Ararahih'urípih
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káruma in fact (justifying previous material); you see ...,

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3758 | revised Jun 30 2005

káruma PCL • in fact (justifying previous material); you see ...,

Source: WB 852, p.359; T2.28, T10.39, T10.48

  • chími panamnihpákurih kiik'árihish, káruma káan chími núvyiihshipreevish. Let's sing an Orleans song, since (in fact) we're going there. [Reference: WB T4.105]
  • víriva kuntafiripfíripti, káruma uum pihnêefich uxúti xáy kanátaatripaa. They kept missing him; you see, Coyote didn't want them to hook him out [Reference: WB T3.105]


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  1. káruma tá íp kunpikyaarat paxuun.
    Already they had cooked the acorn mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. káruma vúra nik pufuhíishtihap.
    But they didn't believe a word of it.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. káruma tuyêeripha payêeripaxvuh."
    Now that girl is going through puberty."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. káruma vúra tá neekvúrish káru vúra tá naxuniháyaachha xás panani'akunvarasímsiim mûuk nipárupkurih.
    But I was getting tired and I was hungry besides. I took my hunting knife and began chiselling.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  5. itnoopámahich ník kana'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa'íshpuk púvaxay kana'êehap káruma chímiheesh ithakûusrah véenik mit paniykáranaat.
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  6. kári xás sâam upishkáakfak káruma vúra yiiv.
    Then he gave a jump down, but it was very far away.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  7. káruma íp íshpuk upachnútantihat.
    He was going to suck dentalia, he was on the way.
    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. káruma vookúpiti poo'áhootih.
    He was walking, that was what he was doing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  9. káruma káru taay u'ôorahiti pa'ánav patá níkvar, pani'ákihti.
    And in fact it cost a lot, the medicine that I bought, that I was giving him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  10. káruma kahyúras ishpúk nikyâantih."
    I'm going to get money at Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. káruma yôorukam pamukun'áhup uyvóoraahitih.
    Their wood was piled up in the corner.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  12. yeee! káruma íp nípaat ' tu'áhooheen pihnêefich.'
    Well! I said Coyote had come!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  13. káruma uum pihnêefich uxúti " xáy kanátaatripaa."
    Coyote was thinking, "Let them not hook me out."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  14. xás íp táay áan usáanvutihat, káruma vaa íp uvúpareeshat pamúspuk.
    He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  15. káruma vúra tuthapáxrah.
    (Coyote) was terribly thirsty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  16. kunpíip " chími panamnihpákuri kiik'árihish, káruma káan chími núvyiihsipreevish."
    And they said, "Sing an Orleans song, we're going there!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  17. káruma titháfipaheen pananupatúmkir."
    You ate up our pillows!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  18. káruma íp uum tóo yuunkat ahtúun pamufithih'ípan.
    He had put oak bark in his toes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  19. xás pa'áraar kunpiip, " káruma pá'aah tá kinpêetheep."
    And the people said, "They've taken the fire away from us!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  20. káruma uum yúruk tóo kpúhish.
    The fact was, he had swum ashore downriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  21. hínu páy uum ithyáruk tóo kvíriproov, káruma uum kunxútih " tóo síinvar."
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  22. káruma uum pa'ifápiit áxak pamu'ífuni upaathrámni papátaravak.
    The fact was, the young women had thrown two of their hairs into the soup-baskets.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  23. káruma yáan u'áhachakvunaatih.
    The truth was that he had just been holding out on them.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  24. kári xás vúra pu'ikviit-hára, káruma kúnish úkviit-hitih.
    But she didn't sleep, the truth was she sort of slept (in pretense).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  25. káruma á 'iknêechhan u'ípahootih.
    The fact was, Duck Hawk was coming back.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  26. xás upíip " pûu, vaa vúra níthxuuneesh, káruma nik áachip kóo tuvíkahitih.
    And she said, "No, I'll wear it this way, (though) the fact is that it's only woven half-way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  27. káruma ník apxanyâamachas tá kunpithxunátiihva, yaas'arara'îin pu'ithváaftiheeshap."
    The fact is, (the others) wear pretty caps, (but) Mankind won't have much use for them.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  28. pahûutva kóo yaas'ára u'íinahaak víri naa vúra kích kaná'aamtiheesh, káruma apxankêemich paninípxaan."
    However long Mankind exists, he will eat only me, (though) the fact is that my cap is a poor cap."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  29. káruma u'iikívtih, yiipahvuf'ímyah.
    The fact was, he was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  30. káruma uum ukitaxríharahitih.
    (But) the fact was, she was being unfaithful.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  31. káruma uum pa'áraar tóo par, xás pamú'aax tóo pûuxsur.
    The fact was, (Horsefly) had bit human beings, and taken out a mouthful of their blood.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  32. káruma tá púfaat pamúthvaay.
    The fact was, his heart was gone.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  33. káruma ôok ithivthanéen'aachip xasík xákaan puráan kunipmáheesh.
    The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  34. káruma avánhiipux.
    (But) the fact was, she was without a husband.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  35. káruma tu'íchunva pa'ávansa impáhtiimich.
    The fact was, the man had hidden by the side of the path.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  36. imáan umáh, utháaniv, vúra kári úksaahtih, káruma tu'ívaheen.
    The next day (the first devil) saw him, he was lying (there), he was still laughing; the fact was, he had died.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  37. káruma uum yiimúsich tu'íshunvaheen pa'ápuroon.
    The fact was, she had hidden the charms some distance away.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  38. káruma kári pa'áraaras kári pa'áraaras kári kun'áathvunaatih.
    (But) the fact was, the Indians were still afraid.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  39. káruma itráhyar káru itrôop úthvuuyti pakúth ára upatumkôotih.
    The fact was, she charged fifteen (dollars) for sucking a person.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text
  40. káruma tá kun'ífikvunaa paxuntápan.
    (Or) the case would be that they were gathering acorns.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text