Ararahih'urípih
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itrôop / itroopa- five

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3412 | revised Oct 31 2014

itrôop / itroopa- • NUM • five

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Source: WB 757, p.353; Shivshaneen, 1996, (3.3)

Note: Dimin. is itnôopich 'only five'.

  • itrôop pamuchánchaafkunishichas uvêehshuroo. It has five white ones sticking up (describing petals of a flower). [Reference: TK 56.30]

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  1. itnoopámahich ník kana'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa'íshpuk púvaxay kana'êehap káruma chímiheesh ithakûusrah véenik mit paniykáranaat.
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. náa ni'ípaktiheesh xátikrupma, úthvuuyti itrôopahaan pakúusrah.
    I will always come back in the spring, the month is called the fifth month (March).
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  3. payêem námpaan vúra pihnîich, xakinivkihitráhyar káru itroopahárinay tá níkrii.
    Now I myself am an old man, I'm 75 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  4. hâari itrôop tu'ûukar káru hâari vúra itráhyar.
    Sometimes he paid five dollars and sometimes ten.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  5. vaa kích upíti " itroopatíshaamni tá níykar pa'ávansas.
    She kept saying, "I killed nine men.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. káruma itráhyar káru itrôop úthvuuyti pakúth ára upatumkôotih.
    The fact was, she charged fifteen (dollars) for sucking a person.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text

  7. hâari itroopa'átiv káru vúra hâari kumatêeshich.
    Sometimes there were five basket-loads and sometimes more.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

  8. itroopatishamnihasúpaah sú' úkrii ikmaháchraam.
    He lived in the sweat-house for nine days.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

  9. 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

  10. itroopasúpaa iinâak nu'áraarahiti ikmaháchraam.
    We all lived in the sweathouse for five days.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text