Ararahih'urípih
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íshaha water; juice

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2940 | revised Jan 22 2015

íshaha • N • water; juice Variant: ísha.

Literally: 'that which is drunk'

Derivation:  ish-aha-a
drink-ESS-DEVERB

Derivatives (9)
ishahakeem'íshraam "placename, above Happy Camp"
ishahéektamnam "bucket"
ishaheethríshriihrav "pitcher"
ishaha'ásip "bucket"
isheektávaanich "woman's name, Susie Pepper"
ishkêesh "river, the Klamath River"
ishkéesh'aachip "placename, a fishery"
apus'íshaha "apple juice "
ay'íshaha "grape juice "

Source: WB 689.1, p.349

Note: Equiv. to áas.

  • káruma uum vúra pu'íishtihap íshaha, peespúk takunpachnútarahaak. So they shall not drink water when they go to suck dentalia. [Reference: KT 138a.18]
  • vaa panini'íshaha tupafipsîiprinaheen. He's drunk up that juice of mine. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 025]

Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (82)

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  1. " íshaha" húm xâatik " kíri ni'ish"?
    Did you want to drink water?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. " íshaha" xaat íim " kíri ni'ish"?
    Do you want water?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

  3. íshaha húm tée xrah?
    Are you thirsty?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  4. xaat úm kíri íshaha natêeki!"?
    Do you want to drink water?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  5. nixúti, hárivarihva sárip nisháankurihat íshahak.
    [The other day] I thought I'd put some sticks in water.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xás uxus: "íshaha tá néexra."
    Then he thought: "I am thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  7. íshaha uhi, kíri usah'áhupha."
    May the river rise, so there will be lots of driftwood."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  8. uum puxích íshaha tá néexra.
    I am very thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  9. iim íshaha téexra?
    Are you thirsty?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  10. xáyfaat i'ish panani'íshaha.
    Don't take my water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  11. pa'as paathkúrihi pa'íshahak.
    Throw the rock into the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  12. íshaha tá ni'ish.
    I am drinking water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  13. pa'íshah ni'ísheesh.
    I am going to drink water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  14. pa'íshaha húm i'ísheesh?
    Do you want to drink water?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  15. íshaha tá néexrah.
    I am thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  16. íshahak nimúustiheesh naa.
    I am going to look at myself in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  17. pa'íshahak nimúustiheesh vaa káan.
    I am going to look at myself in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  18. xás vaa káan kêechas vúra páramva pa'íshaha.
    We had to heat the water there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  19. ipáramva pa'íshaha vaa káan.
    You heated the water there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  20. íshaha tá kúxrah?
    Are you guys thirsty?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  21. íshaha papáah.
    The boat is in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  22. íshaha húm i'ísheesh?
    Would you like some water?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  23. íshaha húm tée xrah?
    Are you thirsty?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  24. xás upíip " pa'íshaha itárivramnihaak, vaa kári vúra itasámsaamtiheesh itíhaan, peekóohaak uum vaa get lumpy."
    And she said, “Pour the water in, and keep stirring it all the time, if you stop, it will get lumpy.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  25. uum tákunpiip, pamúaasravarak íshaha, sú' aasrávar.
    People said, "He's got water on his brain, inside the brain."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  26. víri vaa kumá'ii pa'itíhaan nuu xás nukyáviichvuti aa-- íshaha káru núktaamti.
    That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  27. xás íshaha tóo xrah.
    And he got thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  28. vúra tóo xra pa'íshaha.
    He really got thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  29. kári xás chavúra tóo xrah, vúra tóo xra pa'íshaha.
    And finally he got thirsty, he really got thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  30. vúra tá kâarim, tóo xra íshaha.
    He was really bad off, he was thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  31. kári xás yánava pa'íshaha, pasaamvároo úxaaktih.
    Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  32. kári xás " ii! púya íf íshaha tá néexrah."
    "Oh, how thirsty I am!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  33. tóo xra pa'íshaha, vúra tuváxrah.
    He was thirsty, he was so dry.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  34. kári xás uthítiv, úxaaktih, pa'íshaha úxaaktih.
    Then he heard it, it was sounding, the water was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  35. kári xás uchunvákir pa'íshaha.
    And he sneaked up on the water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  36. vúra vaa uthítiimtih, úxaaktih pa'íshaha patuchunvákir.
    He heard it that way, the water was sounding as he sneaked up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  37. xás tóo mah pa'íshaha poovúuntih.
    And he saw the water flowing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  38. kári xás yánava kúkuum káan íshaha úxaaktih, usaamvároohitih.
    And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  39. kóova íshaha tóo xrah.
    He was so thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  40. xás úmuustih, vúra uum táay pa'íshaha, vúra ûumukich.
    And he looked; there was a lot of water, just close.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  41. tupiváxra pa'íshaha.
    The water had dried up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  42. kári xás uxus, " ii! vúra tá puná'uumara, vúra íshaha tá néexrah."
    And he thought, "Oh, I can't reach it, I'm really thirsty."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  43. vúra uum xára pookúkuri pa'íshaha, tu'ísh taay.
    He stooped down to the water for a long time, he drank a lot.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  44. vaa panini'íshaha tupafipsîiprinaheen.
    He's drunk up that juice of mine.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  45. kíri íshaha úxrah."
    May he get thirsty!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  46. chímiva vaa kúna ukúupha, íshaha úxrah.
    Soon he did this also, he got thirsty.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  47. pa'íshaha tóo xrah.
    He was thirsty.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  48. vúra íshaha tóo xrah.
    He was really thirsty.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  49. kári xás uxús " vaa pay'ôok xasík íshaha ni'ísheesh."
    And he thought, "Here I will drink water."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  50. xás vúra íshaha tóo xra puxich.
    And he got very thirsty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  51. xás upíip " yôotva, nâachish mu'íshaha chí ni'ísheesh.
    And he said, "Hurray, I'll drink nephew's juice!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  52. xáyfaat ík vúra íshaha umah.
    He mustn't find any water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  53. koovúra ík pa'íshaha uváxraahvunaavish."
    All the water must dry up."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  54. xás íshaha tóo xrah.
    And he got thirsty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  55. xás vúra puxích tóo xrah, xás " chími íshaha kan'îishi."
    Then he got very thirsty, and (he thought) "Let me drink water!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  56. xás yánava pa'íshaha sáruk tuvúunfak.
    And he saw the water flowing away downhill.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  57. xás pa'íshaha tuvúunfak.
    And the water flowed away downhill.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  58. kári xás uxus, " íshaha tá néexrah."
    And he thought, "I'm thirsty."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  59. xás pa'îin kun'áharamuti xára xás kunithyárukha, ayu'âach ishahákaam.
    And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  60. kári xás pa'ifápiitsha kunpiip, " chôora êev, íshaha nuktávan."
    And the young women said (to each other), "Let's go, dear, let's go get water."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  61. kári xás pa'íshaha kuníktav.
    So they got the water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  62. ithyáruk kúna úpviitrooveesh, uthívruuhrooveesh káru, káruk uvuunôovahiti pa'íshaha.
    They would travel back upstream on the other side, they would float upstream also, the water was flowing upstream.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  63. kári xás íshaha uvuníshuk.
    And water flowed out.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  64. kári xás pa'íshaha uvuníshuk, xás koovúra pa'áama kunívyiihrishuk.
    And the water flowed out, and all the salmon came out.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  65. íshahak tóo mkuuhkurih.
    It was shining on the water.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  66. xás pa'íshaha utêekship.
    And she dipped up water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  67. víri vaa kumá'ii payêem íshaha, xás vúra kumá'ii úmsiipti aah.
    For that reason it's water now, that's why it puts out fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

  68. axmáy xás vúra pa'íshaha uchánchaaksur.
    Suddenly the water opened up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  69. tupithríishrih, pa'íshaha.
    The water was filling in again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  70. xás pakáan kunvíitma, usívshaapsur pa'íshaha.
    And when they paddled to there, the water opened.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  71. xás ithâan kuméeshyaav vúra puxích tupáthrih, pa'íshaha tu'uh.
    And one winter it rained hard, the water rose.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  72. xás ufáathkar, xás vúra kúnish tu'ay, pa'íshaha.
    Then he waded in, but he was sort of afraid of the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  73. xás íshaha kuniyváykooti kacha'îimich.
    And they poured water onto it slowly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  74. púyava pa'íshaha tuvunfípahaak kúkuum tá kuniptákootih.
    When the water flowed all away, they added it again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  75. xás kári tá kuníthxa íshaha múuk.
    And they washed it with water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  76. xás kári íshaha tá kuníyvaayramni pakóo kunxúti " u'úumeesh."
    And they poured in water, as much as they thought would go.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  77. púyava íshaha tá kun'íthar ithákuusrah.
    They soaked them in water for a month.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  78. xás píshiip uum ishahátiimich tá kun'íripkuri su'vári vúra.
    And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

  79. xás íshahak tóo páatva.
    And she bathed in water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  80. xás íshaha tóo yvaayramnih.
    And he poured in water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text

  81. káru pu'íshaha kín'iishtihara.
    And we didn't drink water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  82. xás pa'íshaha tu'irihshúroo tik'ípanich.
    The water is dripping off of the fingertips.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text