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

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imshákar / imshákara- to smell (something)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2492 | revised Dec 22 2014

imshákar / imshákara- • V • to smell (something)

Derivative (1)
imshakanshákar "to sniff, to snort up"

Source: WB 591, p.345

  • tapúxay vúra neemshákarara. I can't smell it. [Reference: KV]
  • móox, tanimshákar. There's a smell, I smell it. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 372]

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  1. tá kunimshákar.
    They smelled it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. hâari vúra axvaahkúhaanaha patóo msákkarahaak.
    Sometimes it makes a person's head ache when he smells it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  3. tá nimshákar papúsihich.
    I smell the cat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. iim tá numsákar.
    I smell you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  5. iim puneemshákaantihara.
    I do not smell you.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  6. papúsihich tóo msákar.
    The cat is sniffing at it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  7. papúsihich tóo msákar papûuvish.
    The cat is sniffing the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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