Ararahih'urípih
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-hara Negative

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lexicon ID #1371 | revised Nov 03 2005

-hara • SUFF • Negative

Derivative (1)
tapu'ikfúuksiprivtihara_pa'axákiichkaru "name of a large dentalium"

Note: Used with pu-.

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  1. purafâat neekyâatihara.
    [I'm doing] nothing.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. vúra purafâat neekyâatihara.
    [I'm doing] nothing at all.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  3. purafâat vúra ná'aapunmutihara.
    I don't know anything.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  4. vúra uum puná'aapunmutihara.
    I don't know (anything).
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  5. xas upakúriihva "súnunuk á-ni-nak ki-yánee náa puváfish navishtantihara,
    And he started singing, "In secret...Tra-la-la...I don't like liver.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  6. púxay vúra chuuphítihara.
    But he never answered anything.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  7. púxay vúraxay naxútihara káan ukyíimeesh.
    I didn't think it (my shot) reached him there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  8. púxay vúra xay hûut koo neethvávara, táma âapun.
    I could hardly pack it any distance at all, before (I had to put it) down again.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  9. tá nithyúrunih, tá puna'íithvutihara.
    I dragged it, I didn't try to pack it anymore.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  10. kári xás upíip, " púxay vúra na'aráriihkanhivatheeshara! púxay vúra húunxayheeshara!"
    Then he said, "I cannot cure him! I can't do any more for him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  11. kári xás upíip, " púxay vúra húunxayheeshara, chími akâay kích kiikpíkaan!"
    Then he said, "I cannot do any more for him, you better fetch someone else!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  12. xáyfaat uum vaa ipíti " you don't know," hôoy if ipíti puná'aapunmutihara.
    Don't say, [in English] "I don't know.” Say [in Karuk] "I don't know."
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  13. puná'aapunmutihara
    I don't know.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  14. naa vúra payêem pufâat náviiktihara.
    I'm not weaving anything right now.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  15. xás nixúti, vaa páy kip Violet ukupíti, the whole thing, vaa too sáankuri, púxay vúra fikríiptihara.
    And I thought, "This is the way Violet does it, the whole thing, she puts it in, she doesn't sort them out."
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  16. puxáy vúra vaa nakupéeshara paViolet ukupiti.
    I can't do it like Violet does.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  17. víri man punámaahtihara.
    But I can't see.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  18. chavúra puharíxay naa neepthíthhara.
    But I never finish it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  19. puharíxay ipthíitheeshara, vaa vúra teekyâasip.
    You'll never finish it, you just start it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  20. mâa yáxa vaa puxay íim pu'ipthíithtihara, vaa vúra tipáchish.
    You see, you don't finish it, you just throw it away.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  21. manâa puxutihara xáy kêechas nihruv.
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  22. Well, manâa pu'ikyâatihara.
    Well, you don't make it [acorn soup].
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  23. víri manâa puná'aapunmutihara xás vúra xás kôok patákiram vúra kunikyâati.
    I don't know what kind they make for a soaking basket
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  24. víri man yáxa naa puná'aapunmutihara.
    Well, look, I don't know how.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  25. naa vúra puná'aapunmutihara.
    I don't know.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  26. manâa uum pukoovúra kin'ítaptihara, pukoovúra kin'áapunmutihara pakúupha.
    We didn't learn everything, we don't know all the customs.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  27. naa vúra punathitíveeshara, xâat xára kaan kú'uuhyanati, naa vúra vaa punatákirara fâat vúra pakuchuphúruthunatih.
    I won't be able to hear, even if you talk a long time, I won't be able to leach acorn or whatever you're talking about.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  28. yúxnaam vaa káan... púva, néehruuvtihara payúxnaam.
    Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  29. xás vúra áv kúnish vaa puyávhara peepihnîichha.
    Lots of food it's not good if you become an old man.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  30. xás vúra púxay thitívara.
    Then he made believe he could not understand.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  31. " kíri kanaxusêer puthitíimtihara."
    "I wish they would think about me that I can not understand."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  32. xás pirishkâarim upíip: " náa punavâarameeshara, náa nipshaaneesh."
    Then Grizzly Bear said: "I am not going, I will keep the house."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  33. xás kunipêer: " íim úm vúra pu'ipvôonupukeeshara?"
    Then they told him: "Aren't you going to go out?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  34. uum vúra kích a' úkrii ma'tîimich pirishkâarim, púxay vúra kêenatihara.
    Grizzly Bear alone was sitting up in the back part of the sweathouse, he never moved.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  35. chavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak, vúra tóo mchax tá pukunish kêenatihara.
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  36. tá pu'imtaranáamhitihara pamutiiv poopvôonsip.
    His ears were invisible when he got up again.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  37. kári xás úpaanik poopítithunanik: " xáyfaat ík vúra váa náa nithítiimti pamikunpákurih; náa púvaa nanívaahara pamikunpákurih."
    Then he said looking back: "I must never hear your song any more; your song will not do for me."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  38. " iim vúra îin punêekyáreeshara?" atipimámvaan achvúun úpeeranik.
    "You are not going to kill me?" said Buzzard to Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  39. xás achvúun uppiip: " naa îin pukinîikyáreeshara, vaa vúra páy kyôomahich nuníshsheesh."
    Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  40. xás úppeeranik, achvúun îin kuníppeeranik: " xáy faat ík vúra ôok ipáfyuk, iim vúra pu'ôok vúrayvutiheeshara."
    And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  41. xás kuníppéer: " iim kyáru vura xáy faat ík ôok ipáfyuk, iim kyáru vura pu'ôok ikrêevishara," achvúun kuníppéer.
    And they told him: "You yourself must not come around here, you too are not going to stay here," they told Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  42. xás achvúun uppiip: " vaa vúra ôok kunpakkúriihvutiheesh nanipákkuri xáat naa pu'ôokhara."
    Then Hookbill said: "They will be singing my song, no matter if I am not here."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  43. xás uxus: "vúra puna'áveeshara. xáy áas néexrah."
    Then he thought: "I am not going to eat it, I shouldn't get thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  44. táay nik tá kunchífich vúra pu'ixraratihara, váa xás u'ívur pamúkiit muyáfus.
    They had won lots of things from him but he never cried, all he cried for was his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  45. kúna úum pahôotah yâak nu'ípakahaak, hínupa tapu'ára íinara.
    If we came back late to the good place, humankind would not exist.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  46. pu'áapúnmutihara hôoy vaa poovȃaramootih.
    She did not know where he kept going all the time.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  47. pakoovúra pananuppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kumeekyâahara peheeraha'íppa, vúra chishihpurith'íppa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav, pa'apxantîich îin tá kinippêer
    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text

  48. vúra purafâat-hara, úux.
    It is good for nothing, it smells strong.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text

  49. pu'ikpíhanhara pasahihêeraha, xáat vaa ár uhêer.
    That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  50. áraar uum vúra pu'ihêeratihara pasahihêeraha.
    The Indians never smoke it, that river tobacco.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  51. peheeraha'íppa uum vúra iváxra kúnish koovúra, pu'ássarhara, sákriiv.
    The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  52. peheeraháaptiik, pa'uh'íppi sákriivsha, puyâamahukich kupeeshpáttahitihara.
    The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  53. pu'imyátarashara.
    They are not hairy.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  54. pamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara, sákriivsha pamúpsii, ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsii, xákaan u'ifshúrootihirak sákriivsha.
    The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  55. áfivarih uum pu'ifyayêepshahara peehêeraha, úmvaayti, káru vúra pathríha mûuk, pathríha mûuk káru vúra úmvaayti.
    Toward the base the tobacco leaves are not so good, they are wilted, they are wilted with the sunshine and also with the rain, with the rain also they are wilted.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  56. pu'impúuchtihara ithasúpaah.
    It did not get wilted all day.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

  57. áfeer tá kunvítrip, vaa uum pukúkuum píiftihara, pávaa kun'îinishtihaak, payúux uxéetchichhitih.
    Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  58. púyav nipmahoonkoonatihara.
    There is something wrong with me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  59. púyav panéepmahoonkoonatihara.
    I am not feeling well.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  60. naa vúra punaxúrihitihara.
    I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  61. máh’iit íp naxúrihitihat payêem uum punaxúrihitihara.
    I was hungry this morning, but now I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  62. payêem uum punaxúrihitihara.
    Now I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  63. naa vúra puna'aapúnmutihara.
    I do not know.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  64. iim punupítaptihara.
    I don't know you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  65. naa punéexratihara.
    I am not thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  66. pûuhara naa punéefchaktihara.
    No, I am not stuck.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  67. naa puneexráratihara.
    I am not crying.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  68. iim putá nathítivara.
    I do not hear you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  69. iim punuthítiimtihara.
    I do not hear you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  70. iim puneemshákaantihara.
    I do not smell you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  71. iim punu'áfishrihara.
    I do not touch you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  72. iim naa punupáreeshara.
    I won't bite you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  73. iim punupáreeshara payêem.
    I am not biting you right now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  74. naa vúra puna'áytihara.
    I am not afraid.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  75. naa puneehêeratihara.
    I do not smoke.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  76. naa punéekfuuytihara.
    I did not whistle.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  77. naa punapákuriihvutihara.
    I do not sing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  78. punamáahtihara.
    I do not see it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  79. naa vúra punapakurîihvutihara.
    I never sing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  80. punapakurîihvutihara.
    I don't sing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  81. puna'ápimtihara.
    I am not looking for it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  82. pûuhara punamáahtihara papúsihich.
    No, I do not see the cat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  83. pûuhara papufích'iish pukinimnísheeshara.
    No, we are not going to cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  84. puna'aapúnmutihara.
    I don't know.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  85. puna'aapúnmutihara.
    I don't know.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  86. punaxúrihitihara.
    I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  87. I think they have to clean it right away, so the blood doesn't settle, you know, in one place or something, I don't know why they have to do that, that's one thing I puna'áapunmutihara.
    I think they have to clean it right away, so the blood doesn't settle, you know, in one place or something, I don't know why they have to do that, that's one thing I don't know.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  88. váa vúra uum yíiv xas vaa vúra uxúti íkiich punakúniihkeeshara xás vúra vaa ukúniihka.
    And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  89. váa vúra punapipshinvárihvutihara, váa vúra ni'áapunmuti payêem.
    I'll never forget that, I know it today.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  90. vaa, xas vúra vaa uum vúra uum chéemyaach, káru uum vúra vaa pu'aapúnmutihara fâat uum pawashing machine.
    And she was quick, and she didn't even know what a washing machine was.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  91. pukêechhara.
    It is not big.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  92. puptaxátiihtihara pami'ífunih.
    You didn't comb your hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  93. vúra puyávhara panani'ífunih.
    My hair is not good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  94. pananikústaan uum payêem puyâamachhara.
    My sister is not pretty now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text
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  95. papúsihich vúra pu'áamtihara, xás vúra payêem tá áxaska.
    The cat didn't eat, and now she is skinny.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  96. vúra uum kúnish puyáv imúsahatihara.
    You don't look so good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  97. puyáv imúsahatihara.
    You don't look good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  98. pa'áraar uum vúra pupítihara.
    The Indian people didn't say that.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  99. íp u'áasishriheen kúnish vaa puyáv ipmahóonkoonatihara.
    She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  100. uum káru poovôonfurukati puyáv ipmahóonkoonatihara.
    And when she came in she was not feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  101. pûuhara náa puneekvíi-hitihara.
    No I'm not sleeping
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  102. xás pukári kín'aapunmutihara pahári patóo mtup.
    And we didn’t know when (the food) was done.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  103. kári vúra naa nîinamich, víri vaa kumá'ii payêem naa uum púfaat neekyâatihara.
    I was little then (chuckle), but now I can’t do anything.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  104. paninípshiih áthiik tu'ívahaak, vaa kári vúra puna'áhootihara.
    When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  105. pu'îikam neefyúkutihara.
    I can’t take a walk outdoors.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  106. naa vúra púfaat na'aapúnmutiharahanik!
    I didn't know anything!
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  107. pa'áraar uum pupítihara pamú'arama múthvuy patu'ívahaak.
    The Indian did not say his child's name when it died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  108. káru vúra koovúra pamu'áraaras tá kun'ívahaak pupítihara mukun'íthvuy.
    And when any of his relatives died, he did not say their names.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  109. víriva kári uum tá kunipíti peethvuy, vúra puhúunhara.
    Then they could still say the name, and no harm was done.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  110. xás hâari vúra ára puxútihara, víri vúra tóo piip peethvuy.
    Sometimes a person just wasn't thinking, so he said the name.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  111. " vúra puna'ísheeshara."
    "I won't drink."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  112. xás kári too xus, " puna'ísheeshara."
    And he thought, "I won't drink."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  113. vúra vaa too xus, " puna'ísheeshara, naa ishpúk nikyâantih."
    He thought like that, "I won't drink, I'm going to get money."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  114. kári xás uxus, " ii! vúra tá puná'uumara, vúra íshaha tá néexrah."
    And he thought, "Oh, I can't reach it, I'm really thirsty."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  115. xás uxus, " vúra puna'ísheeshara astíipich."
    And he thought, "I won't drink right by the bank."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  116. vaa kíp pu'ípararahara, taay kíp ukupavêenahitih."
    That one is just not reliable, he just does lots of tricks."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  117. " chémi, ník ishávaas, punáyuupheeshara."
    "All right, nephew, I won't open my eyes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  118. koovúra pa'áraar umáahvunaatih, " iimkun vúra pufáatsahara.
    He saw all the people (and said), "You-all are just nothings.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  119. " vúra puna'áveeshara."
    "I won't eat them."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  120. kári xás uxúti " hûut áta kúth papunayâavahitihara."
    And (after he had eaten them), he thought "I wonder why I'm not getting full?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  121. púyava uxús " payêem vúra puna'ípaveeshara paxathímtas.
    So he thought, "Now I won't eat roasted grasshoppers again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  122. tá koo, vúra puna'áveeshara."
    That's all, I won't eat them."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  123. xás uxúti " vúra puna'ísheeshara ishkéesh'aas."
    And he thought, "I won't drink river water."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  124. " vúra puna'ísheeshara ishkéesh'aas."
    "I won't drink river water."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  125. kúna vúra pu'astíipich na'ísheeshara.
    But I won't drink by the bank.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  126. vúra punáyuupheeshara."
    I won't open my eyes."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  127. kúna peeyuuphâak pukinpávyiihmeeshara.
    But if you open your eyes (before), we won't get there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  128. xás kunípeenti pihnêefich " payêem pukinípkookanpeeshara."
    Then they told Coyote, "Now you won't go with us again."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  129. xás pihnêefich upíip " payêem ník vúra ishávaas vaa puneepkuphêeshara."
    And Coyote said, "I won't do it again this time, nephew."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  130. chiimuuch'îin kunxúseeranik " kíri vaa ukúupha, pufáat vúra yávheeshara."
    Lizard thought about him, "Let him do that, nothing will be any good."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  131. xás vúra hûutva tu'iin, púxay ta'ítam yâavahitihara.
    But what was the matter with him? he wasn't getting full.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  132. xás vúra tá pu'áhootihara, vúra tóo kfuuktih.
    And he wasn't walking any more, he was creeping by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  133. xás vaa kári pupikvaayshípreera, úuth úkyiimkar.
    Then he couldn't raise up any more, he fell into the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  134. xás vúra puyíthaxay káan thaanêera.
    And not one was lying there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  135. pihnêefich vúra káan úyruuhriv, púxay vúra kêenatihara.
    Coyote lay there, he didn't stir.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  136. xás vúra kúnish púfaat ipmahóonkoonara.
    And he sort of didn't feel anything.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  137. xás upiip, " naa pukin'áveeshara.
    And he said, "I won't eat you.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  138. xás uxus, " hûut kumá'ii papunayâavahitihara."
    And he thought, "Why am I not getting full?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  139. puna'áveeshara."
    I won't eat them."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  140. pu'uumhára.
    It's not him (dancing)."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  141. " vúra hôoy u'aramsîiprivtih, tá pukin'aapúnmara.
    "Where does he come from? We don't know.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  142. xás kunpíip " uum pihnêefich pathivtaaptíhan, pu'uumhára peekriihvútihan.
    And they said, "It's Coyote who's dancing, it's not him that's fishing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  143. vúra tá pupikrôokara pamupákurih.
    He couldn't remember his song.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  144. xás vúra tá pupikrôokara.
    And he couldn't remember it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  145. iim vúra pufaat-hára."
    You're just nothing!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  146. xás chavúra puyíthaxay sakriivhára.
    And finally not one (stuck) fast.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  147. xás pihnêefich upíip " oo! vúra iim pufaat-hára.
    And Coyote said, "Aw, you're just nothing!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  148. yánava vúra pukára káanhára.
    He saw there was nobody there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  149. " miník kúnish puyívuhara.
    "It's not so far!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  150. xás vúra tá pu'ahára.
    And it wouldn't burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  151. " pûuhara, naa pupihnêefichhara.
    "No, I'm not Coyote.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  152. naa vúra puna'aapúnmutihara ' hôoy uum papihnêefich úkrii.'"
    I don't know where Coyote is."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  153. hínu páy uum upíkshaayvutih, putáktahara, pu'araraxus'úmaanhara.
    There he was lying, he wasn't a doctor, he wasn't a shaman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  154. xás pakéevniikich upiip " oo! puyávhara papihnêefich, táay ukupavêenahiti papihnêefich."
    And the old woman said, "Oh, Coyote's no good, he does lots of mischief!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  155. chavúra pumahára, hôoy poo'aramsîiprivtih.
    In the end he didn't find where it came from.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text

  156. chavúra puyiimúsich uumára, táma kúkuum utápichfak.
    Finally he hadn't got far, and again he slipped downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  157. kári xás vaa ukupíti payêem, tá pu'áhootihara patur.
    So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  158. vúra pusakeemvárihveeshara, koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup.
    You won't be homesick, everything looks like our things.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  159. puyâakhara pa'ôokukam."
    This side is a bad place.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  160. yánava vúra púfaat peekrívraam, púfaat vúra thêera.
    She saw there was no house, nothing was there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  161. kári xás kunpiip, " púra kára vúra áama aamtíheeshara, yúkun tá nupíshunva pa'áama."
    And they said, "Nobody will eat salmon, we have hidden the salmon."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  162. kári xás pihnêefich uxús, " púxay vúra vaa kupítiheeshara."
    And Coyote thought, "They can't do that."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  163. ithéekxaram âanxus pu'ikviit-hára.
    Weasel did not sleep the whole night.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  164. uumkun kun'áapunmuti " púxay áamahara."
    They knew it was not a salmon.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  165. xás pu'ifmâarasahara, vúra afishríhansa.
    And they weren't married men, they were unmarried.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  166. páy uum pumi'ífunihara."
    This isn't your hair."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  167. kári xás vúra pu'ikviit-hára, káruma kúnish úkviit-hitih.
    But she didn't sleep, the truth was she sort of slept (in pretense).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  168. kári xás vúra pu'itxâarihvara.
    And she didn't wake up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  169. kári xás pa'ûumukich u'uum, kári xás uxús " hûut kúth papukana'aachichhîivriktihara."
    Then when he got near, then he thought, "Why aren't they happy to see me?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  170. hûutva kóo mímyaahti pati'ívahaak púra fâat vúra îin aamtíheeshara.
    All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  171. puthivnúrutihara pamu'íin.
    His falls weren't thundering.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  172. " pûu, púra fâat vúra neepítihara."
    "No, I didn't say anything."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  173. vúra punathítiimtihara."
    I can't hear them."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  174. xás vúra pu'aapúnmara xánkiit.
    But Bullhead didn't find out.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  175. kumá'ii papuna'ûusurutihara.
    For that reason I can't take (the disease object) out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  176. kári xás uum paxuntápan uum vúra pupikyáarara pamúpxaan.
    But Tan Oak Acorn didn’t finish her cap.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

  177. xás púxay fâat vúra pítihara.
    And he didn't say anything.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  178. xás púxay íhivriktihara.
    But he did not answer.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  179. pa'avansáxiich vúra tá pukúnish ikviiptíhara, kóova tóo kfuuyshur.
    The boy could hardly run, he was so tired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  180. pukáru vúra hûut kóo ípanheeshara.
    It won't reach that far either.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  181. kári xás tá pu'axhára, ásak sú' úkrii, asapatxáxak.
    So she couldn't kill him, he was inside the rock, the crack in the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  182. púra fâat ifkírahitihara."
    Nothing was paid to legitimize her."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  183. purafâat vúra káru kupítiheeshara."
    You won't be doing anything, either."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  184. xás tóo piip, apsunmúnukich, " vúra púra kára aapúnmeeshara."
    And Racer said, "Nobody will find out."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  185. vúra púra húun kupítihara.
    (It was as if) she was doing no harm.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  186. xás pa'ávansa vúra uum pu'aapúnmutihara.
    And the man (her husband) didn't know.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  187. aah uum úpaanik" púra fâat vúra îin na'íshiptiheeshara."
    Fire once said, "Nothing can put me out."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

  188. púyava koovúra uum púxay vúra yíthaxay kuhítihara pa'áraaras, koovúra vúra yav, púxay axvahkánxay.
    And none of all the people was sick, they were all well, they weren't sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  189. púxay vúraxay yaas'ára axvahkánxayheeshara."
    Mankind will not be sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  190. víri pootúraayva, púra fátaak vúra yâahitihara, pakun'ûupvunaatih peekxariya'ifápiitsha.
    When she looked around, she couldn't fit in anyplace where the spirit girls were digging roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  191. púxay iruvôonuptihara.
    They (the girls) wouldn't come out of the house.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  192. xás uxúti ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav, uxús " naa vúra naní'iish 1 pu'axvíthinheeshara."
    And Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, he thought, "My body will not become unclean."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  193. púxay vúraxay aapúnmutihara.
    (But) it didn't know.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  194. káan kúna pamukun'aktinakírak vaa káru vúra pu'aapúnmutihara.
    The grasping stones there (at the doorway) didn't know either.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  195. chavúra itaharéekxaram tá pu'ikviit-hítihara páxuus u'íruvooti pamuhrôohas.
    Finally he didn't sleep for ten nights, as he thought about his wives.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  196. xás vúra pu'ikviit-hára.
    And he didn't sleep.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  197. xás kunpiip, " pukíntaapxuveeshara."
    And they said, "We won't capsize."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  198. xás vaa kích kunipítih, " pukíntaapxuveeshara."
    And they said only that, "We won't capsize."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  199. ôok uum pu'áhootihara pa'ípihitihan.
    People with bones (i.e., live people) don't come here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  200. víri chavúra pu'áraar iimtihara, chavúra peethívthaaneen upáxyar pa'áraar.
    Finally no person died, finally the people filled up the earth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  201. vúra hâari tóosíinvar, hâari tá pupitnúprihvara.
    Sometimes he drowns, sometimes he doesn’t come back up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  202. vúra tá pura fâat thiinátihara, vúra tá kunchifíchfip.
    He didn’t have anything, they beat him completely.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  203. xás vúra púxay kêenara.
    And he didn't stir.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  204. chavúra púxay xárahara, axmáy yeenipaxvúhich káan u'uum.
    Finally it wasn't a long time after, (when) suddenly a little girl arrived there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  205. xás upiip, " puyávhara páykuuk.
    And she said, "That (woman) over there is no good.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  206. áraar tóo hvaníchviichva páykuuk, puyávhara.
    That one teases (euphemistic for "bites") people, she's no good.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  207. vúra tá pu'ipmáhara.
    She couldn't find (the child).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  208. " vaa uum vúra punaturâayvutiheeshara."
    "That way I won't be looking for him."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  209. vúra pumaahtíhara.
    He didn't find her.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  210. xás upíip " man'áta, tá punapikrôokara."
    And he said, "I don’t know, I've forgotten."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  211. asiktávaan uum pukáan vúrayvutihara peemvírak.
    A woman didn't go around the fishing platform there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  212. víriva púra fátaak vôonupuktihara.
    (The bear) He didn’t come out anywhere.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  213. pa'arareekrívraam uum pu'á'hinvahara, yakún pa'íivhar ipshûunkinichas.
    The Indian house was not high; you see, the boards were short.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  214. púxay vúra ihyáriheeshara patá îim kúuk tá kun'úumahaak, xás vúra tá kunvôonupuk.
    They didn't stand up when they went outside, they just crawled out.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  215. púyava hâari vúra pu'ikyívivrathtihara.
    Sometimes (the tossel) didn't fall over (the goal line).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  216. káru pu'íshaha kín'iishtihara.
    And we didn't drink water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  217. payêem uum tá koo, tá púvaa kinkupítihara.
    Now that's all over, we can't do that.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  218. mukunyáfus puvâaramasahara.
    Their dresses were not long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  219. xás patu'aráriihkanhaak xás pu'ikxáramkunishhara, kúnish ámkuufkunish.
    And when it healed, it was not black, it was sort of blue.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text

  220. xás pa'ôok va'áraaras pamukún'aav puthúkinhitihara.
    And the Indians here didn't tattoo their faces (above the chin).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text

  221. naa vúra pufâat neekyáatihara.
    I'm not doing anything.
    Source: Various speakers, "Miscellaneous Sentences" (WB_KV) | read full text

  222. púxay vúra hûut-heeshara.
    She (Chipmunk) might not make it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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