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ayukîi hello!
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1029 | revised Feb 25 2016
ayukîi • INTERJ • hello!
Source: WB262, p.329; T4.145
Note: In isolation, pronounced with falling-rising pitch on last syllable. Used when meeting a person, and also to address a distant person or place which is thought of nostalgically; e.g., eeee ayukíi chínih 'Oh, hello (I'd like to see you), Jenny' (JPH "Grammar" 358). The word is said to have been introduced by whites, who probably took it from Wiyot ai-e-kwe, ai-o-kwe 'friend' (as given in Powers, p. 479).
- xás upiip, ayukîi panámniik, nanithívthaaneen. And (Coyote) said, "Hello Orleans, my country!" [Reference: T4.145]
Sentence examples (4)
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ayukîi.
Hello.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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ayukîi nanífyiivshas.
Hello, my friends.Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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xás upíip "
ayukîi panámniik,
nanithívthaaneen."
And he said, "Hello Orleans, my country!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
ayukîi ninikeechíkyav.
Hello, my sweetheart!Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text