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-ish / -ishrih down ; result
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lexicon ID #2937 | revised Dec 11 2014
-ish / -ishrih • SUFF • down ; result
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xás muvêeshurak tupikniivtákishnihach.
Then he just sat back down on top of its horns.Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text -
chími ôok pay ikrîishrihi!
Sit down right here!Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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kusripán'ahup kuntúrish.
They brought in madrone wood.Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
kári xás xuskáamhara mûuk nitátararish.
I held him down with my gun.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
kári xás axvâak ni'axaychákish xás pûuvishak nisaanámnih.
Then I grabbed him by the head and shoved him into a sack.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
káruma vúra tá neekvúrish káru vúra tá naxuniháyaachha xás panani'akunvarasímsiim mûuk nipárupkurih.
But I was getting tired and I was hungry besides. I took my hunting knife and began chiselling.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
itha'ithvákaam u'árihish
It made a big load.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
kári xás iinâak xás niknúpishrih.
Then I dumped them out inside the house.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
xas pishyávpiish vaa kaan nikvêeshrihar.
The next autumn I went back and camped there.Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text -
cháavura satáranak ni'íripishri.
Finally I got down to bed-rock.Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text -
xás masúruk saamváruk nikvêesh.
I made camp up the creek.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
púxay vúraxay naxútihara káan ukyíimeesh.
I didn't think it (my shot) reached him there.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
unuhyâachhiruva kúma u'árihishrih pananí'iithva víri natakníihshurootih.
My pack was becoming too round, so it kept rolling off me.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
fátaak xás tá nikyívish.
I fell down somewhere.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
koova tá neekvúrish, chavúra kúkuum ni'iyruhunih, chímiva ípaha úkuyva.
I was so tired finally I rolled it down again, but it hit a tree.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
sáruk ikveeshríhraam ni'íipma víri kúna vúra chimi ukxáramheesh.
I got back to the camping place just as it was getting dark.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
yée! víri íiv nipíivur kóova puxich nikvúrish.
I was so tired I was nearly dead.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
kári xás kachakâach âapun upikrîish.
Then Bluejay sat down.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
kári xás kachakâach âapun u'piiri uum tupikrîish.
But Bluejay was still sitting there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
koovúra yuxmúrax u'árihishriheesh.
It will turn into nothing but sand.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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hãã,
I couldn't do that,
ayu'âach vúra vaa yuxmúrax u'árihishriheesh.
Yes, I couldn't do that because it would turn into nothing but sand.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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uxús: " chími kán'aasish ôok peekmaháchraam."
He thought: "Let me lie down here, in the sweathouse."Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text -
xas âapun upthárish.
Then he set it down on the ground again.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text -
xás káan xás kunchúuphinaa,
váa káan âapun kunivyíhishrihanik pakunchúuphinaatihanik.
And there they talked, and there they all sat down on the ground talking. They said: "What did we leave him there for in the sweathouse?"Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
xás yítha u'árihish.
Then one started to sing.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
xás yíth upíip:
" áthiik tuvîish,
chími nuptaamáaxi."
Then one said: "It is getting cold, let's scrape up the coals."Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
chavúra pâanpay imfir tuvîish.
Then after a while it got hot.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
vúra uum puxich imfir tuvîish.
Then it got awfully hot.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
chavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak,
vúra tóo mchax tá pukunish kêenatihara.
Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
xás upíip:
"ahúpyaamach vúra kan'árihish.
Then he said: "I will be a nice-looking piece of wood.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
pimnanihtanákaanich uum afíshnihanichhanik.
Mourning dove was a young man.Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text -
kunípaanik koovúra yúruk ithyáruk kunipkêevishrihanik.
People used to say that they [the Salmon] were all transformed in the land across the sea.Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text -
kári xás u'árihish.
She began to sing.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text -
yíth kúna u'árihish.
Then she sang another song.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text -
uhthiishríhraam
placename, where they put tobaccoSource: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text -
áfeer tá kunvítrip,
vaa uum pukúkuum píiftihara,
pávaa kun'îinishtihaak,
payúux uxéetchichhitih.
Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text -
tá nikyívish.
I fell down.Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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tée kvúrish hum?
Are you tired?Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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nu ni'áasish,
nikvíit-ha,
xás vúra fâatva nithítiv.
When I was sleeping I heard something.Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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kumâam tá ni'árihishrih.
I made it to the top of the hill.Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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tá neekvúrishrih.
I am tired.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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puxích tá neekvúrishrih.
I am really tired.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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tá neekvúrishrih panipakúriihvutih.
I am tired of singing.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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tá neekvúrishrih puxích panipakúriihvutih.
I am really tired of singing.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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puxích íp neekvúrishrihat máh’iit payêem uum yáv nipmahóonkoonatih.
I was tired this morning, but now I am feeling good.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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máh’iit tá néep neekvúrishrihat.
I was tired this morning.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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tá neekvúrish.
I am tired.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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tá nikvúrishrih.
I am getting tired.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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áhup tóo thîishrih káan.
The wood was put down there.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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tóo thîishrih.
It was laid down.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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vaa káan pûuvish thárishrih.
Put it in the bag.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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apmáan thîishrih.
Put it in your mouth.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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vaa káan íp nikvêeshrihat peekrívraamak.
I stayed the night at that house.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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pa'ávansa tóo kyívishrih.
The man fell.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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pa'ávansa paOrleans aramsîiprinti ukyívishrih.
The man who lives in Orleans fell.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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hôoy ithîishriheesh?
Where are you going to put it (one small thing)?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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hôoy ithárishriheesh?
Where are you going put it (something heavy)?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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hôoy iiyêeshriheesh?
Where are you going to put it (something flat)?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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pa'as tá nithárishrih xás pahup'ásip.
I put the rock in the box.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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xáyfaat vaa káan ithárishrih ahup'ásip súrukam.
Don't put it underneath the box.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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Xás tóo kyívish.
And then he (the boy) falls down.Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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Uxútih, " Neexaychákisheesh paxanchíifich."
He (the boy) is thinking, "I'll catch the frog."Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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Uxútih, " Neexaychákish paxanchíifich."
He's thinking, "I'll catch the frog."Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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Pa'avansáxiich uxútih, " Neexaychákisheesh paxanchíifich."
The boy is thinking, "I'll catch the frog."Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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Púya if vúra uum kâarim xás pamuchíshiih xás tuxaychákish.
Oh my, its really bad, he's caught his dog.Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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Xás ikíich tóo kvúrish.
And maybe he's gotten tired.Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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Ikíich tóo kvúrish tuxus tóo pvâaram.
Maybe he's gotten tired, he's thinking that he'll go home.Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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Xás vúra uum tóo kvúrish káru paxanchíifich.
And the frog is really tired, too.Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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tá neekvúrishrih.
I am tired.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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pay'ôok ikrîish!
Sit down!Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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tée kvúrishrih hum?
Are you tired?Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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naa vúra tá neekvúrishrih.
I'm tired.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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pa'ipaha tóo kyívishrih.
The tree fell.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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pa'ípaha vúra yáv tóo kyívish.
The tree fell down good.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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íp u'áasishrihat.
She lay down.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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íp u'áasishriheen kúnish vaa puyáv ipmahóonkoonatihara.
She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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oh vúra utátuyishrihti vaa vúra páy paporch.
Oh, she finished sweeping the porch.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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káru pootátuyishrihat koovúra paporch.
And she swept the whole porch.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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vúra uum chêech tutátuyish.
She is sweeping it fast.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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chêech tutátuyishrih paporch.
She is sweeping the porch fast.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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vúra chêech tutátuyishrih paporch.
She is sweeping the porch fast.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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vaa káan tóo krîishrih.
He's sitting down there.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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yáxa pa'achviiv káan tóo kxípish.
Look the bird landed there.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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payôok ikrîish!
Sit down here.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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hãã,
vaa káan nikrîishriheesh.
Yes, I'll sit down there.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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naa payôok nikrîishrih.
I'm already sitting down.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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koovúra kiikrîishrih!
Sit down everyone!Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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naa payêem ni'aasíshriheesh.
I'm going to lie down.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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payôok áasishrih!
Lie down here!Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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koovúra nu'áasishrihinaa.
We are all lying down.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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xás néepeenti, "
chí payôok ihyárihish,
payôok áxak padonkeys."
And he told me, "Stand right here, right here by the two donkeys."Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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yiimúsich xas nihyárihish.
I stood a little way off.Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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Kúkuum
Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees.Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text -
xás patá kunípeerahaak "
fâat iyúrish"
xás patu'ûurihaak púyava uum hâari ára vaa kúth tóo tháaniv.
When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it.Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text -
xás astíip uvîish.
So he went down to the bank.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás upiip, "
chími ikúrinishrihi itháriip."
And he said, "Fall down, fir tree!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
tóo kúrinishrih.
(One) fell down.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
pihnêefich yóo kpuuhrup,
kuyûum xás ukpúhish.
Coyote floated downriver, he swam ashore downriver from them then.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
pa'úuth kunpípaathkar thúfip xás uthivrúhish.
When they threw him back in the river, he then floated ashore at Requa.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
kári xás tá kunpiip, "
chími árihishrih."
And they said, "Sing!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
púyava pakun'êerishrih púyava "
chúvaarap."
So when they finished, then (they said) "Let's go."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
kári xás kunpíip "
yee!
chími árihishrih."
And they said, "Well, sing!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
chavúra itaharâan tá kunparihíshriihva.
Finally they sang ten times.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
axmáy vúra kunvítish.
Suddenly they paddled to shore.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
ikmaháchraam tá kunpavyíhish.
They went back to the sweathouse.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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xás kunipêer " chími árihishrih."
And they said, "Sing!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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ta'ítam " yée chími árihish."
Then (they said), "Well, sing!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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ta'ítam kun'árihishriihvaheen pa'íhukar.
So they sang the flower-dance songs.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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chavúra axmáy vúra kunvítish.
Finally they suddenly paddled to shore.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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ivaxráhak xás ukyívish.
But it fell on dry ground.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
káan xás uthivrúhish.
He floated to shore there.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás vaa káan ahup'iyvoorámaam káan u'áasish.
And he lay down there behind the woodpile.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
víri pootníshuk víri uumyâach kunipthivrúhish úuth yúrastiim.
When he barely looked out, they floated ashore out at the ocean, at the seashore.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás íishkar upihyárihish.
And he stood naked.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
yánava vúra táay páxaath tóo mtupíshriihva,
xás vúra amáyav kunish.
He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás âapun ukyívish,
xás ukrivrúhuthun.
And he fell to the ground, and he rolled about.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás ivaxraháriik tóo skákish.
But he landed on dry ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás kúkuum vúra ámtaap kích ukpúpusip pookyívish.
And again just dust puffed up when it fell.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás yurástiim uthivrúhish.
And he floated ashore on the seashore.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás ahúpmaam kúuk u'uum,
xás u'áasish.
And he went behind the woodpile, and he lay down.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás pa'ávansas kun'arihíshriihvunaa papákurih.
And the men sang songs.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás kun'arihíshriihva vúra taay.
They sang a whole lot.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
kunpíip "
chími panamnihpákuri kiik'árihish,
káruma káan chími núvyiihsipreevish."
And they said, "Sing an Orleans song, we're going there!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
yúkun pee'itxâarihvahaak ôok ipishkákishriheesh."
If you open your eyes, you will land back here again.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
chími man,
xâatik fúum ôok nupikvêesh."
Well, let's not camp here."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kári xás kuníthvuy pa'úkraam,
yítha káru uum upítih, "
vaa kuma'úkraam nipikvêeshriheesh."
And they named the ponds, and (each) one said, "I will camp at that pond."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
kári xás yítha upiip, "
naa uknamxánahich nipikvêeshriheesh."
Then one said, "I will camp at uknamxánahich."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás "
nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish."
And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás âapun ukyívish.
And he fell on the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás upíip "
amtápar vúra kan'árihish,
xás paniníyuup ámtaap kamixyan.
And he said, "Let me become covered with ashes, and let my eyes become full of ashes.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás vúra pihnîich kan'árihish."
And let me become an old man."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás axmáy îim kunihmárish.
And suddenly they stopped running outside.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
chími árihish pamipákurih, kíri ni'ítap."
Sing your song, let me learn it!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text -
xás u'árihishriheen pamupákurih, " kitâana kitâana íiyaa."
So he sang his song, "kitâana kitâana íiyaa."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text -
tîi naa kúna kan'árihishrih paninipákurih."
Let me sing my song now."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text -
xás pihnêefich kúna u'árihish " haninuvêe naa hanuvêe naa.
So Coyote sang, "haninuvêe naa hanuvêe naa.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text -
xás uxus, " pananipákurih kanpárihish."
And he thought, "Let me sing my (own) song again."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text -
xás pihnêefich vúra uum sípnukaam tóo thárish pakáan umáhyaaneesh.
And Coyote put a big storage basket down where they were to put it in.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
xás pookyívish vúra ípi kích káru pamúmaan.
And when he landed, he was just bones and his skin.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
kári xás upíip papihnêefich "
pishíip ni'árihishrih."
And Coyote said, "I sing first."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
ta'ítam u'árihishriheen.
So he sang.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
kári xás yíth upárihish.
Then he sang a different one.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
púyava káan ukyívish iknûumin.
He fell to earth there at Burrill Peak.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
pihnêefich vaa káan poopikyívishrihanik.
That's where Coyote landed.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
xás úpeenvunaa peekvípaansa, "
pay'ôok ikrîish."
And he told the runners, "Sit here."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás xanchíifich píshiip astíip ukrîish.
And Frog sat down in first place, on the river bank.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás asáxvu tuyship'ípanich ukrîish.
And Turtle sat down on a mountain-top.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás pihnêefich u'áasish, "
naa tá níkviit-ha."
Then Coyote lay down, (he said), "I'm going to sleep."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás uyúhish pá'aah kufipshúruk.
And he spat out the fire under a willow.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás hínupa páy ára tu'íinish.
And there Mankind came into existence.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
yánava papihnêefich ávahkam tóo thxuuptakiish.
They saw Coyote was lying on top (of the girl).Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
káruma uum yúruk tóo kpúhish.
The fact was, he had swum ashore downriver.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
kári xás pa'ás uthárish, âapun.
And he put the rock down on the ground.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text -
xás kári ta'ítam ukûuntakishriheen.
And then he sat down on it.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text -
ta'ítam ukrîishriheen.
So he sat down.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text -
yôoram ukrîish.
He sat down in the back of the house.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
kári xás kunpirúviish pa'asiktávaansa.
Then the women came back down.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
xâatik nupkêevish.
Let's be transformed.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
yakún yíth áraar u'iiníshriheesh."
A different people is going to come into existence."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
yakún yíth ára tu'íinish.
A different people was coming into existence.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
xás u'árihish pamupákurih.
So he sang his song.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
xás uhyárihish.
Then he stood still.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
xás u'árihish pakéevniikich.
And the old woman sang.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
âanxus kúna u'árihish "
keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk,
keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk."
Weasel sang in turn, "keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk, keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
kári xás pakéevniikich tu'árihish,
tupakúriihva,
" âanaxus itvaratvárah."
Then the old woman sang, she sang "âanaxus itvaratvárah."Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text -
víri vaa nixútih, '
kíri ni'axaychákish.'"
I am thinking, 'Let me catch him!'"Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
xás vaa káan ukúniihka,
xás ukyívishriheen.
So he shot him there, and (the monster) fall down.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
xás pu'ifmâarasahara,
vúra afishríhansa.
And they weren't married men, they were unmarried.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
xás papihnîich upiip, "
paninivup'áfiv vaa káan utakurukíshriihva,
víriva tóo kyiimshur."
And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off."Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
asuxvuypihnîich áachip tóo hyárihish.
Old Man Turtle stood in the middle.Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text -
víri u'arihishrîihvuti''
matêe kéeyish âapun''.
He was singing "matêe kéeyish âapun".Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text -
vaa vúra káan asaxvuhpihnîich upkêevish asánaamkarak.
Old Man Turtle was transformed there at asánaamkarak.Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text -
éexri tuvîishrih.
Famine descended (on the people).Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
xás asúuxar kun'asíshriihva.
And they went to bed without eating.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
imvirámaam uthárishrih.
He put it down in back of the fishery.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
xás yôoram uthárish.
He put it to one side.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
yiivánihich uthárish.
He put it down a little ways off.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
ta'ítam ukrîishriheen.
Then he cooked (the salmon).Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
kári xás tu'asimáchishrihvunaa páaxiich.
So she put the children to bed.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
kári xás uum u'áasish,
ahinámtiimich.
And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
kári xás yôoram upikrîish.
And he sat down in the rear of the house.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
kári xás kachakâach káan ukrîish.
And Blue Jay sat down there.Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text -
púyava tá kunimfipíshriihva paxus'úmaansa.
So the 'doctors' assembled.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text -
kári ithívthaaneen tóo thárish,
xás paxuntápan tá kunífar.
They were creating (lit., laying down) the world, and the acorns came to grow.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
xás kinipêer "
chími kiivyíhish."
And they were told, "Gather together."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
yaas'ára u'iiníshriheesh.
Mankind was about to come into existence.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text -
kári xás upíip"
payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri naa pa'avanihichtâapasheesh.
And she said "When Mankind comes into existence, I will be the most important (lit. the highest).Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text -
xás upíip pakéevriik
" uum vúra má' tóo kvéesh.
And the old woman said, "She's spending the night in the mountains.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás pa'avansáxiitichas tá kun'áasishrih.
The little boys had gone to bed.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xasík vaa ík vúra kóo káan ku'íineesh paaxvâahar tóo msípishrihaak,
xasík kupínaavish."
You must stay there until the pitch-wood is extinguished, then you will come back."Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás paaxvâahar uvêehish.
And he stuck the pitch-wood down.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
kári xás âapun tóo yvêesh paxuun.
Then she poured the acorn soup down on the ground.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás kúkuum vúra vaa tóo kuupha,
tutátuyshiprimtih,
xás tóo yvêesh paxuun.
So she did that way again, she swept up, then she poured the acorn soup down.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
púyava xás paaxíich upêer pamútaat,
" úma kachakâach vaa ukupítih,
kachakáach uyveeshrîihvuti paxuun."
So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
kári xás ukyívish âapun.
And (Grizzly) fell to the ground.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
papirishkâarim ukyívish,
pamúmya too thyúrurishuk.
Grizzly fell down, when (Lizard) pulled out her heart.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
ta'ítam ukyívishriheen.
So she fell down.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
ararayaas'ára mu'afishríhan.
He was a rich man's son.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
xás uhyárihish.
And he stopped.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
ithéekxaram vúra hôoyva kunikvéesh.
They spent the whole night somewhere.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
imáankam kunpirúviishrih.
The next day they came back down.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
kusrípan upkêevish.
He turned into a madrone tree.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
ayu'âach pa'ifápiit tée p xákaan kunikvéeshrihat.
It is because he spent the night with the girl.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
kári xás yíchaach kuntharíshriihva.
And they put it all down together.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text -
kári xás apsunmúnukich upiip, "
payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak,
víri pa'asiktávaan vaa ukupítihaak,
ukitaxríharahitihaak,
xáat káru uxúti '
vúra pu'aapúnmeeshap,'
víri vaa vúra kun'áapunmeesh."
Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this."Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text -
púyava pimnaanihîish áchkuun tóo pvâaram.
Then in the spring, Swamp Robin went back home.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text -
kári xás máruk ikuraa'ípan u'ikrîish.
And she sat down uphill on the end of a ridge.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
takús upiip, "
naa píshiich niikrîishriheesh."
Pelican said, "I'll sit down first."Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
kári xás ukrîish.
And he sat down.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
chavúra púra kára îin ishkáxishrihmathap pá'aah.
Finally nothing stopped Fire.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
kári xás upiip, "
naa îin nishkáxishrihmatheesh."
And he said, "I'll stop him."Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
kári xás upiip aah, "
naa vúra púra fâat îin neeshkáxishrihmatheesh."
And Fire said, "Nothing can stop me."Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
yakún puxáy vúra mít ishkáxishrihmathat.
You see, they couldn't stop it.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
kári xás ukyívish, áfup patá kunvúr vôohara mûuk.
Then he fell down, when they jabbed him in the buttocks with a digging stick.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text -
kári xás púyava "
kúkuum peekxariya'áraar chí kamikrîish."
And so (the gods thought) "Let the priest take office (lit., sit down) again!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text -
kári xás ta'ítam ukûurishriheen.
So then he took office.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text -
payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri vaa pakunkupítiheesh.
When Mankind comes into existence, they will do like that.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text -
i'kúkam tupikrîish.
She sat down outdoors.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
púyava kúkuum vúra imáan ikxúrar tupikrîish.
So again the next day she sat down outdoors in the evening.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
kári xás kúkuum imáan i'kúkam tupikrîish.
And again the next day she sat down outside.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
kári xás upíip pa'asiktávaan "
payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri xáat káru tá kun'íitshur,
víriva vúra upmáheesh paninipákuriha mûuk.
And the woman said, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) may also become abandoned, (but) she will find (her sweetheart) again by means of my song.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
xás ikxuraráhaan poopkêevish páy nanu'ávahkam atayrámkaam
Then Evening Star was transformed into a big star in the sky.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
panamníhmaam koovúra tá kunimfipíshriihva,
peekxariya'ifápiitshas.
All the spirit girls gathered back of Orleans.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
tá kunimfipíshriihva panamníhmaam.
They gathered back of Orleans.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
tá kunipkeevíshriihva.
They were transformed.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
kári xás uxus, "
payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak,
víri uum káru vúra vaa ukupheesh,
xáat kâanimich.
And she thought, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) will do this way also, (though) she may be poor.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
víri peekxaréeyav tá kunimfipishniháyavha.
The spirits gathered together.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
kári xás uxúsaanik kahyuras'afishríhan.
Then Klamath Lakes Young Man thought (about it).Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
xás péekxurar uthivrúhish.
And in the evening he floated to shore.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
kúkuum vúra imáan péekxurar uthivrúhish.
Again the next day he floated to shore in the evening.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
xás pamupírish umûutish,
sáhyuux.
Then he put his medicine down, the sand.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
xás kunipêer "
chími vôonfuruki iim kahyuras'afishríhan.
They told him, "Come in, you Klamath Lakes Young Man!Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
víri vaa kunkupitih,
pathakan'ávak tá kunthataktakúraan pamukunyáfus pamukunyupastáran mûuk pakun'ívunti kahyuras'afishríhan.
They did this, their dresses were all tattered up above the knees from the tears that they were weeping for Klamath Lakes Young Man.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
xás iinâak upikrîish.
And he sat down inside.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
kári xás vaa kunkúupha,
kurihkirá'aachipvari uthrîish pamukunyupastáran.
They did this, their tears collected halfway up the roof-beam.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
kári xás uxús kahyuras'afishríhan "
hûut áta ník níniishvunaa."
And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "How ever shall I do with them?"Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
kári xás ithváay u'aktararíshriihva.
Then he pressed his hands on their chests.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
xás takráav xákarari kun'íxupkiish.
And they lay against his shoulder.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
kóovan vúra nupkêevishriheesh."
We will be transformed together."Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
kári xás uxúsaanik kahyuras'afishríhan "
yaas'ára nanipírish tu'aapúnmahaak,
yaas'ára káru vúra vaa ukupheesh."
And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "If Mankind knows my medicine, Mankind will do this way also."Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
ta'ítam mu'iv'îikam kun'irukûurishriheen.
And they sat down outside his house.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
kári xás mukmaháchraam tárupak káan upikrîish.
And he sat down there at his sweathouse, in the hatchway.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
îikam tá kunpirukûurish,
yukún vaa kunkupitih,
fúrax mukunpikshipíkmath.
They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
kári xás mutaxyêemak káan xás uhyárihish.
Then he stood still there in his yard.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
yúruk kumayurásviitkir káan xás utaxarápish.
Then he ended his stride downriver there, on some ocean ridge.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
ta'ítam ukrîishriheen.
So he sat down.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
yánava tá vúra háriva tá kunpirukûurishriheen,
tá kunipvíkaheen.
He saw they had sat down again sometime, they were weaving again.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
xás uxus, "
kaanvári niptaxarápishriheesh nanitaxyêemak."
And he thought, "I'll stride back there into my yard."Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
peekxúrar púvaxay thivrúhish,
koovúra axupa'ithvutiharamúrax.
When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text -
kári xás poopûusur,
pa'árus,
ta'ítam uhyárihishriheen.
Then when he took off the seed-basket, he stood still.Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text -
uum vúra káan u'iifshípreenik afíshnihanich,
itúkuk.
A young man lived there at itúkuk (in Yurok territory, opposite Weitchpec).Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
uum vúra itíhaan kumamáh'iit tóo kvátar,
itukuk'afishríhan.
The young man of itúkuk went gathering sweathouse wood every morning.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
vúra taay pápaa tá kunvitíshriihva.
A lot of boats were beached.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 -
yúruk pápaah tá kunvitíshriihvaheen.
Downriver they had beached the boats.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás uvítish.
Then he beached his boat.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás pamúpaa upíkvaatsip,
kufípniich xás uthárish.
And he picked up his boat, and put it down in a willow grove.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
pavúra kóo kuma'íthivishrih,
pakunvuhvúhinaatih,
káru pakoo.
There was all kind of celebration as they did the deerskin dance and all.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
pamukúntiik ishvít kóo aas kun'áakkurihtih,
pakun'axaychákishrihtih.
They put their hands halfway into the water, when they took hold of (the gunwales).Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
káruk tá kunvitíshriihvaheen.
(The others) had beached their boats upriver.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás pakunipvítish upiip, "
naa vúra nipíkvaatsipreevish,
pananípaah."
And when he had beached his boat again, he said, "I'll pick up my boat."Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
káan uyvéesh,
pakun'íinirak,
pa'asiktávaan.
He poured it there where the women were.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
úpviitkar,
itukuk'afishríhan.
The boy from itúkuk rowed back across.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
vaa ukúphaanik,
itukuk'afishríhan.
The boy from itúkuk did that.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
kári xás ávahkam úthxuuptakiish papuyâahara.
And she lay on top of the corpse.Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text -
kári xás ta'ítam kinvítivrikaheen,
ithyárukirum kinvítish.
And someone rowed to meet them and landed them on the other shore.Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text -
kíri naa káru íshkiit na'árihish."
Let me become lucky too!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text -
púyava pasárum ánav tu'árihish.
The pine-roots had become medicine.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text -
xás poovôonupuk káan u'áasish.
And when he came out (of the sweathouse), he lay down there.Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text -
uhyárihish.
He stood still.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
kári xás u'axaychákish,
pamupáthraam u'axaychákish.
And he grabbed her, he grabbed her hair-club.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text -
kánpaatishrihi káakum paxúrish.
Let me load up some of the shelled acorns!Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text -
kári xás unhíshriihva koovúra pa'ûumukich pa'áthiith,
impaak unhíshriihva.
And she tied all the hazel branches nearby, she tied them across the path.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text -
chavúra utooríshriihva pookupakúhaheesh.
Finally he finished counting what he would make (a person) sick with.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text -
váa kúuk ukvíripma pa'ípa unhíshriihvat pa'áthiith.
She ran there where she had tied the hazel branches.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text -
púyava patóo kvíripuni pa'áthiith tóo kuuyva,
mâam xás tupikyívish.
And when he ran downhill, he hit the hazel branches, and he fell back to the ground uphill.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text -
púyava sáruk astíip tá kunivyíhish.
So they went down to the river bank.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text -
kunikvêeshri pa'apxantínihich.
The white men were camped.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text -
xás pakunpávyiihma xás kunpiyvêeshrihva peempúr.
And when they got home, then they poured out the flour.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text -
xás chímiva ukyívish.
And suddenly he fell down.Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | 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 pa'uripih'ípan anxára unhîishrih.
And they tied a long string to the end of the net.Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text -
patá kuníthviish kári xás vúra athkúrikar patá kuníshfir pamúmaan.
When they brought it in, (the bear) was fat when they skinned its hide.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text -
víri paathkúrit tóo thrîish.
So the fat ran together.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text -
xás kári vúra nîinamich tu'árihish.
Then it became small.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text -
koovúra pa'íshyuux tá kunthathvíshriihva.
They all carried the elk home.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text -
púyava xás tuvaxráhish.
Then it dried.Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text -
púyava yáaf tu'árihish.
So it became acorn dough.Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text -
xás patóo msípishrihaak pátanamichak tá kuntarívraamnihva.
And when it cooled off, they poured it into soup baskets.Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text -
xás âapun patákasar tóo kyívish.
The tossel fell on the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text -
púyava xás hâari xákaan vúra tá kunithyívish.
Sometimes both of them fell down.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text -
púyava patákasar tóo kyívishrihaak púyava tóo tâatsip.
When the tossel fell, (one of them) tossed it.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text -
tá kunturíshriihva pasárip.
They carried home the hazel sticks in burden baskets.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text -
kári xás vúra uum táay yáan'iiftihan pa'afíshnihanichas tá kunthárufvunaa.
And lots of young unmarried men peeled the sticks.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text -
xás vaa payíkihar musúrukam tóo thríish.
Then he set them down underneath the sick person.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text -
púyava patukôohaak púyava kári pa'ánav îim tá kunpiyvêesh.
When he was finished, they poured the medicine on the ground, outdoors.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text -
ikxariya'árar tóo krîish.
The priest sat down (i.e., assumed office).Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text -
kári xás tá nu'av,
patá nupíshriish.
And we ate when we came back from target-shooting.Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text -
chítik vúra tá itroopatishamnihasúpaa tá kunkúnih kári xás tupihyárihish.
Finally they had done target-shooting for nine days, and then (the priest) stood still (the priest remains standing all night).Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text -
víriva patóo thárish peekrívkir sákriiv ukyâati peethívthaaneen.
When he put the stool down on the ground, he was making the world firm.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text -
káan tá kunivyíhrishrih.
They gathered there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text -
yuhsahním'anamahach yítha tá kunikvêesh.
They spent one night at yuhsahním'anamahach.Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text -
xás máh'iit peekxariya'áraar káan tóo krîish.
And in the morning the priest sat down there.Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text -
pafatavéenaan poo'ípakahaak ikxúrar tóo pvíishrih,
xás vúra pa'áraar tá kun'íranva.
When the priest returned, evening was falling, and the people were coming to celebrate the world renewal.Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text -
víri pápaa tá kunipvítish.
They beached their boats.Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text -
xás paafishríhansas kunkúniihvunaa,
taay kuníxraamtih.
And the young men shot arrows, they bet a lot.Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text -
píshiich tá nu'ahíshriihvanva.
First we went and set fires.Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text -
vaa mít kári uum nu'ahíshriihvutihat
We used to set fires (to encourage the growth of the brush).Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text -
hári tá mít ukpákishrihat pa'ípaha.
He cut down a tree sometime (recently).Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text -
púyava panipkárahaak payêem káruk kúna ni'árihroovish, niptakníhareesh.
When I go back across-river now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back.Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text -
xás yítha paaxíich tóo kyívish, tóo kyívivruk.
One child fell down, he fell down over (the bank).Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text -
koovúra tá kun'oonvíshrihanik.
They got them all there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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kári xás upikrîish,
upihéer,
sahíshyuuxach.
Then Rabbit sat back down and smoked.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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kári xás kári,
ta'ítam,
u'árihishriheen:
And then she sang:Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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kári xás upikrîish,
xás upihéer.
Then she sat back down and took a smoke.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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mâa vúra vóokxiipshiprin pakachakâach tu'árihishrih.
She flew away, she turned into Bluejay.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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