Ararahih'urípih
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huun harmful

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1407 | revised Nov 07 2014

huun • ADJ • harmful

Source: WB 390, p.334

Note: Used mainly with negatives, as in puhúunhara 'It's not harmful' (WB G143.27).

  • xás payêem uum vúra tu'aráriihkanha, puhúun vúra íinatihan. And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 016]

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. húun áta.
    It doesn't matter.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  4. xás payêem uum vúra tu'aráriihkanha, puhúun vúra íinatihan.
    And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  5. payêem puhúun íinatihan.
    Now there’s nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  6. 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

  7. xás upíip papihnîich " vúra káan ípahoo kúkuum, xáy húun i'íin.
    And the old man said, "Just go there again! Something might happen to you (otherwise).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  8. 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