Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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chaka'îimich slowly; gently, quietly
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1054 | revised Mar 29 2016
chaka'îimich • ADJ • slowly; gently, quietly Variant: kacha'îimich, chaka'îich.
Derivative (1)
chaka'iimichyâach "slower"
Source: WB 837, p.358
Note: Long vowel never shortens. The word also occurs in the contracted form chaka'îich.
- xás chaka'îimich vúra uchunvákir. Then slowly she sneaks up. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 184]
- xás tu'ípak, toopvôoruvrath chaka'îimich kunish. Then he comes in, he slowly comes back inside. [Reference: TK 206.32]
Sentence examples (5)
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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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pachúufish chaka'îimich tóo kxip.
The eagle flies slowly.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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chaka'îimich vúra chuuphi.
Speak slowly.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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kári xás chaka'îimich ni'apúnmiik pa'araráhih,
pa'ararákuupha,
pa'ararapíkvah.
And so I slowly learned the Indian language, the Indian customs, the Indian stories.Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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víri vaa ukuupha,
chaka'îich kúnish kun'ixipúniihva.
They did that, they sort of floated slowly down.Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text