Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ikxip to fly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2279 | revised Dec 11 2014

ikxip • V • to fly

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Source: WB 549, p.342

Note: Cf. ithxip '(du.) to fly', ixáxanaa '(pl.) to fly'. The irregular iterative form is ipxip 'to fly again, to fly back'.

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  1. úkxiiptih.
    It is flying.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  2. iinâak tóo kxipma pa'achviiv.
    The bird is flying into the house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  3. xáyfaat tóo 'ikxipma iinâak.
    It shouldn't fly into the house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  4. naa iinâak níkxipmeesh mikrívraam.
    I am going to fly into your house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  5. vaa íp káan ukyamîichvutih xás tóo kxip.
    He was playing there but he flew (away).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  6. hûuka tóo kxipma pa'achviiv?
    To where did the bird fly?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  7. íshkih úm tóo kxip?
    Does it fly fast?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  8. pachúufish chaka'îimich tóo kxip.
    The eagle flies slowly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  9. yáxa pa'achviiv káan tóo kxípish.
    Look the bird landed there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  10. xás paachvíiv káan úkxiiptih, kúnish tu'áy páchishiih.
    The bird is flying there, it is sort of afraid of the dog.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text