Ararahih'urípih
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fátaak somewhere ; anywhere

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1291 | revised Jun 26 2014

fátaak • PRON • somewhere ; anywhere

Derivation:  fâat-ak
what-Locative

Derivative (1)
fátaakva "somewhere"

Source: WB 350.1, p. 333

  • xás kunipêer, xáy fátaak i'ûupva paxavin'ávan. And they told her, "Don't dig the xávin root anywhere." [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 007]

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  1. fátaak xás tá nikyívish.
    I fell down somewhere.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. fátaak vúra tá nipáchish, yítha kúna nikyâasip.
    I just throw it down somewhere, I start another one.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  3. hâari axmáy'ik vúra fátaak tá kunmah vaa vúra taay pátayiith, xás sú' patá kun'ûupvakurih.
    Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  4. akvaat fátaak ukyívunih.
    The raccoon fell out of the tree.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  5. fátaak nivâarameesh.
    I'm going somewhere.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  6. koovúra mímyaahti vaa ikupítiheesh, fátaak á' ikûuntakoovish.
    All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  7. kári xás kunipêer, " mímyaahti, hûutva kóo mímyaahti vúra iim fátaak asasúruk vaa káan i'ifchíkinkutiheesh.
    And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  8. kúkuum fátaak tá kunmáh " ikxaréeyav tu'íifship."
    Again somewhere they would see that a spirit had grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  9. fátaak kúna tóo sriv.
    They did target-shooting someplace.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

  10. vúra fátaak xás yáv u'íihya.
    Some places (the trees) are good
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text