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

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if true

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lexicon ID #1456 | revised Nov 07 2014

if ADJ • true

Derivative (1)
ifuyâach "that's right; really true"

Source: WB 408, p.335

  • púvaa ífhara. That's not true. [Reference: TK 216.2]


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  1. xás upíti " vúra if, koovúra vaa umúsahiti ôok pananú'uup, panini'ávan mukrívraam."
    And she said, "It's true, everything looks like our things here, in my husband's house."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  2. xás pa'avansáxiich u'aapúnma " vúra if."
    And the boy knew it was true.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  3. kári xás upiip, " pa'ífhaak víri chími nupêen péekupheesh.
    And he said, "If it is true, let me tell you what to do.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  4. hínu páy vúra if.
    Sure enough, it was true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  5. íi, kári xás kunxus, " púya íf puxích too kúha, kíri xuus kun'uum."
    And they were thinking that she's really sick, that she needs to get doctored.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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