Ararahih'urípih
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ikfúuyshur / ikfúuyshuru- to be tired

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1792 | revised Nov 07 2014

ikfúuyshur / ikfúuyshuru- • V • to be tired

Derivation:  ikfuy-sur
ikfuy-off

Source: WB 452, p.338

  • teekfúuyshur hum. Are you tired? [Reference: Richardson 1993:21]
  • ikyáviichvamuuk kunikfuyshúrooti. They get tired from working. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (13)


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  1. ta néekfuuyshur.
    I'm tired.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

  2. tée kfúuyshur hum?
    Are you tired?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  3. tée kfúuyshur hum?
    Are you tired?
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  4. tá néekfuuyshur.
    I am tired.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  5. xás too píip " tá néekfuuyshur, chími start stirring!"
    And he said, “I’m tired, you start stirring!”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xás kunipêer " hôoy if, íkfuuyshureesh.
    And they told him, "No, you'll get tired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  7. xás patóo kfuuyshur xás kári payítha u'êe pá'aah.
    And when he got tired, then he gave the fire to the (next) one.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  8. xás kári uum patóo kfuuyshur yítha kúna tu'éeh.
    And when he got tired, he gave it to another one.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  9. pâanpayvari asaxvuhpihnîich tóo kfuuyshur.
    Finally Old Man Turtle got tired.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  10. tá néekfuuyshur.''
    I'm tired."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  11. xás pa'avansaxích'anamahach tóo kfuuyshur puxích vúra.
    Then the little boy got very tired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  12. 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

  13. pachishíi káan úkrii, tóo kfuuyshur, umyáhyaahtih.
    The dog is sitting there, it is tired, it is panting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text