Ararahih'urípih
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chôora let's go

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1192 | revised Nov 07 2014

chôora • INTERJ • let's go Variant: chôo.

Source: WB 311, p.331

  • chôora, iimkun káru. Let's go, you all too. [Reference: Richardson 1993:16]
  • chôora nu'ákunvan. Let's go hunting. [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 010]

Sentence examples (19)


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  1. xákaan chôora!
    Let's go together!
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. xás kunpíip: " chôora."
    They they said: "All right."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. xás kunipêer: "chôora chími nanukríivram."
    Then they told him: "Let's go to our house."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. chôora kumâam!
    Let's go uphill!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. chími chôora.
    Alright, let's go.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  6. chôora.
    Let's go.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  7. " chémi, chôora."
    "All right, let's go."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. chôora chími nuykan."
    Let's go, let's kill him!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  9. kári xás pa'ifápiitsha kunpiip, " chôora êev, íshaha nuktávan."
    And the young women said (to each other), "Let's go, dear, let's go get water."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  10. chôora nupxákaanpi payêem."
    Let's go back together now."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  11. víri chôora, chémi.
    All right, let's go.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  12. kári xás upíip pakéevniikich, " chôora nanikinínaasich iktûunihi.
    Then the old woman said, "Let's go, bring down my pet.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  13. xás upiip, " chôora."
    And (Weasel) said, "Let's go."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  14. xás pamu'aaníhich upêer " chôora nupíkniihvan ikmaháchraam."
    And he told his older brother (i.e., the Bear's son), "Let's go sweat ourselves in the sweathouse!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  15. " chémi, chôora."
    "All right, let's go!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  16. kári xás " chôora, chémi.
    Then (he said), "All right, let's go!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  17. kári xás upiip, " chôora, chémi."
    Then he said, "All right, let's go!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  18. víri chôora chími nu'íshunvi.
    Come on, let's hide you!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  19. xás upéer, " chôora máruk."
    And she told him, "Let's go uphill!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text