Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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huuk to where?; to somewhere
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1403 | revised Nov 07 2014
huuk • QW • to where?; to somewhere Variant: húuka.
Source: WB 387, p.334
Sentence examples (6)
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uum vúra kunxúseentihanik kíri hûuk u'uum,
vúra kunvîihanik.
They had been wishing for him to go off, for they disliked him.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
kári xás upíip pihnêefich,
" yee!
hûut inísheesh pamí'aan,
húuk paathmi.
And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place!Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
húuk kích paathmi."
Just throw it (away) someplace!"Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
xás uxúti "
húuk áta tá kun'uum,
paninihrôohas."
And he thought, "I wonder where my wives have gone?"Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
xás uxús "
miník ni'aapúnmeesh '
húuk áta patá kun'uum.'"
And he thought, "I'll find out where they've gone, all right."Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text -
xás uxús
" húuka áta tu'uum."
And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?"Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text