Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1193 | revised Nov 07 2014

chu INTERJ • here!

  • chú pihnîich, páy miváfish. Here, old man, this is your liver (to eat)! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 021]


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  1. xas kunpavyíihfuruk, xas kun'ipêer, "chu pihnîich pay miváfish."
    And then (the ten young men) came in, and they said, "Here, old man, here is your liver!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. chú pasára!
    Here, have some bread!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  3. yiimúsich úhyiivti " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  4. kúkuum vúra úhyiv " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    Again he shouted, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  5. xás kunthítiv, sáruk úhyiivtih " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    Then they heard him, he was shouting downhill, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  6. vúrava kári úhyiivti " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    He was still shouting like that, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text