally he walked a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  28. vúra vaa u'áhootih.
    He was traveling like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  29. xás chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
    And finally he traveled a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  30. kári xás púyava chavúra yíiv tu'áhoo.
    And so finally he traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  31. vúra vaa u'áhootih, vúra tá yíiv káruk.
    He was walking that way, a long ways upriver by this time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  32. kári xás ee! vúra vaa u'áhootih, vúra tá kâarim.
    And oh! he was walking that way, he was really bad off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  33. kári xás yánava yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
    He saw he was a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  34. kári xás upíip " yéehe pihnêefich tu'áhooheen."
    And he said, "Hey, Coyote has come."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  35. kári xás upíip " yéehe pihnêefich tu'áhooheen.
    And (each) said, "Hey, Coyote has come.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  36. uthítiimti pakunípeenti " tu'áhooheen."
    He heard them telling (each other), "He has come."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  37. yeee! káruma íp nípaat ' tu'áhooheen pihnêefich.'
    Well! I said Coyote had come!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  38. kári xás ta'ítam u'áhooheen.
    And then he traveled (on).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  39. xás kári upvâaram, xás vúra u'ípahoo.
    So then he went off again, and he traveled again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  40. xás vúra xára u'áhoo.
    And he traveled a long time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  41. xás vaa vúra u'áhootih.
    But he just kept traveling.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  42. xás vúra tá pu'áhootihara, vúra tóo kfuuktih.
    And he wasn't walking any more, he was creeping by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  43. xás u'ípahoo.
    And he went on.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  44. kári xás u'ípahoo.
    Then he went on.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  45. kári xás vúra vaa u'áhoo pihnêefich.
    And so Coyote traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  46. púyava kári xás u'áhoo.
    So he traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  47. kári xás u'ípahoo.
    So he went on.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  48. kári xás u'ípahoo, vúra tóo xrah.
    So he went on, he was really thirsty.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  49. kári xás u'ípahoo pihnêefich.
    So Coyote went on.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  50. vúra yíiv tu'áhoo.
    He traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  51. vúra vaa u'áhootih.
    He was traveling like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  52. uum káru upakurîihvuti poo'áhootih, " haninuvêe naa hanuvêe naa."
    He was singing too as he traveled, "haninuvêe naa hanuvêe naa."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  53. kári xás pihnêefich u'áhootih, upakurîihvutih.
    So Coyote was traveling, he was singing.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  54. kári xás papihnêefich u'ípahoo, upakurîihvuti pamukunpákurih.
    And Coyote went on, he was singing their song.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  55. kári xás yíiv tu'ípahoo papihnêefich.
    And Coyote went on a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  56. xánahichvari axmáy u'áhoo, pihnêefich.
    In a little while, suddenly Coyote came.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  57. xás ta'ítam u'ípahooheen.
    And he went on again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  58. kári xás vaa ukupíti payêem, tá pu'áhootihara patur.
    So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  59. kúna vúra páykuuk yíiv áhoon, payôok xáyfaat i'áhoo, peempaheepshûunkinich, kâarim ikupheesh.
    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  60. xás kúkuum vaa vúra káan u'ípahoo míta kûukam u'arávuukat.
    And she traveled again the way she had come there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  61. xás upíti " tá na'ûuri páykuuk pani'ahoonkôoti yiiv."
    And she said, "I'm tired of going by the far way yonder."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  62. xás upíip papihnîich " vúra káan ípahoo kúkuum, xáy húun i'íin.
    And the old man said, "Just go there again! Something might happen to you (otherwise).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  63. yánava káan áraar u'áhootih, ikrívraam u'iithvútih.
    She saw a person travelling there, he was carrying a house.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  64. kári xás kunpiip, " chími ípahoo.
    Then they said, "Go on again!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  65. pananimsháxvuh mûuk ni'ípahoovish."
    I'll go back down by means of my gum."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  66. axmáy kun'áhoo pa'avansáxiich.
    Suddenly the boys came.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  67. káruma á 'iknêechhan u'ípahootih.
    The fact was, Duck Hawk was coming back.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  68. vúra vaa u'ípahootih.
    He was coming back like that.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  69. tu'áhoo.
    She came.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  70. yanavéekva tu'áhooheen, apsunmúnukich.
    She saw Racer coming.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  71. vúra vaa u'áhootih.
    He was traveling like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  72. naa ni'áhootih."
    I'm traveling."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  73. ta'ítam u'áhooheen.
    Then he traveled.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  74. kári xás uxús " chími kan'ípahoo."
    And he thought, "Let me go on."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  75. kári xás páy nanu'ávahkam u'ípahoo, páy nanu'ávahkam ukâakamhitih.
    So he went on to the sky, he was a little ways upriver in the sky.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  76. kári kúkuum tá kun'áhoo.
    Then they would travel again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  77. vúrava kun'áhootih.
    They were walking that way.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  78. kári xás kun'áhoo, vúra uum taay súpaa pakun'áhoo.
    And they traveled, it was many days that they traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  79. kári xás hâari vúra piríshriik patá kun'áhoo, pamukunyáfus tutatitítit.
    And sometimes it was a brushy place where they traveled, their dresses got torn.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  80. fâat kumá'ii pa'ôok ti'áhoo.
    Why is it that you have come here?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  81. ôok uum pu'áhootihara pa'ípihitihan.
    People with bones (i.e., live people) don't come here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  82. kúkuum vúra vaa kun'ípahoo.
    They traveled back again that way.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  83. máruk hôoyva ni'ípahoo, tá ná'aathva."
    I'm going uphill somewhere; I'm afraid."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  84. kári xás úskaakrishuk, xás úkfuukiraa poo'áhoo.
    So he jumped out, and he grabbed at her as she walked.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  85. xás vaa káan kun'áhooti pa'îikam tá kunvôonupukahaak.
    And they walked on that when they went outside.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  86. xás yáas ôok kun'áhoot.
    Then they came here.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

  87. xás avansáxiich uum u'áhootih, pa'ipahasúruk kúnish tu'uum.
    A boy is walking in front, he is sort of going under the tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  88. kúkuum vúra u'áhoo.
    Then he was walking again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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