Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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chêech quickly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1100 | revised Oct 31 2014

chêech ADV • quickly

Source: WB 285, p.330

Note: A shortening of chéemyaach.


Sentence examples (8)


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  1. chêech kiikárihi!
    You all get ready fast!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  2. 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
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. kupánakanakana. chêech ík vúra ishyâat imshírihraavish.
    kupánakanakana. Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  6. káru chêech ík ataychúkinach i'uunúpraveesh.
    And young brodiaea plant, you must come up quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  7. " chêech ík vúra kupthítheesh."
    "You must finish weaving quickly."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  8. xás chêech kunípthith.
    And they quickly finished weaving.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text